Sacroiliac and suspensory ligaments on bone scan

[est-1978]

Hi All

I have posted a few times on here regarding behavioural changes in my TB last year - bought him Aug 2013 from a family who were competing him successfully in dressage (novice) and SJ (discovery) and were selling due to him not having the scope for their daughter to go up the ranks.

He was perfect for me for 8 months, would jump anything and was winning locally at every outing. I took him on a sponsored ride and XC schooling and he suddenly developed severe napping issues and wouldn't even jump a small cross pole, he would rear, sweat, nap, shake and refused to even go in the ring all summer, couldnt even get him round clear round. Napping progressed to doing it at home and really seemed frightened of going over poles at all. Was scoped for ulcers, he had some but not new ones so vet treated but said possibly not the cause of the change in behaviour. He did seem calmer/ more cooperative after ulcer treatment and we went to a SJ clinic where he was back to jumping like when I bought him - thought we had cracked it and were on the up again. Then he went stuffy/ unbalanced/ trippy one day and was intermittently lame for a month or so and didn't want to move forwards or trot at all, I was just lunging lightly to monitor the lameness as wasn't hopping but deffo not right.

Vet sent him for bone scan which has shown abnormalities in hocks and sacroiliac and now waiting for more nerve blocks to determine which came first and treatment plan.

Guess just wanted to hear if anyones horses had displayed these behavioural symptoms due to back/ hock pain (as usually hear of horse bucking not rearing) - am hoping that if physical issues sorted he may go back to the lovely horse that I bought who was laid back and jumped anything without question. Could these physical issues have brought on these napping issues?

Could the pain have happened that quickly (went from winning every weekend to suddenly not going in the ring)

I know I must wait for vets verdict but keen to hear experiences and how pain can manifest itself in behavioural changes.

Long story - sorry!

 

[YasandCrystal]

Yes my WB has chronic sacro illiac dysfunction. He until he was diagnosed and treated would aggressively bite you, kick you, strike at you. He was the horse from hell. He would rear in hand. His ridden behaviour was the last to deteriorate. I think he came to end of his own tether trying to ram the message home that all was not well and he bucked 4 times over his ears with my daughter just waliking a 10 m circle - she had whiplash like injuries.
He too was scoped for ulcers and mild ones found before having a bone scan which showed nothing as his injury was chronic and he was nerve blocked by Sue Dyson. I had him treated by a physiotherapist and the sent him to a holistic vet at Higham - she was brilliant. She mobilised his sacrum. I had to turn him away for over a year as his head was a mess. He had been ridden abused and in pain, so he hated people.
My vet reckoned that my horse just knew when I bought him that I would not hurt him so hence he demonstrated in such a big and aggressive way that things were very wrong with him.
He has come back as a lovely gentle horse now and with the help and dedication of a brilliant straightness trainer he is moving differently and correctly. It has been an emotional roller coaster, but my horse was an extreme case and I got LOU for my horse. Good luck.