If he’s still off my instinct would be to give him another 4-6 months off. I know that’s not what anyone wants but injuries take him and if he’s still short I’d be inclined to give him more time.
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Thank you for the response. Definitely not what I wanted to hear, but I also want him to be comfortable in the long run.
He’s too young to just ruin.
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He’s just beautiful. I definitely have a hard time cutting off treatments on young promising horses. Most of us probably do.
I know in your first post you had noted you tried a week of Equioxx but it may be worthwhile to keep him on that long term.
I would also do the coffin joint injection with ProStride. That’s not much help, but it’s what I would do. After that, probably just Equioxx long term.
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We have thought about that 
it’s on our list
I’ve not dealt with bone bruises in a horse, but I have had them as a human, in a foot. They take forever and a day to get better. Kudos to you for being as patient as you have been, I know it’s really hard.
I guess, if I could afford it, I’d do another MRI to see where the healing process is. I don’t know about injections helping with bone bruises, I’d have a long conversation with my vets (and google) about that.
Before I bought my mare I PPE’d a warmblood gelding who had broken his P2. He’d been off for a year to heal. When I tried him, he rode sound, moved sound in the arena, which was soft and springy - nice footing. He did not pass the circle on hard ground test tho. He was still off.
I wonder if putting him in a soft hoof boot - like Easy Boot Clouds? would help?
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Thanks he currently has shoes on with pads, the foot that is bruised is also clubbed (grade 1) and toed out, which is more for the reason of the injection. The angled inside the hoof the vet is happy with, but there is inflammation in there due to his conformation naturally, and then this bruise added more.
My vet and farrier advise against taking his shoes off again, as his clubby foot doesn’t do will barefoot, so a hoof boot isn’t really and option.
Another MRI also isn’t really an option as of right now, as they’re about $4000 here.
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I had one w a bone bruise to the cannon bone. I believe she was off 9 months but did recover. We also had a coffin bone problem. Our genius farrier tried a couple of different pads. The one that helped was a leather pad.
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Perfect! That’s what he’s in just keep trucking I guess haha
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You could also try Osphos. That may be helpful for the bone bruise along with the ongoing rest.
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Ditto. I’d probably try Osphos, and another 8 weeks of paddock rest. Bone bruises can take a very long time to heal. We had one that was nearly 7 months before he was sound - then another 5 months back to work - for roughly a year from his last show to his first show back.
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Well then we’ll keep going.
It’s been almost 9 months off and slow rehab back (mainly walking)
I think we’re going to do a coffin bone injection again (we did one previously and it worked like a charm for keeping that foot comfortable already being a bit out conformation wise)
Thanks everyone
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