My 10 year old OTTB gelding has struggled with soundness for a couple of years. I finally switched vets, Xrayed hocks and late last August, had them injected. That was supposed to last 6 months. He started getting uncomfortable in late January. In mid -February he had Os Phos as my vet doesn’t want to inject all the time. He gets a 1/4 tab of Previcox per day.
Now he is showing signs of stiffness again. He is dragging his hind toes again and seems uncomfortable going down hill. He is still behaving himself at the moment. I really have only been doing light work with him. A little walk and trot in the ring and out in the field. Just doing basic dressage. I would love to do some lower level dressage shows on him.
On Xray his hocks didn’t look that bad, pretty minor. The vet says he can inject again, which I guess just wears out the joint after a while or we can do shock wave. His stifles are fine. He doesn’t seem to have soreness in other places, though his back and hind end would get sore and tight before we diagnosed and treated the hocks.
I would love to hear the experiences of others What else works?
