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| My mare was running out in the field one day, couple days later her hock is swollen and she is dead lame. Vet said probably some torn ligaments. I've read things on the internet saying some horses never recover?? Please tell me this isn't true. What are some things I can do to help it? How long should it take to heal if it even does? |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | What treatment did the vet want you to use for her healing? |
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Location: Florida.. | Vet said Probrably? or what was his diagnosis .. Did he xray etc.. |
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Location: So. California | Did you get your mare ultrasounded? What ligament and how severe is the tear? |
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Location: Muskogee, OK | I would first want to confirm this diagnosis by ultrasound and do some further diagnostics to get a better picture of what exactly is going on inside that joint. Radiographs to assess for any fragmentation, etc. Depending on how much blood/fibrin is visualized in the joint on ultrasound- sometimes for best shot at soundness it's best to lay them down and arthroscopically remove the fibrin, look at the cartilage etc. If it is truly a ligmentous injury of the hock (generally they strain or tear the collateral ligaments)- then stem cell therapy is also an option and will generally result in a better quality of healing. Regardless with these injuries you are looking at an extensive period of rest and rehabilitation prior to resuming normal exercise and turnout. I would say a minimum of 4-6 months depending on how severe the strain is. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | If it is a confirmed diagnosis, I would start THE NitrOxide and THE NutraWound right away. I have had great success with these products. Plus they are on special this month for 20% of this month. So a good time to buy! |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Cowgirl Kat - 2016-06-10 10:03 AM If it is a confirmed diagnosis, I would start THE NitrOxide and THE NutraWound right away. I have had great success with these products. Plus they are on special this month for 20% of this month. So a good time to buy!
I tried to send a pm but it kept timing out. But yes, great month to stock up on several THE products. The ones I ALWAYS have eon hand are NutaWound & NitrOxide. |
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| barrelracingchick16 - 2016-06-10 8:49 AM I would first want to confirm this diagnosis by ultrasound and do some further diagnostics to get a better picture of what exactly is going on inside that joint. Radiographs to assess for any fragmentation, etc. Depending on how much blood/fibrin is visualized in the joint on ultrasound- sometimes for best shot at soundness it's best to lay them down and arthroscopically remove the fibrin, look at the cartilage etc. If it is truly a ligmentous injury of the hock (generally they strain or tear the collateral ligaments)- then stem cell therapy is also an option and will generally result in a better quality of healing. Regardless with these injuries you are looking at an extensive period of rest and rehabilitation prior to resuming normal exercise and turnout. I would say a minimum of 4-6 months depending on how severe the strain is.
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| My horse had a collatoral ligament tear. To be honest we are not 100% sure how this happened. We think it was a result of kicking in the stall. All of the sudden one day we had huge swelling, and minor lameness.
I was initially worried about cellulitis because there was a small cut on his leg that I didn't remember seeing and the swelling came on so quickly. I had the vet out ASAP to x-ray and ultrasound. Thankfully we rulled out cellulitis. I gave him about 7 months off, and didn't bring him back until I had a second set of x-rays and ultrasound done to make sure he had made a full recovery. He did.
What did I do to maintain him? When swelling would increase I would do 12 hour sweats and cold hosed him every day. I did hand walking, but it got to the point where he would buck while I was hand walking him.....so then I resorted to riding him at a walk as I had a bit more control. Can you say firecracker?! Those were some uptight rides, but we managed.
I checked into the stem cell stuff, and it was an option, but my horse made a full recovery without it. Had I had issues when I went to the clinic for a final evaluation I probably would have persued STEM cells if they were an option still.
I recommend taking pictures weekly so that you can compare how the swelling changes from week to week. Attached is a picture of where I was at for the majority of the time he had off.
His first horse show back was December 27th 2014....however he did get another season off for the most part as we lost my father in law two days later, but so far this year he has had no issues.
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