Fancy Sweeney Shoulder

In May 2009 Fancy was injured after being chased by another horse and took a massive blow to her shoulder. She was diagnosed with Sweeney Shoulder. After 6 weeks with no improvement with stall rest and severe muscle atrophy I decided to have the surgery done to give her a better chance to recover. The surgery removes a small peice of bone that the superscapula nerve runs along so that the nerve has some relief to heal. This video was taken July 9th, 8 Days after surgery for Sweeney Shoulder. Nerve damage should heal in about 3 months but it may take up to a year for muscle to return. Having high hopes! On road to recovery!

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• sweeney shoulder
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• shoulder injury

[equinephotorae]

In May it will have been 3 years since injury and her muscle still has not fully come back. Vet told me stall rest (if I had not done surgery) was only other option. If you are working her now and her nerve isn't healed you could be causing more damage. Fancy didn't like stall rest either but she had to deal with it. She was on stall rest about a month until I decided to have surgery then another month after that. It's a timely recovery but seeing how she is now it was all worth it. Best Wishes

[equinephotorae]

Fancy is doing very well. I am riding her and look forward to our first show July 10th :)

[equinephotorae]

We had an Electro-Acuscope Theorpist at barn and I talked to him. He says he can definantly help...that he had worked with about a half dozen of horses with sweeney and "brought them all back". We shall see. I will continue to keep posted.

[equinephotorae]

Fancy is doing great! She did, however, break my bosses arm (one who is walking her in video) Long story! I will try and post a new video soon since it has been about a month since this one has been taken. She had been on stall rest since injury and after surgery. Since surgery we are now hand walking her a few times a day. Sept 1 she will be able to be out on a small turnout. Yay. Fancy was on bute and an anti inflamitory but is on nothing now. I am thinking about Electro-Acuscope Therapy

[thekleeblaettchen]

@thekleeblaettchen Part II - her oder 'playing around' a bit. She's also allowed to turn out with the other horses. She's walking much better now, but there's still no sign of nerve recovery.. If it's not better in two weeks, I'll have the surgery done - the longer you wait, the lower the chance for the nerve to heal. If you want, watch the videos I took of her a month ago :)

[I hope, my English isn't too bad - I'm not a native speaker ;) ]

[thekleeblaettchen]

Hey :)

I'm happy to hear Fancy is doing well now. How long did it take for the muscles to return in the end? What did you do with her after the box rest?

I'm asking because my five year old mare was diagnosed with Sweeney Shoulder almost 2 months ago (Oct 18). She only had a week of boxrest, before the vet told us to turn her out again. Otherwise she would have run circles in her box.. A month after injury I was told to start lunging her a bit. Now I'm only going for some walks with her

[1BGCG]

Glad she is doing well! I have never heard of the sweeney shoulder. It's crazy that removing such a small piece of bone could make such a HUGE difference!

[kaleidoscopekimm]

My horse, Shetan has a sweeney shoulder and a separated shoulder. i would like to find out more about what you went through. If you click on my user name, I have videos of his current state. Thank you!

[evanthomas89]

Not winglets, wobblers. My phone auto corrected and I hit "go" instead of backspace.

[evanthomas89]

I live in nj. I know of a chiropractor accupuncture specialist the vet recommended. My friends horse has winglets

[evanthomas89]

How would I go about finding and accu therapist? I Posted a video of my horse who has radial nerve damage?

[evanthomas89]

How is fancy doing?