spavins, spavins ,spavins! advice needed please?

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Hi,
After months of up and down to vets for xrays of back, hock, bone scans etc, vets are sure now after nerve block that his back pain is secondary to his hock spavins.
Hocks have been injected with methylprednisolone.
His hocks have nearly fused but vets say may be another year until fully fussed. possibly has been going on since 08- before i bought him and has now chronic back pain whick is not helped by mesotherapy or physio.

My question is vets say to put on bute for one month and lunge and get back on and ride but realistically is it realy fair to ride if they still havnt fused?
Can he jump at all if hes ok on steroid injections?
At the mo hes lame in field (not on bute) but sound on concrete when trotted up. Dont know if this is due to hard ground and being on a hillside as well.

Has anyone else had spavins that have fused and horse was fine after and went back competing- i want this horse to jump 120m plus.

I would rather put him in field (now i know whats definately wrong with him) and keep xraying until fused to be fair to us both because he is very difficult while like this- rearing and bolting

I just want anyone experiences please!
many thanks!
 
Don't know about jumping but competed cross-country carriage driving with horse with spavins. Advice was that they would fuse quicker if she was kept in work.
 
My horse has also been diagnosed with hock spavins bilaterally. Had injections, now sound and flexing upwards with leg extrememly well, however now showing a secondary problem in which he is really struggling to move his back legs forward fully and track up, so off for bone scan tomorrow to find hot spots and try to treat the problem (suspected suspensory/stifle or sacroiliac) so we shall see.

With regard to yours If he is still lame I definitely wouldn't jump, did the injections not work? Or is he showing another problem now that they are treated?
 
My 6 yr old has just been diagnosed with Bone Spavins in the lower 2 joints of his hocks after xrays and nerve blocks.
I have been advised to give him a month off (after painkilling jabs to hocks), then he will have more jabs to his hocks followed by daily exercise to encourage then to fuse. Straight line exercise not lunging as stright lines easier on the hocks, he also has a sore back on and off and is lame on both back legs, and really struggles down hill.
Vet also recommended no lunging better better to do straight line work, starting slowly with walking, and buliding up from there.

Vet said he has an 85% of a being completely sound after fusing complete and he said he should be able to compete again in the future, so fingers crossed he gets well soon.
 
No idea with spavins however, if the horse has any type of hock, stifle or joint issue I wouldn't be lunging it. Straight line work or if in the school going round the track but no circles/ Lunging puts immense pressure on the joints and is likely to cause more issues for you.
 
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