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Location: TEXAS | I have had my horse x-rayed. and ultra sound. Only thing they can say is soft tissue damage. Needs MRI but thats hard to come up with. He done this in Dec. still lame . Now they say turn him out and he may come back sound and may not. Any suggestions, ? PM me if you have a cure thanks .
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Location: east tx | SEEMERUN3 - 2014-05-23 7:05 AM I have had my horse x-rayed. and ultra sound. Only thing they can say is soft tissue damage. Needs MRI but thats hard to come up with. He done this in Dec. still lame . Now they say turn him out and he may come back sound and may not. Any suggestions, ? PM me if you have a cure thanks .
My horse had deep digital felxor tendon problems. Had to stall rest 4 months then small lot another 3 months then pasture rest. Had to stay off him for a year. Time is only thing to do. Make sure they don't run and buck to reinjure. |
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Location: TEXAS | Thanks , Hes had all of that so far. just turned him out. Vets said Ok ... but ever once in a while he does buck and run... might should just keep him up...
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Location: Abbotsford B.C. Canada | I suggest that follow vets advice and turn out. He may tweeak it at first bucvking but long term he will learn he needs to take care of himself .
he needs to move so ligaments and tendons stay strong and stretched and remodel as best they can to heal up.
Use a good quality joint supplement to reduce inflammation, consider legend.
I would use a good horse suipplement to mainatin all nutrients involved in tendon health. Also a horse that is not used may drop in bone density so feed for that.
Use an omega 3 based supplement like a cup of day of milled flax if he is not on green grass. For example in the winter but if the grass is green it has lots of omega 3 's. When my mare fisrt had an issue I used a cup of flax plus 1-2 oz fish oil (human grade cod liver oil/day).
Maybe top up with 2-3,000 iu vitamin E if not on green grass as there may be some thinsg like low grade inflammation happening and that may increase the need for a good anti oxidant to support healing up.
Make sure protein is adequate and of good quality. You cannot make a tendon or muscle out of macaroni. The supplement must mainatin lysine and copper and other stuff thah helps maintain tendons and ligaments.
I use the back on track wraps to mainatin circulation in the forelimbs of my horse who has a tear in a branch of the DDFT within the hoof and I think they really help.
I also suggest using previcox at 50 mg/day or whatever vet suggests, but use the dog formula as it seems a lot cheaper. This is an anti inflammatory but does not cause the negative side efects of bute for example .
These are just the things I do and believe work or at least help. The tendon will never be 100% the same but it may recover so you can do what you want.
Good luck,
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| With any injury you want to make sure that you increase blood flow to speed up healing. Whether that's a laser,Accuscope, Theraplate that's up to you. And what works for one may not work for another. I love BOT products. Get the bell boots and leave them on. That will help the foot. I agree with Previcox and I would try the Platinum CJ and feed Longevity. |
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Location: Texas | My suggestion… Turn him out and forget you own him, lol. It will heal with time. Give him 6 months and don't give him feed if you can just leave him on pasture his body will take care of itself. Or you can spend thousands of $ so you can go win $200. at a jackpot! ;)
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Location: Muskogee, OK | Without knowing exactly what it is, I would not just turn him out. This is where horses can and will do more damage and continue to re-injure what is already weakened. If you want your horse to have the best chance at coming back sound stall rest and controlled exercise is what you want here. Blood circulation and movement are absolutely imperative for proper healing... However un-controlled turnout (horses will be horses, and run and turn and buck and play) can be disasterous when it comes to healing an injury.
Edited by barrelracingchick16 2014-05-23 9:27 PM
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Location: Georgia | I went through the same thing a year and half ago. Vet said we needed to do M R I or I could put him on stall rest for 6 months to see if he came back sound. After 4 months in a stall and no improvement I did the M R I. He had inflamed colateral ligaments and inflamed bursa in both feet. Shock wave, injentions, special shoes, and 4 more months in a stall I'm finally riding him again. I hated to have it done but at least we found out what we were dealing with and knew how to treat it. According to vet this wouldn't have healed with just stall rest. |
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| I don't know where you are located in Texas, but I would take him to Equine Assoc. In Pilot Point. They are the best lameness vets around. |
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Location: TEXAS | CJJET... this is what they think is wrong with mine but only in one foot... He was in stall rest since dec... just turning him out...:( thanks for info.
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Location: TEXAS | Thank all of you for the info. I will try to take a little from all of you and hope for the best . I wish I could figure out how to print all of it off... Thank you all
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Location: TEXAS | Yea I printed it off thanks again
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Location: TEXAS | SEEMERUN3 - 2014-05-24 1:24 PM Yea I printed it off thanks again
I have back on track :) and did use them for months .at night . |
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | We have had a few soft tissue injuries. The first one we wasted two years of different guesses - wasting time & money. Did MRI & was not fixable. The other two, vets demanded stall rest & only 5 min of hand walking- stall time varied pending issue. They will not learn to protect themselves until they injure the area & must not use it. Protect it best you can with soft ride like boots. |
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Location: So. California | Dealing with a similar issue, x-rays + ultra sound and nothing, but still lame. 2 months stall rest and still off. Turned her out into pasture since mid December and rode her for the first time yesterday - she traveled sound on soft arena dirt!  15 minutes only!!!! I would NOT have turned her out in the pasture without a complete set of x-rays and US.
I did notice that she is out somewhere, making an appointment with a chiropractor is my next step. The pasture is working so if she needs another few months to come back 100% so be it.
Pasture rest for at least 6-8+ months
Balanced trimming is a MUST
Chiropractor is next (I might have done that sooner had I realized how out she really was)
I will bite the bullet and do a standing MRI if this doesn't work.
Good luck with your horse!!!
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