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| My gelding suddenly went lame about a year ago on his front left. The vet spent a good amount of time on him and finally decided it was the shoulder, and we injected it and he was sound after that. Well, I rode him today and guess what... suddenly lame again. Did the exact same thing as he did a year ago. We are seeing the vet again on Friday and i'm assuming it is the shoulder again, so we will probably go ahead and inject. I'm probably going to get an xray this time as well to see if there is anything major going on. Has anyone ever had to do shoulder injections to help with a more major issue? We don't know why he does this, all we know is that the injections help. I rode him on Monday and he was perfectly fine. He gets Tight Joints Plus as well.. Just looking if anyone has experienced this..... |
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Location: Iowa | I have not done shoulder injections, but mare mare was lame off and on.............after YEARS of lameness exams, time off, blocks, and a surgery, I got another opinion. What we found then was artritis in her neck. I had some facets injected in her neck and she has been great ever since. :) Since she had moved in pain for so long i did have some equine ortho-bionomy done on her and she seems to be adjusting really well. |
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Yes, we have had shoulders and the shoulder bursas injected on a few of ours. Our vet thinks bursitis hurts worse than joint issues most of the time so we usually do the bursas first and see if that helps. |
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Location: Texas | Yes I've had one done routinely once a year.
you aren't going to get a good look at the shoulder joint via xray- so much muscle mass. It's done, but not near as pretty a picture as other areas of the body. |
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Location: AR & OK | Thanks for posting, I have a gelding with the same issue and the vet cannot find what is wrong.
So I am going to check into some of the suggestions. |
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| casualdust07 - 2014-04-09 5:53 PM
Yes I've had one done routinely once a year.
you aren't going to get a good look at the shoulder joint via xray- so much muscle mass. It's done, but not near as pretty a picture as other areas of the body.
I guess that makes sense. I guess we will just keep injecting and go with it. |
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| Ck your horses feet. Make sure they are level and balanced and ck the angles. Front feet can make shoulder lameness also. I use Aculife Patches on the acupressure point for the shoulder and it has most of time taken away the soreness. Message me if you have any questions . |
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Location: Durango CO | I also highly recommend checking the balance of the hooves. I have a gelding now that had shoulder pain according to the previous owner and knee problems from a different previous owner. This horse is so out of wack wih his angles that I have no doubt in my mind that is the only problem! |
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| He has really nice feet, we have a great farrier and him and the vet work together on this horses feet to make sure they are in good shape. We were thinking that he was kicked last year in the shoulder because that first injection we got done, there was blood in the joint as well... |
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| achildres - 2014-04-09 2:38 PM
My gelding suddenly went lame about a year ago on his front left. The vet spent a good amount of time on him and finally decided it was the shoulder, and we injected it and he was sound after that. Well, I rode him today and guess what... suddenly lame again. Did the exact same thing as he did a year ago. We are seeing the vet again on Friday and i'm assuming it is the shoulder again, so we will probably go ahead and inject. I'm probably going to get an xray this time as well to see if there is anything major going on. Has anyone ever had to do shoulder injections to help with a more major issue? We don't know why he does this, all we know is that the injections help. I rode him on Monday and he was perfectly fine. He gets Tight Joints Plus as well.. Just looking if anyone has experienced this.....
To me it sounds like the previous injection has worn off. I have had shoulders injected on a couple horses that my dad ropes on and I've seen incredible improvement with the injections. How long ago did you inject the shoulder? One if my travel partners horses has a broken shoulder...ouch...I think she gets that horses shoulder injected regularly, every 6 mos or so.... I would also agree with checking your horses front feet, how ever if the vet went through your horse previously and found that the shoulder needed injecting then the injection has probably just worn off and needs to be done again :) I've also had shockwave done on a horses shoulders along with the injection! It worked great! Good luck! |
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| Thank you! And yes he was injected about this time last year and then again in the fall. I've heard of shockwave but I have no idea what it is/does? Lol |
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Location: Oklahoma | readytorodeo - 2014-04-09 7:52 PM
 Ck your horses feet.  Make sure they are level and balanced and ck the angles.  Front feet can make shoulder lameness also.  I use Aculife Patches on the acupressure point for the shoulder and it has most of time taken away the soreness.  Message me if you have any questions . Â
I was going to mention this. A lot of shoulder problems are caused by poor shoeing of the front feet. Most farriers do not want to back up the toe, and when they don't, the toe keeps growing forward and crushes the heels. This, in turn, causes problems further up. I would take a good look at the feet and if that's the cause, fix them first, THEN inject to get rid of the pain and you probably won't have to do it again. I had one that I bought that had this issue, and I only had to inject him once and the problem was fixed because I had my farrier fix his feet. |
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| achildres - 2014-04-10 9:36 AM
Thank you! And yes he was injected about this time last year and then again in the fall. I've heard of shockwave but I have no idea what it is/does? Lol
Ok so shock wave is like a high intensity sound wave, and really helps with the reduction of inflammation. I think if you did the shock wave along with the shoulder injection it would really help your horse, I would call and see if your vet had a shockwave to use prior to the appointment. I def recommend it. That being said it would be interesting to know what is causing his shoulder pain? I wonder if they could X-ray? If he got kicked I highly doubt it's the angles of his feet jmo, but more than likely residual arthritis in his shoulder from being kicked ? While too low of heels can cause back and shoulder pain, and I'm an advocate of correct angles it just doesn't seem likely. I think if he gets sore every so often I would bring him in about every 6 months, sometimes things like this can lead to other problems and if it were my horse I would want to make sure it wasn't causing anything else to hurt him. Also probably wouldn't hurt to see a Chiro either :) Jmo anyways |
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| Well turns out it wasn't his shoulder that made him limp this time! We blocked the coffin joint and he was about 80% more sound on the front end. So we got a full set of X-rays on the foot and there was bone spurs on the pastern joint. Going back on monday to block that joint and see if thats the actual issue or if its something else in the foot. Little bugger had me fooled! |
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| If you know of anyone with a Theraplate, put him on it. I had a horse with a spur on the coffin bone. I started using the Theraplate and had another X-ray done in 2 months. It was gone. |
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Location: AR & OK | dianeguinn - 2014-04-10 12:35 PM readytorodeo - 2014-04-09 7:52 PM Ck your horses feet. Make sure they are level and balanced and ck the angles. Front feet can make shoulder lameness also. I use Aculife Patches on the acupressure point for the shoulder and it has most of time taken away the soreness. Message me if you have any questions . I was going to mention this. A lot of shoulder problems are caused by poor shoeing of the front feet. Most farriers do not want to back up the toe, and when they don't, the toe keeps growing forward and crushes the heels. This, in turn, causes problems further up. I would take a good look at the feet and if that's the cause, fix them first, THEN inject to get rid of the pain and you probably won't have to do it again. I had one that I bought that had this issue, and I only had to inject him once and the problem was fixed because I had my farrier fix his feet.
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Location: Choctaw, Oklahoma | candyloveshorses - 2014-04-12 2:08 PM
dianeguinn - 2014-04-10 12:35 PM readytorodeo - 2014-04-09 7:52 PM Â Ck your horses feet. Â Make sure they are level and balanced and ck the angles. Â Front feet can make shoulder lameness also. Â I use Aculife Patches on the acupressure point for the shoulder and it has most of time taken away the soreness. Â Message me if you have any questions . Â I was going to mention this. A lot of shoulder problems are caused by poor shoeing of the front feet. Most farriers do not want to back up the toe, and when they don't, the toe keeps growing forward and crushes the heels. This, in turn, causes problems further up. I would take a good look at the feet and if that's the cause, fix them first, THEN inject to get rid of the pain and you probably won't have to do it again. I had one that I bought that had this issue, and I only had to inject him once and the problem was fixed because I had my farrier fix his feet.
MOST DEFINATELY!!!!
Mine was dead duck lame, got his shoulder injected then 4 days later discovered the abscess that didn't show positive for on a hoof test the day of injection. CHECK FEET FIRST! |
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| We started with the coffin before going straight to the shoulder, and when the coffin was blocked he was 80% more sound. Got x rays on the feet and had bone spurs on the pastern joint, so no abscess! The vet and farrier are working together to bring his toe back more, but other than that they are content with his feet! |
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