My horse injured his suspensory ligament 7 months ago - the vets think it was actually reinjured although it had never been diagnosed previously. After 7 months of stall rest, hand walking followed by walking under saddle mostly without contact we have been cleared to begin working with some collection (I think my vet means this in a h/j sense rather than a dressage sense), some leg yield and a minute bit of trot on the straight sides only. He can't do circles, especially small ones - just he corners of the arena. He can do transitions and a bit of reinback. He is still confined to stall rest - we have rigged an outside area about the size of 2 stalls which he is turned out in for 3 hours a day - but he just stands and munches hay.
He has lost a lot of fitness. So far I have worked on getting a nice medium walk - long and stretched but in self carriage. I do transitions and a bit of reinback.
I would love any ideas you may have for walk exercises with these limitations - especially ways to help him gain fitness and suppleness.
thanks.
