There is A LOT you can do to help this condition. Specific exercises, counter-irritant injections, and yes surgery. There is a newer surgical procedure that does NOT involve severing the ligament. It is called medial patellar ligament splitting, and was developed by Dr. Aziz Tnibar, currently at the University of Copenhagen. It is minimally invasive and very successful. Excellent article on this condition on this blog: TheEquinist.blogspot.com
My filly had this when she was a little under a year old... luckily she grew out of it, and at 4yrs old she hasn't had any symptoms since she was 2. There is a surgery they can do to cut the muscle, or something, to fix it. My mare was in good health, but apparently its common in young horses that are growing too fast for their muscles to keep up.
my mare has in it both back legs but never as bad as this. I have not seen her locking fully for at least a year. Its now snowing and she gets a little stiff but i have her on 6 scoops on sumerflex by naff. Shes almost 4 and has improved so much.
my trainer's horse had this and we ended up having to do surgery (as both hind legs were effected by this). They went in and cut a ligament. He's doing so much better that the vet believes that he may be able to do jumping someday.
Hi , you shouldnot let the horse put stress on the stifle joint shortly after the operation, you better give him a period of moderate exercise until the joint acommodates the abscence of the ligament.Sorry for my weak English.
There is A LOT you can do to help this condition. Specific exercises, counter-irritant injections, and yes surgery. There is a newer surgical procedure that does NOT involve severing the ligament. It is called medial patellar ligament splitting, and was developed by Dr. Aziz Tnibar, currently at the University of Copenhagen. It is minimally invasive and very successful. Excellent article on this condition on this blog: TheEquinist.blogspot.com
blkgryphon 9 months ago
My filly had this when she was a little under a year old... luckily she grew out of it, and at 4yrs old she hasn't had any symptoms since she was 2. There is a surgery they can do to cut the muscle, or something, to fix it. My mare was in good health, but apparently its common in young horses that are growing too fast for their muscles to keep up.
orlndblmsug 1 year ago
So did this poor boy receive treatment, rest, minerals etc?
LaRanaTJ 2 years ago
The condition improved after 3 week of m oderate exercise, NSAID (phenlbutazone) and physiotherapy over stifle.
alokshukla32 2 years ago
this is interesting, I have never seen an upward fixation of the patella in both of the stifles before
robinyoung71 2 years ago
my mare has in it both back legs but never as bad as this. I have not seen her locking fully for at least a year. Its now snowing and she gets a little stiff but i have her on 6 scoops on sumerflex by naff. Shes almost 4 and has improved so much.
milliesos 2 years ago
my trainer's horse had this and we ended up having to do surgery (as both hind legs were effected by this). They went in and cut a ligament. He's doing so much better that the vet believes that he may be able to do jumping someday.
pakatochip 2 years ago
Hi , you shouldnot let the horse put stress on the stifle joint shortly after the operation, you better give him a period of moderate exercise until the joint acommodates the abscence of the ligament.Sorry for my weak English.
mido851114 2 years ago
Yeah, we gave him almost a year off because first of all, he was too young to break and second, we didn't want to stress his legs.
pakatochip 2 years ago