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| Has anyone's horses ever dealt with a torn meniscus and mcl tear? If so, what did your vets end up doing for treatment and was your horse ever the same again? I am currently going through this and am absolutely devastated right now.
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| I am going through this right now. We did a PRP treatment when he was diagnosed and he has been on stall rest for 3 months with a MCL shoe. He has been getting respond laser treatments 2-3 times a week and lives in his PHT bell boots. I have also been feeding him Nutrawound daily. He was actually just rechecked yesterday and my vet was very pleased with how he is responding. I still have another 3-4 months before he can return to hard work but I am very hopeful he will come back from it. Good luck with your horse. |
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Location: The Oklahoma plains. | I had one. It was a booger to figure out until we let the vet scope his stifle and he found it. They cleaned up the frayed edges and did stem cells and almost a year off. That was well over 2 years ago and he hasnt needed anything since in the hind end until recently we did his hocks. |
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| Thank you so much for replying. Did both of your horses have tears in the meniscus as well as the MCL? |
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| Mine is just a MCL tear... near the coffin joint |
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| How have you been able to keep your horse calm and sane on stall rest? |
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Location: On a paint horse... | It was back in 95, before all this fancy stuff they have these days. Had exploratory surgery done at WSU and the found the meniscus was torn. Everyone advised I put him down (it was a gelding) except the surgeon. He said give him a year, time can be a great healer. Started off in a 10 x 12 stall, went to a 10 x 20, then a 10 x 30. At 7 months we turned him out to pasture. I NEVER gave up on him, I was 100% sure in my heart that he would come back...and he did. I won my first saddle on him, after he came back! He would still have the occassional swelling, but always stayed sound. He went to a young girl at 23 years old and thats where I lost track of him. They promised him a forever home...and they lied |
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Location: In the rockies. | skeeter 777 - 2014-11-14 8:18 AM It was back in 95, before all this fancy stuff they have these days. Had exploratory surgery done at WSU and the found the meniscus was torn. Everyone advised I put him down (it was a gelding) except the surgeon. He said give him a year, time can be a great healer. Started off in a 10 x 12 stall, went to a 10 x 20, then a 10 x 30. At 7 months we turned him out to pasture. I NEVER gave up on him, I was 100% sure in my heart that he would come back...and he did. I won my first saddle on him, after he came back! He would still have the occassional swelling, but always stayed sound. He went to a young girl at 23 years old and thats where I lost track of him. They promised him a forever home...and they lied
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| I had a horse that tore his meniscus and we flushed the joint out and did Irap and never came back very sad deal. He was on stall rest for a long time and just never came back. |
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| My horse's stifle was injected with HA and cortisone to see if it would make her more comfortable and although she has a torn meniscus and MCL, she is no longer lame on it so I am hoping this is a good sign that with further treatment and rest, she can make a come back. |
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