Really confused lameness on lunge!!!!!!!! help please

[cellie]

If your horse showed lameness on his front right in straight line what would you expect to see on lunge.
I put him on lunge tonight and on the right rein he looked really sound just a tiny bit short but nobody else would notice .
On changing rein (left)with damaged leg on the outside he was head bobbing.
I thought that the injured leg on the inside would show more lameness.I could do with some feed back please!!!!!!!!
Just to confuse things further for you he had spavin op on hind left in jan and its not fully fused although this could affect diagonal the head bobbing should only relate to front leg lameness.
We had xrays and scans done 16 weeks ago for splint which the vet thought was suspensory originally .4 weeks ago he had mild tendon swelling the vet thinks he has pulled a few fibres but he should be sound on it by now
I will be getting more scans and xrays because Im not happy with progress but its the lunging and lameness that confusing me.

 

[ihatework]

Difficult to say without seeing the horse move but could the problem not stem from the near hind?
On the straight you may see a diagonal off fore nod, and on a circle to the left (when near hind is in most use) this could show up the lameness?

 

[Minnies_Mum]

Could be near hind is the problem, could be pain on the medial (inside) side of the right fore. On the right rein he steps onto the outside of his RF so appears pretty sound, but on the left rein he steps onto the inside.

 

[cellie]

You could be right .
Its really difficult he needs excercise to keep him sane and help with fusion but with double splint and possible tendon aggrivation he needs rest.Perhaps a call to the surgeon might be the best plan.
We go on holiday next week so he can be left on resticted turnout and stabled overnight for another fortnight without any harm .

 

[cellie]

Ive just done a search on google and it confirms what you are saying.Hind leg causing front leg lameness.When we started rehab for spavin I felt that he was short on opposite diagonal .I wonder if lunging will aggrivate or speed fusion .I dont like to ride when he feels so obviously lame.