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3yr old horse, stifle injury?

I bought a 3yr old QH mare in May of this year. Last October, at the Quarter Horse futurity, she was getting out of her stall, and onto cobblestones in the aisle. She tripped and pulled her stifle. She was put into her stall at the barn CONSTANTLY until we bought her in May.
I took her to two shows (spaced a month apart), than took her to my coaches after the second show. I didn't have enough time to prep her enough for the training that she was going to be going through, yet I knew my coach would take good care of her. I went out once a week to rider her and see how she was doing. After two weeks, we brought her home on the Friday, to take her to a show on Sunday. I rode her that Saturday and noticed she was stumbling and feeling funny on her right hind. I got off and noticed that she was lame and picking it up higher than she should. I took my tack off and cold hosed it down.
I gave my coach a call and she was devastated. She didn't know what happened. My mare loaded and unloaded no problem. For what I could see, she didn't do anything funny. The only thing I noticed, was when I went to pick up that foot, she wouldn't let me. She suddenly picked it up and snapped my wrist.
We talked to my coach’s vet, who dealt with her in October. He gave us some blistering medication to rub on it (I don't know what it is called) and told us to put it on every day until it blisters. Every day we went down and walked her for 5minutes. Than worked our way up to 10minutes.
After about two weeks of hand walking, we got our vet out to x-ray her stifle. Everything was fine skeletally. He told us she was growing really fast (she shot up 2inches since we bought her to when she pulled her stifle) and her ligament just kept getting caught over the bone. He told me I could start to lunge her for 20minutes, and to try and keep it at a slow jog, mostly with her right stifle on the inside of the circle.
After a month of doing the hand walks and lunging, also rubbing down with liniment, I started to ride her again. For 2weeks, I jogged her slowly, and did a lot of walking, to build up her trust and confidence again. Than the week after, I started to ask her to extend a bit.
Two weeks ago, we had our chiropractor come in to look at her. Something was still not right. She gave her a good going over, and said her pelvis was out. And the worst thing that could have been done, was for her to be in her stall - we think her pelvis came out when she slipped on the cobblestones - the chiropractor put her pelvis back, and said she wanted to come back in two weeks. She also advised that I walk and jog her over trotting poles.
The October 26th (Monday) she came back out and said she was doing much better.

My mare is still a little off when I ride, but perfect outside.
Have we given her enough time to heal? Is there anything you can suggest?

If you need to know the feed, supplements and turnout she is on, here it is:
Purina (feed)
DMac (supplement)
From 8am-3pm, dry/slightly damp (turnout)

Please let me know if you think that we have handled this right, and please don't tell me I was stupid into throwing her into training so early. Anyone who bought her would have done the same thing.

Thanks in advance,
Myself, Parents, and of course the horse
We are in Ontario. So any collages/universities/schools etc. need to be in THAT area
Where we are, we get hit hard with snow. I don`t want to just throw her out to paster with her shoes on, and so she forgets about me.
The chiro we have is an equine chiro. She has her lisence and everything.
Also, we have had two vets deal with her. The one from my coach, and the one who x-rayed her. The one from my coach is an 'old school vet', where as the one who x-rayed her is a 'new school vet'

Asked By: M J - 10/29/2009
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You certainly have done a good job with this horse and my only other suggestion to you would be to followup with a known veterinary college with any further in depth questions that you may have regarding injury recovery; either New Bolton Center, UC-Davis, or Washington State University-Pullman, Wa.....all these vet schools have an outstanding reputation when dealing with equine skeletal/soft tissue problems.

Remember that soft tissue injuries can take MANY months to heal.

(Don't forget to incorporate massage therapy AND chiropractic adjustments).

Why an outstanding vet school??...for the cutting edge research and knowledge that can be shared with you for further enlightenment on stifle, pelvic injuries and what to expect as a reasonable recoup time when an equine patient is recovering from these injuries. Additional input should always be welcome; particularly from top experts in the field of injury rehabilitation.

Good luck with this; you're the third person I've seen desiring additional input in the care of stifle issues and/or OCD issues with their young horses....takes perseverance, patience and sound veterinarian advice to make your way through rehabbing these horses.....the two other individuals sought further advice from local colleges with significant equine research backgrounds to deal with their equine stifle problems; both had good success with rehabilitation of their horses.
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EDIT: Make sure your local equine contacts, and others, are those licensed to give you veterinary medical advice and treatments when dealing with horse health issues.

Links to Ontario, Canada equine practitioners....chiropractic and veterinarian teaching facilities.

http://www.veterinarychiropractic.ca/aboutUs.htm

Below is a link to Chiropractic DVMs Ontario. There are a number of them listed.
http://www.veterinarychiropractic.ca/graduates.htm

http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/

http://www.cvo.org/about-history.cfm

Stifle Injuries.....
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=9177
Answered By: Tuxedo Twist - 10/29/2009
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It does not seem like enough time for healing. pulled stifles can take 6 months to a year to heal, from what my acupunctorist said.
i have gone (and am still) through this with a horse i got off the track 1 1/2 years ago. i was told NO lunging, straight lines only, gradually increase cross country hills, both up and down.
add some caveletti...up to 5 poles. i would avoid asking for extensions of any kind.
i have also noticed if i lunge this horse or even do jogging in the round pen for a few minutes...it will show up for days afterwards with him being tight and sore behind.
the best thing i have found is walking straight up and down hills when we trail ride. i will have to remain consistant with this as the injury will come back to haunt us whenever i back off of the conditoning and just "ride".
Answered By: partly cloudy - 11/1/2009
Stop riding the horse at all, turn her out for 6 months to heal preferably on good grass or in an open pasture where she can heal on her own, keep giving her cold water on the leg, and liniment with wraps after the cold water, it takes time to heal those ligaments.
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Answered By: Ron Sr - 10/29/2009
You mentioned that your coach's vet is the one who has dealt with her in the past and then advised you more recently. Then you hired a chiropractor to treat the horse. I'm concerned whether or not the chiropractor is an equine a veterinarian, or is working under the guidance of your equine vet? If not, I would advise you to find an AVCA certified chiropractor who is an equine veterinarian and have him or her evaluate your horse. There is no way for us to know what degree of work would be beneficial versus detrimental based on what you describe online. But I do feel that you need consistent and coordinated treatment conducted only by qualified medical doctors in order to provide the best treatment for your horse. Chiropractic can do more harm than good when it is performed by practitioners who are not medical doctors. I'm posting a guide for finding a veterinarian chiropractor in your area. If the chiro you are using is a licensed veterinarian, then I would discuss your concerns and develop your treatment plan with him or her.

http://www.avcadoctors.com/avcadus.htm

Add....I just realized you are in Canada. I wonder if you can contact the AVCA for references to equine vets who are certified in chiropractic in the Ontario area? It would be worth a try. If not, I would go with a good equine veterinarian to be in charge of the treatment plan, and only use chiro if it is under supervision by the vet.
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Answered By: gallop - 10/29/2009
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