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My lovely horse has just had a scan that showed a small lesion in the mid section of the sdft , can anyone with experience of this let me know what knd of rehab to expect . And did the horse come back to where you were before .

She is down for stem cell in a few weeks time and I will be following the vets advice to the letter.
 
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So many racehorses get this type of injury and go on to race again successfully for many years. It will be roughly a year before you are back to where you were before injury but time is your best friend with this sort of thing.

Stem cell surgery is an option. It won't shorten the length of time the horse requires off it just increases the chance of a better recovery - ie the tendon fills in with tendon fibre rather than scar tissue.
 

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So many racehorses get this type of injury and go on to race again successfully for many years. It will be roughly a year before you are back to where you were before injury but time is your best friend with this sort of thing.

Stem cell surgery is an option. It won't shorten the length of time the horse requires off it just increases the chance of a better recovery - ie the tendon fills in with tendon fibre rather than scar tissue.
Thanks elf in a shelf, that’s really reassuring to hear, she is having stem cell treatment in the tendon in a few weeks time.
She can have as much time as she need. She saw a really top vet who also treats a lot of racehorses so I have confidence she has the best chance. I can happily wait a year .
 

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I bought one that was part way through rehab for this. It was a serious one, she had proper flares. It was both legs the same. She was sound and, a year on, was just stepping up from walk work. The vet passed her as a general hack at that time.

I bought her as she was a quality that I would not usually be able to afford for £1,400!

I did stacks of hacking before stepping it up but didn't hold back too much and had the odd canter. She taught a novice to ride as that was not too demanding. Did a few months before jumping but she soon went BSJA, as it was then. She won a Newcomers with me. The winter after, she went hunting. I started off 'being careful' but soon she was jumping big hedge country. End of that season she took me round an open team chase! That would be a good 2 years after injury.

She never had a lame day with the tendons, they were always cool and hard. In the end, she did have an issue with her annular ligament. I think it was because of the physical size of her tendon repair. The tendons themselves never changed.
 

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I bought one that was part way through rehab for this. It was a serious one, she had proper flares. It was both legs the same. She was sound and, a year on, was just stepping up from walk work. The vet passed her as a general hack at that time.

I bought her as she was a quality that I would not usually be able to afford for £1,400!

I did stacks of hacking before stepping it up but didn't hold back too much and had the odd canter. She taught a novice to ride as that was not too demanding. Did a few months before jumping but she soon went BSJA, as it was then. She won a Newcomers with me. The winter after, she went hunting. I started off 'being careful' but soon she was jumping big hedge country. End of that season she took me round an open team chase! That would be a good 2 years after injury.

She never had a lame day with the tendons, they were always cool and hard. In the end, she did have an issue with her annular ligament. I think it was because of the physical size of her tendon repair. The tendons themselves never changed.
Wow that does fill me with confidence Red-1 thanks for that , sounds like you got a bargain .
I was devastated when I found out as she’s showing a lot of promise eventing , sounds like with a bit of luck it will just delay her career not finish it
Thank you so much both of you
 

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Mine tore a hole in his SDFT. He was in for 6 weeks then suppose to be in a paddock but he kept jumping out and was a lunatic, even if we tried to sedate. We ended up keeping him in for 12 weeks.. lots of walking inhand, by then the hole had showed a dramatic improvement on the scan. He just had cold water therapy, cold hosing daily. I had it re scanned a year on, healed pretty much perfectly.

3 years ago, he’s now hacking, jumping, no lump.
 

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My mare did both, way back in the days before mobile ultrasound was normal. Both swollen and hot right in the middle. She was rested in the field on vets instructions until there had been no sign of heat for a month, then brought back into work steadily, and returned to doing 12 miles fun rides with a lot of jumping and went to someone else as a showjumper.
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How old is your mare? It generally doesn't make much of a difference to healing quality unless they are much older. You say she is just starting her eventing career.

I never worry about younger horses who do legs - it gives them time to grow and mature better because you CANT do anything with them.
 

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How old is your mare? It generally doesn't make much of a difference to healing quality unless they are much older. You say she is just starting her eventing career.

I never worry about younger horses who do legs - it gives them time to grow and mature better because you CANT do anything with them.
She’s 6 in a few weeks , you are right elf the break will do her no harm , although I do feel sorry for her on box rest again, as she spent about 16 weeks last summer on box rest then rehab after stifle athroscopy.
 

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Just an update on my horses injury for anyone who in the future has a similar injury and finds this thread .
My horse has just had a scan , 8 weeks after she had off the shelf stem cell ( Renutend ) injected into the lesion.
. The stem cell has worked so well my vet ( Peter Scholefield)said the healed part of the tendon looks stronger than the rest of the tendon ever looked.
She is now going for 3 months off in a field to just make sure and after that is ok to be ridden .
So anyone reading I thoroughly recommend the stem cell .
 
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Just an update on my horses injury for anyone who in the future has a similar injury and finds this thread .
My horse has just had a scan , after she had off the shelf endogenous stem cell ( Renutend ) . The stem cell has worked so well my vet ( Peter Scholefield) the healed part of the tendon looks stronger than the rest of the tendon ever looked.
She is now going for 3 months off in a field to just make sure and after that is ok to be ridden .
So anyone reading I thoroughly recommend the stem cell .

Fab! Stem cell transplant can be really useful on the right type of injury. I am glad it has worked well for you!
 

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My lovely horse has just had a scan that showed a small lesion in the mid section of the sdft , can anyone with experience of this let me know what knd of rehab to expect . And did the horse come back to where you were before .

She is down for stem cell in a few weeks time and I will be following the vets advice to the letter.
hand walking increasing amount of time each week, boxrest eventually trotwork increase time by small amount each week, canter work then turned away for a few months if all goes well
 

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hand walking increasing amount of time each week, boxrest eventually trotwork increase time by small amount each week, canter work then turned away for a few months if all goes well
Thanks , luckily it has gone well, scan showed healing with the stem cell looks stronger than original tissue , she is now about to start a few months turnout , did not have to trot and canter beforehand although have done all the walking as healing looked so good. Vet is a top vet.
 
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