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Location: Idaho | So about a month ago, my 5 year old got wrapped up in some fencing wire and pulled his suspensory ligament in his front right leg, right below his ankle around the pastern area. I noticed the swelling maybe a couple days after, but I had been hosing his legs down really good because he got some cuts on his lower back legs. I started using some linament on his front legs for the swelling. He is not lame on it right now, the swelling has gone down a bit. (It's not a huge amount of swelling, it's actually barely noticable unless you take a real good look at his legs.)
The vet said it wasn't too big of a deal and I shouldn't worry about his future in barrel racing he should be fine and that it would take 4-6 weeks to heal. I am planning to give him at least 8 weeks before I take him back to the vet to have him checked again. I have been doing a little research and everything I have found is that it is harder for them to come back after a suspensory ligament injury, and that they are at much higher risk for re-injury.
So I am curious, does anyone have any experience with this? What was the outcome? |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | My experience was with a tear in the suspensory not a pull. I was told that he would be more prone to injuring that leg again but 3 years later he is good. I use BOT on him and run him in iconoclast boots for extra support. |
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| My mother-in-law is working on rehabbing a horse with an old suspensory injury. She has been working on it for about two months but he still limps on it at times when you trot him. She has used light therapy, BOT, corrected his feet (the people that own him let their shoer take all of his heel off) slow walking and trotting for a month and their doesn't seem to be much change. Hoping more will post on here about their success rehab stories. |
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| I'm in nearly the same boat as you.
Strained tendon. We're using IceVibes in the evening, BOT standing wrap at night, IceTight in the morning, and then cold laser therapy for the next 30 days.
He's not sore on it at all. I was told the same, his future as a performance horse wouldn't be in jeopardy as long as he had the time off to heal completely. Although, I was told he would need 5 months off to heal properly and completely.  |
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Location: Texas | did he strain a branch of it? because the suspensory branches just above the fetlock and then has two extensor branches that go dorsally to the front of the pastern. |
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| My horse tore his suspensory higher up on his leg so not in the same location as yours but I am five months in his rehab and just started walking him under saddle last week. We did stem cells and PRP and the vet says once he gets back to running (in a few more months) he should be good but there is always a higher risk of tearing it again. The new tissue that grows back will never be as strong as the original. My vet said the new ligament that heals will be about 80-90% the strength of the original.
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Location: Idaho | RPReast, Not sure, it might be different because it is a tendon.. and this a ligament? I had a gelding a long time ago that backed into a trailer and sliced his deep flexor tendon clean in half. Took about 8 months to heal, he can back super strong. Still running, still clocking, never had any issues with lameness.
Now with my 5 year old, I him on Formula 1 Noni to not only help with his digestion and bone health, but also for it's inflammation management as well. Also ordered some lameaway "mud" to help with the inflammation and circulation as well.
Casual Dust, looks like it might be one of the branches? It is right below the fetlock on the outside, right part of his pastern. So if you were looking at him from the front, facing his chest dead on.. you would be able to see the minor swelling on his front right leg. It's not soft swelling either, you can run your fingers down on it and you feel a little "ball" right there. Vet says that there is blood clot in the ligament, says that is how it heals itself.. that is draws the blood to that area so that it can heal, then the blood clot go away. I am actually amazed, since I started him on the Formula 1.. how much the swelling has gone down, almost looks normal now.
I am planning to get some BOT wraps for his future, and I usually use the Legacy system but might switch over to Iconolast.
Edited for typos.. must not be awake yet lol
Edited by DashNDustem 2016-08-18 1:24 PM
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| I had a mare tear her suspensory and we did shockwave and lots of time off (close to a year) but that was because she was her own worst enemy and kept reinjuring it. When she finally was healed I took my time conditioning her and she came back as strong as ever. Now I am dealing with an injury to her suspensory and sesimoid bone in her hind leg. Most likely due to kicking something or being kicked. If you have access to a Equivibe or Theraplate I would sure use it. |
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Location: Texas | yeah thats sounds like one of the branches. I really like sweating them in runners relief. I think it helps. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | I put my horse on THE NutraWound and it has helped him to heal well and has not re-injuried it **knock on wood** |
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Location: Idaho | Unfortunately, I do not have a Theraplate! lol I love those things :D
Thank you all for your input! Formula 1 seems to be helping with swelling and inflammation, also ordered some Lameaway Rub and Mud for healing and inflammation. Then I have some Back on Track no bows along with some iconolast boots on the way!
Really appreciate your input everyone!! |
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