Sacroiliac Joint issues - advice!

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After some poor performance issues in canter, my 6yo was recently diagnosed with a sacroiliac joint problem following a bone scan and has has steroid injections into the joint and I'm now doing 6-8 weeks of exercise on the lunge/ pessoa to build up the muscles to hopefully support the joint long term. He is out 24/7 now, with some additional hay as the grass still needs to push through a bit more, and has just a token jesture of hard feed - hifi and small amount of conditioning nuts - he's a pretty good doer.

I don't know yet what the long term prognosis will be, only time will tell, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice about how they have dealt with this problem. Any dos/ don'ts. ie Don't ever jump? Any supplements? I was considering giving him devils claw as I have heard that it can help certain horses? But I'm not sure if it can be given long term to a young horse? Anything else I could look into? Acupuncture?

Obviously anything I do will be done in consultation with my vet, but I'm just looking into all avenues to gather as much information as I can so that I give my neddy the best possible chance of recovery. Having never dealt with this problem before I don't want to accidently do something which could affect his recovery, just due to my lack of knowledge. I'm pretty patient so taking things slow really isn't an issue if that's what I need to do! :)

Thanks!
 
Mine has a recurring problem and last summer I took her swimming. It made the world of difference - after three sessions you wouldn't have known there was anything wrong with her. Until 12 weeks later when she damaged a ligament in her knee......... But that's another story!!
 
my horse haad a suspected SI injury, although now believe it is something else. i wasn told at the time physio would help alot. you are also okay to feed devils claw and similar long term. its herbal.
on the plus side, my friends horse fractured her SI. was given a bad prognosis (was 5 at the time) was turned out 24/7 in a herd in a massive field living naturally for 12 months and she's been back in work 2 years now and is super sound doing low level BE. needs physio every 6 weeks but thats it!!
 
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