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Location: Northwest | Can anyone tell me more about them....what treatments etc you did that were most successful (if you did more than the prescribed "rest and hand walking"). AND...would you personally put that much effort into one who is bred very well, had just started showing promise on the barrels but is already 7 and has not started competing yet? Just considering my options. Thanks! |
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| I haven't had hind problems, but have had front leg suspensory mine was a little tear, the vet injected generic stem cells, it is about 200 bottle, and she was on stall rest for a few weeks then could be lightly rode with gradual increase in activity was running after 3 months.
Anytime I have tendon/ligament issues I inject with generic stem cells reduces the chance of scar tissue and quickens the healing time.
And yes I have done this on nothing spectacular bloodlines on horses just started on barrels. IMO I own the horse, it is my responsibility to keep the horse safe and sound even if they don't become anything.
Edited by cheryl makofka 2014-05-01 10:22 PM
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| My gelding had a 40% tear, given less than 19% chance of recovering. I did PRP, iced twice a day, sweat wrap at night with runners relief for 3 months. Gave him small run at one month and turn out at 4 months. Healed in 8 months, started back at 11 months. He made a complete recovery. If I was attached to the horse I would do what ever I could. Only you can decide. |
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| I would prob consider what happened........bad ground, bad shoeing.....or what the cause may have been. If it was no fault of the horse, and not a bad tear, I would give it a chance. My horse had a swollen suspensory, but no tears and she came back from that. Also, hoping your vet ultrasounded the opposite suspensory for comparison. If it is a high tear, it may not be an actual tear, but rather the muscle tissue which is the beginning of the formation of the suspensory ,and can look like a tear. This also happened to me until we compared the suspensories to one another........... |
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| I just had one diagnosed last September. Turns out both hind suspensories had tears. So, it mimicked hock soreness since it was bilateral. Keep in mind, I'm old school when it comes to how much time I think they need. Vet said with extensive therapies we could possibly get him back in 4-6 months. I didn't want to throw every therapy at him. To me, time is your best bet in these types of injuries. And the cost some of the additional therapies are to "possibly" speed up recovery time by a minimal amount wasn't worth it to me for this horse. He wasn't getting ready for the NFR! My main goal is to bring him back with minimal scar tissue and healthy ligaments. So, I did PRP immediately. Then 45 days of stall rest with accuscope therapy 4x a week at a friend of mine's rehab facility. Took him home and put him in a 24x48 pen so he could move around yet not get super crazy. I walked him for about 20 minutes 3-4x a week. At 90 days, following his recheck and ultrasound, I put him in a large turn out. But would still hand walk him. He goes back for his 9 month ultrasound the middle of next month. Hopefully I will get the ok to start legging him back up. He looks ready to run right now. But, I'm not gonna do anything until he's had at least 9 months off with that type of injury. |
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Location: South MS | My mare completely ripped her joint capsule in her rear fetlock - it was bad
She was lame for weeks and it was painful to watch
She was out 10 months - I did monthly adequan injections, cosequin ASU feed thru, made sure her shoeing was 100% at the right angle, I sweated every other day with dmso/dex/furazone mix - I keep pressure wrapped all the time - I did water therapy/ice boot daily
I turned out at 1 month alone and then 2 months she could go out with the herd
Spent 2 months bringing her back - she is a 1d/2d horse so I would have done anything to get her back |
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| Stall rest, stem cell, stall rest, small turnout, hand walking, aquatread, light riding. It's been 9 months and she's fully healed, but danged if I can find the nerve to leg her up. I'm chicken. This is my true blue rodeo mare and I'm terrified of hurting her again. I need to get over it, she's bored to tears! |
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Location: South Dakota | What is the best way to prevent these type of injuries? |
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| ridejg - 2014-05-02 8:13 AM What is the best way to prevent these type of injuries?
I asked my vet that- 2 answers - sometimes they are just accidents like spraing your ankle, nothing you could have done about it. Second answer was proper conditioning, horses who are finished may not see the barrels except at races and may be missing in their exercise routine the small circle work equal to turning a barrel thus those muscles and tendons are not getting trained for the tight turns. He equated it to a top level swimmer with excellent cardio not being able to compete at that same level on a bycicle even though they are a top athelete- different muscles are used. Do some training in deep dirt to condition horses to that type of ground, deep dirt equals soft tissue damage, hard ground effects joints, hocks etc because of the impact. I am very picky now where I run my horses, especially my guy with the tear.
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Location: South Dakota | rodeomom3 - 2014-05-02 8:47 AM ridejg - 2014-05-02 8:13 AM What is the best way to prevent these type of injuries? I asked my vet that- 2 answers - sometimes they are just accidents like spraing your ankle, nothing you could have done about it. Second answer was proper conditioning, horses who are finished may not see the barrels except at races and may be missing in their exercise routine the small circle work equal to turning a barrel thus those muscles and tendons are not getting trained for the tight turns. He equated it to a top level swimmer with excellent cardio not being able to compete at that same level on a bycicle even though they are a top athelete- different muscles are used. Do some training in deep dirt to condition horses to that type of ground, deep dirt equals soft tissue damage, hard ground effects joints, hocks etc because of the impact. I am very picky now where I run my horses, especially my guy with the tear.
Thanks ....makes good sense! |
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