You can take 5 chunks of bone out of a horse's spine and still ride it!

You must be SO thrilled! Keep taking the time to allow his muscles to adjust. I was at the BHS lameness conference yesterday and Gillian Higgins talked about owners whose horses have had the surgery being so thrilled that their horses are so much more comfortable that they forget that all the muscle which has acomodated and compensated for the pain now has to be remodelled to work properly in the new way to avoid more complications. Not saying thats what you would do at all, just an interesting soundbyte to share :)
 
Naturally said:
You must be SO thrilled! Keep taking the time to allow his muscles to adjust. I was at the BHS lameness conference yesterday and Gillian Higgins talked about owners whose horses have had the surgery being so thrilled that their horses are so much more comfortable that they forget that all the muscle which has acomodated and compensated for the pain now has to be remodelled to work properly in the new way to avoid more complications. Not saying thats what you would do at all, just an interesting soundbyte to share :)
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Thanks for that. Yes, I will be continuing with his pessoa work every other day and not be asking much of him for a while yet. Don't planany canter work under saddle for a few weeks. :)
 
xxMozlarxx said:
So many of us have had KS surgery on our horses successfully. Good to hear it's going well.
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That's why I think it's important to let everyone know about it. H&H is always near the top on google searches and the more success stories there are for people to find, the more horses can be helped. I think many people (including myself a couple of years ago), still think that kissing spines spells the end of a horse's ridden career.
 
Good idea, I must admit I never doubted the likely success of the op ( perhaps because Willesley is our regular vet) so was surprised to see some of the negative comments on here when my horse had the op in 2010. People saying it was rarely successful and too much to put a horse through, mine sailed through and was rolling in his box the following day.
 
xxMozlarxx said:
Good idea, I must admit I never doubted the likely success of the op ( perhaps because Willesley is our regular vet) so was surprised to see some of the negative comments on here when my horse had the op in 2010. People saying it was rarely successful and too much to put a horse through, mine sailed through and was rolling in his box the following day.
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Even my vet was really reluctant for him to have the op, saying it was a lot to put them through and it was rarely successful. Needless to say, she has comletely changed her view now.
 
I think this surgery is fab. My ex's horse had it nearly 10 years ago, the vet originally didn't want to bother, but after much discussion the surgery was done, and the horse had a renewed lease of life. When sat on for the first time she went off down the lane like she had only had the weekend off. She couldn't even roll before.
 
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