seabiscuit
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Any success stories?
Shockwave therapy to treat PSD in hinds
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Marchtime
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Kind of. Jesper injured his left hind suspensory four years ago aged 5yrs. It was treated with box rest and shock wave therapy. He came sound, although we never jumped again (I chose not to risk it as his talent lay in dressage). Sadly last year he then injured his right fore collateral ligament and the weakness of the diagonal pair has meant his left hind suspensory is now not perfect, although he is still hacking on one danilon every other day. I'd definitely give shockwave a try.
star
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yup. Dan got PSD in his right hind in 2002. he had 3 lots of shockwave 2 weeks apart with box rest followed by a controlled exercise program. he was back in full work in 6mths and never looked back.
Mavis
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No success as yet, as my horse has just (yesterday) been diagnosed with PSD in his off fore and had the first shockwave treatment (of three, I think) yesterday. I hope it works
angiebaby
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Fronts are much easier to treat with shockwave than hind legs, unless you treat very early after diagnosis.
Mine had the fasciotomy and neurectomy a year ago, had 6 months field rest ( although this wasn't at all necessary) he is now hacking daily for 2/3 hours, schooling and a bit of jumping
Mine had the fasciotomy and neurectomy a year ago, had 6 months field rest ( although this wasn't at all necessary) he is now hacking daily for 2/3 hours, schooling and a bit of jumping
ann-jen
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Jenny had 3 sessions 1 week apart for her PSD in her off hind. One month after that the scan showed the ligament had healed but whether that was due to the shockwave or the reduction in her work load I'm not sure and whether it'll recur when we start jumping again I don't know but I'm hopeful of a full success because she is going very well on the flat so far. (fingers crossed)
seabiscuit
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Many thanks everyone
What about turnout/exercise during the course of treatment?
My vet said to turn him out ( and he went mad in the field yesterday, so prob already undone the benefits of his first session of shockwave
) and he is being walked under saddle building up to 20 mins a day. 3 mins of trot being introduced for weeks 3 and 4 and 5 mins of trot for weeks 5 and 6 and then building up to light schooling/cantering for weeks 7 and 8.
How does this compare with your exercise programs?
What about turnout/exercise during the course of treatment?
My vet said to turn him out ( and he went mad in the field yesterday, so prob already undone the benefits of his first session of shockwave
How does this compare with your exercise programs?
ann-jen
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Well my vet's advice was controversial compared to the standard advice of box rest. Jenny wasn't actually lame (she just started refusing jumps which is quite out of character as she is the sort of horse that will go off the crappest stride/angle). He said continue to turn out and for the first month we were to just hack out, and then over the next 3 months to build up her flat work. We are now 4.5months in and I would say now doing a similar level of flatwork to prior to the injury, we are doing some polework and still hacking out. The plan is to start with some very small jumps and gridwork at the end of January and then build up over February and then take her back for a final scan at the end of Feb to make sure there has been no deterioration after starting to jump again. If that scan is still clear, I will renew my BSJA membership and get cracking, although I intend doing fewer competitions than I was and will be incredibly picky about the surface I will be jumping on - which will limit a lot of venues round here.
star
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turnout was considered a big no-no when Dan did his and when I did my final yr dissertation on it in 2006 box rest was still the done thing. no idea if things have changed since then.
Dan was meant to be on complete box rest apart from his prescribed exercise until he was canterin under saddle but he was nutty in the box so i had a tiny paddock for him (think size of 2 stables) and built up his time out there. when he got onto ridden trot work he got turned back out.
he did a month of in-hand walking, 2 months of ridden walking building up to 90mins a day, 2.5mths of ridden trotting starting with 30secs and building up to 20mins a day and then canter work. we were meant to do it all in straight lines but it was winter and the hacking was naf anyway so he did most of it round the farm or in the school. he was diagnosed end of August and did a 10mile sponsored ride the following April and was back competing Prelim at this time (was working Medium before the injury) Took a few yrs before he was back jumping decent heights and working Medium again though as he tended to resent striking off on the left lead in canter every now and then and I wouldn't up his work until he was happy again.
Dan was meant to be on complete box rest apart from his prescribed exercise until he was canterin under saddle but he was nutty in the box so i had a tiny paddock for him (think size of 2 stables) and built up his time out there. when he got onto ridden trot work he got turned back out.
he did a month of in-hand walking, 2 months of ridden walking building up to 90mins a day, 2.5mths of ridden trotting starting with 30secs and building up to 20mins a day and then canter work. we were meant to do it all in straight lines but it was winter and the hacking was naf anyway so he did most of it round the farm or in the school. he was diagnosed end of August and did a 10mile sponsored ride the following April and was back competing Prelim at this time (was working Medium before the injury) Took a few yrs before he was back jumping decent heights and working Medium again though as he tended to resent striking off on the left lead in canter every now and then and I wouldn't up his work until he was happy again.