update on horse the physio missed- bone spavin

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Hi,

Posted a few weeks ago about my horse who was being referred to vet hospital due to back soreness.

X-rays showed no kissing spine or arthritis.

then had scintherapy/bone scan 3 days ago- showed heat in the SI and mild heat in both hocks

Then xrayed hocks and back- xrays showed bone spavin in hocks - one fused and other nearly fused.
nothing in SI but not exact as difficult to xray that area anyways.

Ultrasound showed nothing- no strains of superspinous ligament or anything at all.

Injected hocks with adcortly.

Have mesotherapy/injectons in two weeks into the back to stop the muscle spasms.

Has anyone has any experience with this?
Does anyone have/had a horse who competes/ed up to a high level jumping etc with bone spavin.
Hes has never been lame.
Hes a 10yr SF gelding.
Has anyone had a horse who compensated with bone spavin resulting in chronic back pain.
Have discussed at length with vet but just have to wait and see she said.
Just need to know what peole experiences are.
Insurance runs out 19th march so ............!:cool:

thanks
 
Yes, bone spavin in competition horses is very very common as is SI injury/pain as a secondary effect. Look through the older posts in this veterinary section and you will find hundreds of posts about it.
 
Yes it's very common for horses with bone spavins to have back pain.

Vets around here tend to recommend some physio under sedation after the hocks have been medicated.
 
did you also have the suspensories scanned?

I know of several horses who have had their hocks medicated, back often impoves sustantially once hocks feel better. But after a few weeks they lose performance again and further investigation has shown some damage to suspensories.
 
Im not sure if they did actually. they ultrasounded the back definately but im not sure about the hocks ill ring tomorrow to find out- thanks for tha idea
 
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