Vet said to leave her out as normal as its better for her, and to start some work with her going forward. Obviously she is not yet 2 so will be walking uphill in the field and in straight lines in hand but nothing more than that. Building muscle will help it and maybe stop it from happening but it could be that it reoccurs until she is in full work.
C, I am not sure if a 'sticking' is that different than a dislocation, as they show the same sort of symptoms, with the same treatment I think, but don't quote me on that, I am limited in my knowledge on it really. Vet said on the phone, 'Is she a Warmblood or thoroughbred..' I said ' Neither, She is a cob' He said oh well it can affect any breed, that gave me the impression it was not hugely common in this type but then it could just be that my vet see's it a lot in the TB's, and maybe rarely treat's cobs lol.. it is Gloucestershire lol!
It was frightening this morning, as it looked like a broken bone but she seems pain free. One thing I have been told is that I should back her up and it can put the patella back in place. I am off to try that now but tbh I hate seeing it so am hiding out in the house:redface:
Strange really, vet says to try the backing up if I want, if not leave her be and it will come right... but it feel's like I should be doing something about it but that's normal I think.
It is different to locking stifle NF, similar but its not locking the leg. When its a dislocation or sticking patella it allows the horse to walk but the lower leg hangs back and is dragged along until the horse puts in a big action to turn it the right way again. Usually when first setting off it happens, then she lifts it up, and walks again till she stops again and it repeats.
In humans dislocation is extremely painful, but not been advised to medicate at all and she does not seem in pain, in fact if it was not for the moment of the leg she is her usual self, and she still tried to mug me and wheelbarrow when I left the field.