tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833987878949924392.post4356789715046612829..comments2023-04-01T04:50:40.124-07:00Comments on Horsemanship UK: Horse medial patella ligament desmotomy, severing, Fred updateMaureen Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660224505234426938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833987878949924392.post-84055972270616146792014-08-23T23:15:40.870-07:002014-08-23T23:15:40.870-07:00For any horse that is sticking/locking in the stif...For any horse that is sticking/locking in the stifles, one of the first places that should be checked (and sadly, seldom is) is the medio-lateral balance of the hind feet. Every locking horse I've seen has had one heel longer than the other (always the inside so far, but I guess it could be the same with the outside heel too). This puts strain up the limb, and can trigger locking in some horses. Of the horses I've personally dealt with, rebalancing the hoof correctly has also corrected the locking issue. In two bad cases (horses locking more than 1/2 the time), vets had proclaimed that the horse would have to have an operation and even then wouldn't be guaranteed to stop locking, and yet in both cases after two weeks of better hoof balance the locking was much reduced and after a couple of months stopped almost entirely. <br />One of these cases was a mini I was considering buying - when I first saw him in the paddock from a distance (standing still), I asked the owner if he had any issues with his stifles, the answer to which was Yes, a lot. From over 5 metres away I could see his heels were badly out of balance - a closer check showed the inner heels were over an inch longer than the outside (on a tiny mini hoof !?!?!) and yet no one had noticed or considered that hoof balance could be part or all of the issue... I bought him, took him home, and trimmed his feet as soon as he got off the float, and he improved immediately. Ever since, I've known when he was overdue for a trim because his stifles start to get a tad sticky, but he hasn't locked completely since a couple of months after he arrived.<br />So have a look at the feet first before considering any sort of operation - hold the leg loosely by the cannon and sight down the back of the cannon to the heels. Do the heels sit almost square to the line down the cannon, or are they tilted? If they are tilted, then it may be necessary to rebalance the rear of the hoof by lowering the longer heel and/or letting the shorter one grow (or wedge it). You should get a fairly quick indication if rebalancing the heels is going to help or not - the locking should reduce significantly within a week or two.<br />Kahurangi<br />New ZealandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833987878949924392.post-77491534439357686012014-05-06T23:51:04.548-07:002014-05-06T23:51:04.548-07:00Great post. Its very informative and helpful post....Great post. Its very informative and helpful post. Thanks for your nice post about horse.<br /><a href="http://www.emergencydentistmanhattanny.com/" rel="nofollow">emergency dental clinic Manhattan NY</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.emergencydentistmanhattanny.com/" rel="nofollow">Emergency dental services Manhattan NY</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.emergencydentistmanhattanny.com/" rel="nofollow">24 hour emergency dental office Manhattan NY</a><br />emergency dental clinic Manhattan NYhttp://www.emergencydentistmanhattanny.comnoreply@blogger.com