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| I had a vet suggest my gelding had rear suspenories problems he has always been a little lax looking but he has stopped running and i spent tons of money and this was just another opinion. It started with fusing hocks been injected 3 times last year no improvment. He was a really nice horse at one time got turned for basicly 3 years with a little basci riding started legging up last year, will not run and balked been tested for pssm, treated for,ulcers, hock/stifles injected several times. Any suggestions actually my dumb mare kicked in stifle so he is sore. | |
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Location: Romoland CA | You may want to look into possible Proximal Suspensory issues if he is getting sore in his hocks. We had a horse who was constantly sore in his hocks and xrays were not showing anything was going on. We had him ultrasounded and he had a small tear in his Proximal Suspensory on the right hock. Time off and shock wave treatments worked wonders for him along with regular cold water therapy and icing. Hope this helps you somewhat. | |
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| I have had multiple vets got all kinds of diagnosis, i injected him 3 times, this horse has not been used hard in fact for 4 years while my husband was sick and housebound and i ran the business i may have taken him to 5 shows and he just did not run but i had another mare who,did. My little mare died of a wierd stomach ailment vet said i could not,have done anything good or bad to save her. Then my husband passed away lso last spring after the winter i legged him up he started knubbing his toes off and went to a 3 day show and started videoing my runs and horse started balking at the gate then i had vet come out she suggested redoing hocks and do,stifles. Really no change put him on prevaicox and a joint suppliment no better went to my state finals and he got worse would not go forward by the end of the weekend carried to another lamness vet did thermoscan and did find some front heel pain and hock pain on one side he said his angle in his feet where lower than outside hoof angle, changed his shoeing and vet said had one hock,fusing did xray dont know why he did not do the other. Went to nbha world bought a boifit saddle pad and had him on joint suppliment and prevaicox and banimine before running. Had to have assistance to get in gate by the end of the week he actually went in by his self. I just carried to a ring lunged him and led him ocer to,the holding pen got on and went, but i was glad that at least i know it was pain related. Fast fwd, my farrier came out about 3 weeks ago and i asked him to take a little time and tell me if he thought he was sore and if so where, he called me and said both side in the rear. That makes since since on the videos right barrels and left barrels he turns the same, he is a free runner that is a push style horse no problems with barrel knocking. I am at a loss i could spend a lot of money still have no horse aven thinking about buying a cheap horse and turnimg him out for another 6 months see if itmgets better as he 70% fused. Had a local vet come buy and say because he looked a little lax looking it had to be rear suspensories, but my mare had kicked him in the leg and he was lame as heck. Just dont know what to,do.
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| Most hocks won't fuse on their own, I have one who is very young never used hard, bute didn't touch the pain, X-rays showed his hocks are shot, I got both fused by laser.
I would suggest taking the horse to the best lameness vet possible start with flexion tests of all joints then block then X-ray and ultrasound.
Make sure you write down the name of the block they use. I had a surgeon block my horse and diagnose him with laminitis but the block he used another vet said tested for navicular or heel pain. That actually made sense and I was able to correct the problem. | |
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Location: Texas | It wouldn't hurt to ultrasound his hind legs and see.
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Location: Texas | cheryl makofka - 2014-03-30 5:13 PM
Most hocks won't fuse on their own, I have one who is very young never used hard, bute didn't touch the pain, X-rays showed his hocks are shot, I got both fused by laser.
I would suggest taking the horse to the best lameness vet possible start with flexion tests of all joints then block then X-ray and ultrasound.
Make sure you write down the name of the block they use. I had a surgeon block my horse and diagnose him with laminitis but the block he used another vet said tested for navicular or heel pain. That actually made sense and I was able to correct the problem.
Yes you could use the same block to diagnose both. that's when other diagnostics, clinical history, etc come in.
a PD block will help rule out navicular, heel pain, most of the sole except for the toe region. You need an abaxial block to get the toe, but the abaxial will end up blocking the entire foot so you always start with a PD. Abaxial also gets pastern jt I believe. | |
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| casualdust07 - 2014-03-30 8:39 PM
cheryl makofka - 2014-03-30 5:13 PM
Most hocks won't fuse on their own, I have one who is very young never used hard, bute didn't touch the pain, X-rays showed his hocks are shot, I got both fused by laser.
I would suggest taking the horse to the best lameness vet possible start with flexion tests of all joints then block then X-ray and ultrasound.
Make sure you write down the name of the block they use. I had a surgeon block my horse and diagnose him with laminitis but the block he used another vet said tested for navicular or heel pain. That actually made sense and I was able to correct the problem.
Yes you could use the same block to diagnose both. that's when other diagnostics, clinical history, etc come in.
a PD block will help rule out navicular, heel pain, most of the sole except for the toe region. You need an abaxial block to get the toe, but the abaxial will end up blocking the entire foot so you always start with a PD. Abaxial also gets pastern jt I believe.
I can't remember the block, but the second vet I seen would disagree with you. | |
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