Sacroiliac injury - advice appreciated

[stan]

My 9 year old gelding has recently been diagnosed with a sacroiliac injury. I took my boy to the vet after he was 'not quite right' after getting tangled up in his boett rug. My usual vet diagnosed arthritic changes in the hocks and medicated them. MY gut feeling was that it wasn't his hocks, although there were slight changes on xray, I never thought this was the problem, especially as the problem only became apparent after he got caught up in his rug. I asked vet 3 times to scan and block his SI area and he refused. I then went to another vet recommended to me, for a second opinion. She carried out a peroneal tibia block and my horse showed no improvement, she then blocked his SI area and surprise he came sound. She also carried out an ultrasound of the SI area, I know this provides limited info but she said that there seemed to be asymmetry of the dorsal ligaments too. He is returning to the vets on Monday to have a treatment of tildren by infusion and they will recsn his SI area to look at the ligaments again. Vet said that she has used tildren with success in SI problems even though not licensed for use in this area. She said that he will either respond really well to treatment or not at all. The physio will also be coming on a regular basis to do ultrasound and massage therapy. Does anybody have experience of these type of injuries and if so I would appreciate any rehab and treatment advice that you could give to me. i.e. supplements, exercises, therapies etc.

I will be absolutely devastated if he does not come right after treatment.

 

[shell1978]

My mums horse has an sacroiliac injury where she was involved in a car accident. She is sound, but we have to keep he fit year round, because as soon as she loses muscle she becomes lame. She is not on any medication but we do feed MSN and Glucosamine in the winter, and she wears a magnetic rug on her quaters at night. She is retired from eventing, and cannot jump anymore. Hope all ends up ok with your boy.

 

[itsonlyme]

One of mine did this. No idea how, but she was bi-laterally lame behind & a bone scan revealed why. She had the area medicated with steroids, a year of physio, three sessions of shockwave therapy, a load of infra-red treatments, Cartrophen injections and an exercise program. However, she did not improve So after reading about the benefits of aqua treadmills, i asked my vet to refer us to a rehab yard who had one. As a last attempt to get her right before retiring her. The difference in her was amazing And if i was ever presented with such an injury again, it would be the first thing i did treatment-wise.
I agree with the above poster though - you have to keep them fit & well muscled over their back.
Good luck though. I hope you get yours right again x

 

[cobwithattitude]

my mare has just had her second set of steroid injections into her sacroiliac joint - about 12 weeks apart. we think she received the injury falling in the field. she had the second lot of injections, afte we increased the work, on advice from the physio and vet - she began dragging her toes again, despite having her heels built up. Reading all the unfo on here, it sounds like there is not a lot of long term success. will keep you informed - i hope that's ok but am feeling very down over this as she was showing promise. thank iou