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Location: Oregon | Alright I have a horse who we believe bowed her tendon, or maybe rebowed it..
She was a horse I had rescued and always has had issues with this particular leg. I have had three vets look at it previously and they all told me it was a windpuff and she "thinks" it hurts her which is why she has a slight limp..
Well she was better for a long time while I had her boarded and I sweat wrapped it and kept up on it .. then I moved her to a friends because she had pasture available and she loves being outside, well they put another horse out with her and she went crazy running around and bucking that day and reinjured the leg. I had her feeties done yesterday and my farrier and his associate both told me they dont think its a windpuff they think she has a bowed tendon.. Now I am calling a new vet to come look at her but I just wanted to know your personal experiences with them, maybe what you did to help it and so on...
My farrier told me a couple options that I really didnt have the money for but if I have to I will do one of them.
1. Special shoes and stall rest for a year about with hand walking at most.
2. Put her out of her misery.
I dont take the last one lightly and I know its just a bowed tendon ..
She is special to me even though she has always been lame and I will never do anything to hurt her but now I feel as if I am because you can tell she is in a lot of pain just trying to stand up.
Any way any input would be greatly appreciated and thanks for taking the time to read :-)
Sincerely
-heartbroke for my baby girl...
Edited by BKC2112 2014-03-17 3:00 PM
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| There are many alternative treatments that may work. Laser, thermotex, magnetics, sweat wraps.
It also depends on the bow. I would get X-rays and ultrasound to see how bad the problem is.
If I have any ligament/tendon tear, I get stem cells injected into the area. There are generic stem cells that are available for 200/bottle.
Bone marrow can also be removed from the hip and injected into the injury, there is more inflammation for a few days but does the same as the stem cells it costs about 800 for the procedure. |
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| If she had an old bow and has now rebowed it you'll never have a competitive horse and maybe not even one sound enough to pleasure ride. It is going to take longer for the second bow to heal than the first and bows are painful. Scar tissue doesn't have the blood supply that normal tissue has so it will be a long process. If she wasn't sound from the first bow she's going to be more lame this time around. Only you can decide what you want to put her through. An indication of the amount of pain a horse is in is their body condition. Horses in long term pain will lose weight. First order of business is have an ultrasound done to determine how bad an injury you're looking at. The US can differentiate scar tissue from normal tendon tissue as well as a fresh tear so that's your starting point. |
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Location: OK | cheryl makofka - 2014-03-17 3:15 PM
There are many alternative treatments that may work. Laser, thermotex, magnetics, sweat wraps.
It also depends on the bow. I would get X-rays and ultrasound to see how bad the problem is.
If I have any ligament/tendon tear, I get stem cells injected into the area. There are generic stem cells that are available for 200/bottle.
Bone marrow can also be removed from the hip and injected into the injury, there is more inflammation for a few days but does the same as the stem cells it costs about 800 for the procedure.
Generic stem cells? Explain :) Where do you get em? What exactly is that? What exactly do you do?
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Location: Texas | with the three previous vets, did you have them do any diagnostic imaging such as radiographs or ultrasound? Also remember, she may not have beeb bowed before she ran around and over exerted herself.
wind puffs although they don't really cause pain, are a sign that there was something abnormal in the leg. They don't create these big synovial pockets just for nothing. Most of the time they are not painful, but they are a sign I would be looking around to see whats going on.
Where is the "wind puff" at? If its at the back of the fetlock, it may not be a wind puff and it may be the tendon sheath thats inflamed. It is held in place by a band of connective tissue, and the pressure causes pain when the fluid is pushed out the top of that band. There are surgeries to cut that band of tissue to relieve the pressure. I have seen these and they do look like wind puffs at first glance, because they are soft, squishy, and when you poke on them they don't hurt. |
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Location: Florida.. | this is her update I think.. http://forums.barrelhorseworld.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=446900&posts=20&start=1 |
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