Shockwave treatment??

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I've been advised to have this treatment on a horse that I own which is currently out on loan.

He has been in quite hard work and was showing an odd action behind so vet was called. He was nerveblocked and potential hock lameness so x-rayed. Mild arthritic changes noted (horse is 15) so hocks were injected. They saw some improvement but not totally right so nerveblocked and injected again. No improvement from 2nd injection.

Vet scanned hind suspensory ligaments and where the ligament attaches to the bone there is some 'roughening'. Vet has advised that it's unlikely to heal without intervention but that the injury is not obvious enough (suspensories themselves apparently look ok) to have surgery.

I've spoken to the vet on the phone but it's difficult as I wasn't there when all the blocks etc were done and I feel a bit removed from the situation.

Any one got any advice / experiences etc?

I'm also not sure I followed the vet's description of what the treatment entails . . .
 
in one of my old jobs there were 2 racehorses that were recommended to have it. Horse 1 had it, loved the process of it and it really helped, he won nearly everytime out after having it. Horse 2 wasn't fazed by the process, didnt like it or hate it, just stood normally. Was FAR worse for having it, hung so badly that jockey (very strong and very famous) could hardly keep him on the course. This happened every time untill shockwave treatment was stopped and he went back to being a pretty good racehorse and won a couple more racehorses.
works on some but not others!
 
One of my mares has just had this treatment for a front suspensory injury, the vet was very surprised by the second scan how well the injury was progressing, so, I think it is well worth trying.
 
Hi, my gelding had the same type of injury but on his front leg & more severe, he managed to detatch some of the high suspensory from the back of the knee. Anyway he had shockwave & adaquan (can't spell it) jabs at the same time over the course of about 8 weeks. Unfortunately didn't work for us:-( Has worked for plenty of horses on our yard however & it wasn't a distressing treatment so if you can afford it go for it...maybe find out about the adaquan too which tends to be used with this sort of injury. Good luck!
 
Oh forgot to say the actual treatment (in total non-technical terms because all I know is what I saw!!!) is a small machine with an attachment that they hold on the horses leg where the impulses come out, the thing they hold on the leg is small and not scary but the machine does make a tapping noise which my gelding had to get used to. Hope this helps!
 
My boy had just had it. My thought is that it's non-invasive and non distressing so it's worth a shot!
 
kinglouis said:
Hi, my gelding had the same type of injury but on his front leg & more severe, he managed to detatch some of the high suspensory from the back of the knee. Anyway he had shockwave & adaquan (can't spell it) jabs at the same time over the course of about 8 weeks. Unfortunately didn't work for us:-( Has worked for plenty of horses on our yard however & it wasn't a distressing treatment so if you can afford it go for it...maybe find out about the adaquan too which tends to be used with this sort of injury. Good luck!
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Sorry to hear it didn't work for you :-(.

He's been given / is having adaquan at the moment and from what I've been told by the vets and from on here it seems to be worth trying.

A friend said she thought it was a painful treatment??
 
Honestly my sensitive WB did not feel a thing, he was norting at the clicking machine the first time then just enjoyed the attention. I think it is quite an aggresive treatment on the inside but not something they feel or find painful, my boy would have let me know for sure:-)
 
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