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Location: midwest mama | My daughter has a horse that has a "mystery" intermittent lameness in a front foot. About a level 1 on a 5 level lameness chart - off, but not 3 legged. He's been this way for about 6 months. When the foot is blocked the horse goes sound. Nothing significant on X-Ray. She really doesn't want to do an MRI and put the horse under anesthesia unless absolutely necessary.
She had his coffin joint injected with the usual stuff and when the vet injected it, there was virtually no joint fluid in there when it was tapped, and the membrane around the joint was thickened. He was good for a few weeks after, but then went lame again. The vet recommended they inject the coffin joint again with PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) to help the healing, and also to help with the expansion of the joint capsule so there is more room for joint fluid.
Has anyone had experience with this? What type of results have you gotten? |
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 Livin in the Dinosaur Age
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Location: the other T-town, Oklahoma | When I get to work on my desktop computer I will post details but I have used PRP in my mare with amazing results! |
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Livin in the Dinosaur Age
Posts: 1993
Location: the other T-town, Oklahoma | I used PRP in my mare's knee due to arthritis. One of the doctors where I work does PRP on people, so I decided to try it on my mare. I had great results from steroid injections on her knee but would only get optimal results from those for about 6-8 weeks. So I tried the PRP. I did 3 injections 2 weeks apart. So I just ponied her and kept her legged up the best I could until I was done with the injections. She came back better than she ever did. We were winning/hitting the top of the 2D behind pro girls in our area. I got a year out of those PRP injections of her being sound. I retired her last year simply becuase she no longer owes me anything. She exceeded above and beyond my dreams. The one thing to remember is PRP works but increasing inflammation to in my case, her knee, which increased blood flow to that area and promoted healing. ( How would you like to be the vet that stood up and said "inflammation is a good thing", I bet he/she almost got laughed out.) I was told by my doctor at work, not to Bute for 6 weeks after has last injection. The Bute would counter act the body's own immune system, the idea is to create inflammation, therefore the bute would not let that occur as good as no bute. I would before and even after the PRP (waiting the 6 weeks) Bute the day before and the day of a run, so I always planned ahead and picked and chosed where I wanted to run her. Good luck and I would never hesitate to try it on any one of my horses, or even myself for that matter!!
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I've had awesome results on soft tissue. Joints are trickier, but it does seem to help.
I had my my horse's hocks done with PRP last year after his surgical fusion came apart in one. They blew up scary big, and he was sore, but by about 5 days out, he was floating along on a cloud of no pain. He's just now starting to act like he needs something done again, and his last PRP was in March 2014. |
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Location: midwest mama | Anyone else? |
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I Am a Snake Killer
Posts: 1927
Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | On stifle. Had to stall rest for 60 days. He was better but not 100% but now we are doing IRAP and seems way better and starting to work now! |
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Location: South MS | OldSchoolCowgirl - 2015-06-01 12:52 AM My daughter has a horse that has a "mystery" intermittent lameness in a front foot. About a level 1 on a 5 level lameness chart - off, but not 3 legged. He's been this way for about 6 months. When the foot is blocked the horse goes sound. Nothing significant on X-Ray. She really doesn't want to do an MRI and put the horse under anesthesia unless absolutely necessary. She had his coffin joint injected with the usual stuff and when the vet injected it, there was virtually no joint fluid in there when it was tapped, and the membrane around the joint was thickened. He was good for a few weeks after, but then went lame again. The vet recommended they inject the coffin joint again with PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) to help the healing, and also to help with the expansion of the joint capsule so there is more room for joint fluid. Has anyone had experience with this? What type of results have you gotten? I havent had PRP on a horse but the DR office I work at does PRP and it works awesome as its your bodys on plasma
Also, if he was mine - I would put him on stall rest for a month or 2 and see how he looks after that - my good horse was barely off and finally we figured out it was a fractured splint bone which gave me heel and back soreness - his stifles all looked off too
I put mine on 3 months stall rest and he is healed and ready to get back to work
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Location: Central Texas | Did PRP on a tendon/ligament issue, after treatment turned him out for a month, brought him back slowly and he is fine so far. That was back at the end of July 2014. |
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Location: Here | OldSchoolCowgirl - 2015-06-01 12:52 AM My daughter has a horse that has a "mystery" intermittent lameness in a front foot. About a level 1 on a 5 level lameness chart - off, but not 3 legged. He's been this way for about 6 months. When the foot is blocked the horse goes sound. Nothing significant on X-Ray. She really doesn't want to do an MRI and put the horse under anesthesia unless absolutely necessary. She had his coffin joint injected with the usual stuff and when the vet injected it, there was virtually no joint fluid in there when it was tapped, and the membrane around the joint was thickened. He was good for a few weeks after, but then went lame again. The vet recommended they inject the coffin joint again with PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) to help the healing, and also to help with the expansion of the joint capsule so there is more room for joint fluid. Has anyone had experience with this? What type of results have you gotten?
PRP is a great deal if it works. But I think it is more for ligament/tendon injuries |
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