Lyndab22
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My cob did something to his Left hind fetlock in mid July, thinking it was a sprain I rested him for a week and cold hoses and applied ice regular, the swelling went down a bit,but he was still resting at the toe a lot and was a bit short on turning, I got vet and we did the lameness work up, he was 2/10 at walk and 3/10 at trot lane, vet said needs to be scanned an nerve blocked, we did this and via the nerve block conclusion was it was a ligament problem, so scanned and x rays followed and diagnosed with a torn anular ligament, as he is insured we sent him to rainbow at malton for a annular ligament desmotomy, , orig prognosis was 80/20 for to be ridden again, when hes had surgery vet rang to say, he had at some point in his life also torn his manicor ligament , the adhesions or scar tissue has adhered to the torn annular ligament and this reducing his prognosis to 50/50 now, anyway he cane home and was canny the was holding his leg up and seems uncomfortable. As was a bank holiday weekend I opted to send him back to rainbow in malton, they are fantastic, and re admitted him, they rang to say he want lane and they didnt know why he was holding his toe up again, anyway I left him there another five days till stitches came out, then he cane home last Saturday, hes doing quite good at the moment and is on five walks inhand a day for two mins a time, gradually building up, I see him walking and he walks fine on that leg, but when Im stable he still rests his toe a bit more than I was hoping for, he had op on August 20 , Im wondering anyone whos horse has gone thru this op, do they always rest the toe , is it early days, he was resting it at rainbow in malton butvwalksnonbthat leg and foot fine, any advice welcome
