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| been patiently waiting on a stone bruise to heal, but after 5 weeks horse still comes up lame after riding......we have pads on and magic cushion. So, am I just being impatient? How long does a stone bruise take to heal? Any suggestions for faster healing or treatment? |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Mine took about 4 months..... |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | How do you know it's a stone bruise? |
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|  four months?!?!?
Per vet examination, it's a stone bruise.
Thank you for responding.
I believe diagnosis is right on due to the amount of healing...I mean, it has
improved
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | At 5 months and still lame, I would start thinking of other causes.
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Ah...my bad. I can't read anymore. For some reason I thought 5 MONTHS. |
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| sometimes your farrier can cut them out. also there is a product call karatex that is suppose to prevent stone bruises incase your horse gets them often |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | Mine took about 4-5 months. very long process... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Not a stone bruise, but I had a horse overstride and bruise his heel to the point it took 3 months to heal. I took him to the vet after 2 weeks of still being lame for x-rays, they all came back clean ($500 worth of x-rays too) so they said it was just a bad bruise.
I would assume if a horse hit a rock REALLY hard they could do the same kind of damage to where it might take forever and a day to heal. |
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| Mine took a good 6 weeks and then it ended up abscessing out as well. We did xrays as well and found it was only a bruise but it took all in all about 8-10 weeks. But he lived in his soft rides during the process. |
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| hmmmmmm......i'm thinking my summer plans are changing......dang! I do appreciate the responses. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I was off mine for 6 weeks last winter from bruise to abscess to totally sound. |
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| My horse has been lame lately - thought it was just thrush but after reading this thread I bet it's a bruise. Been a few weeks now treating with Thrush Buster and Today. Better go and get those soft rides… Thanks for posting. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Jim rickens and or iodine. |
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| So, when a horse has a stone bruise, do you still use them? |
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| y_do_i_do_this - 2015-05-18 11:08 AM So, when a horse has a stone bruise, do you still use them?
No - let them heal until they are sound. |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | y_do_i_do_this - 2015-05-18 11:08 AM
So, when a horse has a stone bruise, do you still use them?
No! It will just get worse and won't ever heal. If you have a bruise, you wouldn't want someone to keep poking it.... |
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| y_do_i_do_this - 2015-05-18 11:08 AM
So, when a horse has a stone bruise, do you still use them?
No I won't use them.
Since it has been a lengthy time, I would be going back to the vet and get more X-rays to ensure the coffin bone has not been damaged |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Three 4 Luck - 2015-04-22 2:55 PM
I was off mine for 6 weeks last winter from bruise to abscess to totally sound.
Right^^ A stone bruise can cause an abscess... That sounds like what you have here... |
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| My 1 horse currently has a stone bruise. So im in the same boat, waiting and waiting. Hope its not all summer! |
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