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Check Ligament Issues...; Anyone have any experience?
Topic Started: Nov 20 2007, 02:42 PM (518 Views)
BABYGREENTB
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Anyone have any experience with horses with prior check ligament damage? What is the long term prognosis? Likelihood of re-injury following excellent vet care and rehab time? Would you consider a horse for purchase that had a rehabbed check ligament injury?

I've tried doing some research on the web, but there just seems to be way more info around suspensory issues than check ligaments...just wondering if anyone has any personal insight to offer.
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Big Day
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My very large WB was having issues this summer with the hard ground, slightly off, nothing major, but we took him to a lameness specialist who has terrific diagnostic equipment. He determined that because my horse is still growing (5 years old 17.1+ and 1500 lbs) he was straining his check ligaments trying to figure out how to move while he was growing, his breakover changes all the time. He also felt that the hard ground from the drought was aggravating the situation. He recommended we shoe him in a shoe that would provide more support (slightly wider) on the outside of the hoof, shaped as a heartbar, and preferably aluminum. He actually said there is a shoe called a check shoe? My farrier hadn't heard of it, but he did make the correct shoes and now my guy is 100% sound, and has been as soon as he got the new shoes.

Not sure if this helps, but perhaps looking into corrective shoeing may bring you some solutions. Good luck!
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claudius
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I had a tb with a check ligament injury. CAREFUL, is my advice. Reduce heat, poultice, hose....eventually do up in liniment of your choice. check for pain reflex every day.... pick up his leg, grab the check ligament, and if he winces....wait until the day he doesn't. Shoe him flat, no heels, no borium or anything that might interupt the natural ground slippage of the foot. Mine recovered and never had a reoccurance.
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BABYGREENTB
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Thanks guys! To be more specific, there is a horse that I might look at who at one point had a pretty serious check ligament injury...he was successfully rehabbed and is now sound, but I'm just trying to educate myself on the recovery/prognosis picture. Obviously I don't want to get into a situation where there's a very high instance of recurrence.
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Danielle Fournier
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My pony I sold a few years back was never lame a day I owned her (9years) and then about 2 years after they had her she tore her check ligament and had to get surgery and be extensively rehabed. She has recovered completely and has not been off since. I had her in the spring to tune her up a bit for the owner's and she felt amazing (I worked her quite hard as well). I think if they are rehabed correctly, and recover successfully there should not be that much of a risk. But I suppose you can buy the perfect horse for tons of money today, and tomorrow it breaks it's leg right?
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Absolutely...you can never guarantee that a horse will stay sound...I just like to know what I am getting myself in to :)
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Danielle Fournier
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Oh for sure! Good Luck if you go try him!!! :)
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Karyn Z.
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Many horses (including one of mine) have their check ligaments completely cut when they are youngsters. Often the fast growing ones have this issue, and you have to sever it to prevent club feet. I never had an issue with the one where I had them cut, and when I sold him, he passed the vet with flying colors.

My mare is on stall rest with a small check ligament tear - I am not concerned. I figur if we don't need them enough to cut them on purpose - it's going to be fine, one way or the other.

A mare on my property almost severed her's while out in the pature, and has healed fine. Granted, she doesn't jump; but thats because she's old and blind, not because she tried to cut her leg off.
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NJGal
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I had one years ago that had the surgery, and ended up being OK. We never put her back into the 3'6 division though- we kept her at 3'0 and she seemed to stay sound, when we would start her back at 3'6 we did have issues, so she never finished her 1st year green year.
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So...it looks like he is going to be mine...everything is not quite final just yet, but keep your fingers crossed for some good news in the next week :-)
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