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When I bought my mare, she had pulled a hind suspensory for the second time 
from racing(harness racer).  They had done quartazone shots and x-rays and 
everything on her.  I bought her personally because I loved her and didnt 
really care if she ever became endurance sound.

What I have done.. and this has worked very well for me is I make sure I 
hose her leg before I ride her for about 3/5 mins.  Then I rub green cool on 
her leg and then groom her to give her time to dry off.  Then I polo wrap 
her hind legs, to keep them even and the wraps help the swelling, because 
sometimes she swells a little but is not lame.

When Im done my ride, I do the same thing, take the wraps off, Hose and 
greencool.  She has now been sound for 7 months undersaddle and has 
completed 2 15 mile edurance rides and pulled in will A's and B's.

Each horse is different.. but this works awesome for my horse and 
considering the vet wasnt sure she was ever going to be race or riding sound 
again I am happy with the results!

Also, one other thought, I also stable bandage my mare when her leg does bug 
her.. it seems to help to have that extra support.

Hope this helps,

Good luck with your horse!

Sarah and Arty


> From: "Cynthia Eyler" <eylerca@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "Cynthia Eyler" <eylerca@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Suspensory injury
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:57:01 -0400
>
> My gelding has been diagnosed with a mild suspensory injury.  No heat and 
> no thickening.  Started head bobbing today on solid ground when circled for 
> a while on a line, but only if the injured leg was to the outside.  Was 
> very lame yesterday after routine warm-up in a soft dressage arena.  [Had 
> slight, but consistent head bob by the end of our dressage lesson two weeks 
> ago, but no problems with last week's lesson.]
>
> Vet said that the injury is too mild to require an ultrasound and taking 
> measurements.  She showed me how to check for reaction/flinching to 
> pressure on the ligament.  The current plan is for total vacation (but not 
> confinement) for the next four weeks and no dressage lessons for another 
> two weeks after that.
>
> I'd appreciate feedback/suggestions from folks whose horses have had 
> similar injuries.
>
> Cindy



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