Has anyone had a horse injure a collateral ligament (just
above the hoof capsule to just below, connects P2-P3)? My husband’s horse was trotting
down a slight hill, around a corner and her inside front slid on some recently
moved dirt for erosion control.I
saw it out of the corner of my eye, it didn’t look like a big deal, but
she was off.So he led her home and
we’ve been checking her in the round pen every few days. It seemed to get a little worse (head
bobbing turning to the right) and she seemed very tentative where she is
normally a big mover.The last
couple days it seemed a little better, hardly any head bobbing, but just not
moving normally.
We finally made it to a vet with her (Dr. Barbara Page, who
is well known for working with lameness) and she did an ultrasound to confirm
the injury.She prescribed stall
rest for a month with 5 minutes of hand walking a day, then a re-check to
determine where to go from there.Quite a bit different from out 24x7 on 40 acres of fairly steep hills
and we’ll have to keep her in with another horse or it will NOT be stall
rest!
Has anyone had an injury like this – how long did it
take to heal?One thing I thought
of after we left was that I have a TENS unit which I know some people have had
success with helping tendons to heal. Any thoughts or
experiences on using that for this injury?I’ll be calling Dr. Page tomorrow
to ask, but would like to hear about other’s experiences as well.We will do whatever is necessary for a
safe and complete recovery, but the prognosis isn’t clear yet.
