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Discussion on Upper hock joint bone spur
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sbawer1
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Posted on Friday, Sep 14, 2007 - 6:35 pm:
My horse has been xrayed and his right hock shows a bone spur. He has been moving in a short strided fashion and a bit lame. I am going to have the upper joints injected next week. Is there any possibility this will enable me to continue to use my horse for novice and training level eventing? Our last event the dressage judge came over to talk about his not wanting to use his hocks. I had the lower joints injected a few weeks ago. This helped him but after a week he was moving stiff and short strided again. Anyone have experience with the upper joint being injected? Thanks.
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 9:48 am:
Hello GM,
What work has been done besides radiographs to localize the lameness? Many horses have bone spurs that are sound so by itself it is not clearly localizing the lameness.
DrO
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Member:
ekaufman
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Posted on Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 1:39 pm:
Hi GM,
Just to second this-- get a full lameness eval.. I had a gelding who was jumping about 3'6" and schooling third level when, at 18, he began to move short. X-rays revealed spectacularly enormous congenital (according to the vet) bone spurs in both hocks, but actual resolution of the lameness came from addressing his mild navicular changes in front. Fortunately for me, my clever horse couldn't read an x-ray, and was sound behind until he died.
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sbawer1
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Posted on Monday, Sep 17, 2007 - 5:03 pm:
Elizabeth -
Thanks, it helps to hear other peoples experiences. I will definitely take him to the equine hospital for a more thorough work up if the injections don't seem to help him. I was told to give today's injections around 2 weeks to show improvement.
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