Bone splint?!?!?

Question

hi there,

my pon has just be diagnose with a bone splint right under his hock. the vet said no jumping for atleast 2 months and mabe more and that it could also take 2-12 months to heal. also that if he pulls up lame get off him right away.

is there anthing i could do to help speed up the recovery?!

also can i have some claification on what a bone splint is?

thanks:(

Answer 1

If you can imagine the horses leg... the hock is like our ankle, and from there down is like our toes.  As the horse evolved,  one toe turned into the lower leg, and  another toe turned into the chestnut.  The other two toes fused along the lower leg, and you can feel them as ridges along the cannon bone just below the hock.

A bone splint is when that bone tears away slightly from the cannon bone.  It can be very painful, and because you are basically waiting for one bone to fuse to another, it takes a while to heal.

Pin firing, or freeze firing are the old stand by methods to treat bone splints - although they can be somewhat barbaric.  Anything that increases circulation to the area can help.  Shock-wave therapy, magnetic therapy, cold hosing.  If it continues to be a big problem, the vet may ask you to consider surgery to remove the piece of bone.

Answer 2

a bone splint is inflammation of the (interosseous) ligament which lies between the small splint bone and cannon bone.They occur because of stress to the ligament and are most common in youngsters first beginning work.I would suggest stall rest and just walking him a little NON MOUNTED...the worst thing owners do is try and rush things which in the end just causes more complications...make sure he is comfterable  and in proper care...and remember that after you get the vets approval to begin work again to so it VERY VERY slowly...sorry no short cuts...

Answer 3

is it a bog spavin or a leg splint, one is worse than the other...

Answer 4

In a horse, the bones below the hock are the metatarsals, which correspond to the 5 metatarsals in humans, or bones of the feet. In horses, 3 of the metatarsals are fused together to form one cannon bone, and the other two are attached to the cannon and called splint bones.  They don't bear weight, and they can be a problem if their  ligamentous attachment to the cannon is stressed and they become inflamed.  Rest is needed to recover, and there may be a leftover bump after recovery is complete, but it is only a blemish and doesn't affect function.