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Location: Alabama | My bay go to horse is out of commission for a while due to a tendon/soft tissue injury, he is also bad about stocking up which my vet didn't like hearing due to the soft tissue injury, he is expected to make a full recovery but the vet suggestion I look into taking extra precautions when I start running him again. I have already got him and my others full sets of iconoclast boots, but I want to hear what products yall have had success with far as tendon recovery, stocking up, and just general support hauling & running... |
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 Husband Spoiler
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Location: North Dakota | BOT quick wraps, Sore No More poultice, Runner's Relief poultice. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | I'd recommend dosing him with a bag of Silver Lining herbs Kidney Support. That should improve the stocking up a bit. Daily walks will help take down the swelling as well. I like Sore No More for a poultice. |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | Just Bring It - 2015-07-26 5:46 PM BOT quick wraps, Sore No More poultice, Runner's Relief poultice.
These will help. I would also ice after riding. I've been using Ice Vibe boots on mine after tough workouts and like how it keeps their legs....then follow up with poultice. |
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| My good horse has been having the same exact issues, what I've found to be very effective is compression/standing wraps hauling and stalling. Cold hose/icing or poultice directly after running to cool the tendons down to improve inflammatory responses and avoid any other tissue damage areas. My horse is super sensitive to heat and gets effusions about every time he has been running hard lately. If he does get a effusion, cold hose every day and compression wraps and applying Surpass till it absorbs. Back on Track is great but I use only pre race, after just cooling the legs down is the most important. |
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Location: Sunny So Cal | NitrOxide and NutraWound during the injury. The NitrOxide helps with blood flow therefore with the stocking up and the NutraWound is for the healing process. To keep my horses legs good I cold hose, ice, sometimes poultice and then put a standing wrap on. Usually I give some banamine or bute after the event to help with any extra inflammation. I also use BOT and will put my horse in the HydroSpa. The HydroSpa is not mine but a fellow boarder does it as his job. |
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Blessed 
Location: Here | MagnaCu Tendon wraps  |
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| You may also check the level of proteins he is taking in along with his salt intake. |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
Posts: 13739
Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | You should try the MagnaCu tendon wraps, they worked wonders on my mare that had stocked up for 7 years after a DDFT injury....after using them regularly she no long stocks up! It truly is amazing, it's been a long battle!
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 BHW Resident Surgeon
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | When you have stocking up in a horse, what do you think causes it, and what's your goal? What are you trying to accomplish and why?
Stocking up is almost always a simple matter of pressure, hydraulics, and normal physiology. There are exceptions that can look like stocking up, such as very low protein states, excessive sodium, and blockage of venous return, but these are relatively uncommon.
Instead of using all those gimmicks and remedies, I have another suggestion: if it bothers you, turn the horse out or hand walk him, or cold hose him....all of theses offer temporary relief, at least. You don't need all that other stuff.
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Location: Beggs, OK | I thought her question was geared more toward, what to do when a horse is stocking up while injured? If a horse is on stall rest and stocking up you can't just turn them out.
I've had at least one on stall rest since January. MagnaCu tendon wraps have been a wonderful therapy for swollen legs when you just can't turn them out. Cold hosing the legs and hand walking will help circulation. |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
Posts: 2258
| if you're om 100% stall rest, get your vet to show you how to apply no bows/pillow wraps and standing wraps. Simple pressure wraps go a long way.
I also have a crush on my BOT wraps, but would go with regular wraps while it's hot.
Otherwise, a nice long walk will help a lot, along with cold hosing. |
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BHW Resident Surgeon
Posts: 25352
Location: Bastrop, Texas | What are you treating? What is your goal? Are we talking about stocking up, or are we talking about unilateral swelling over a healing tendon injury?
The physiology is different. She said "stocking up". |
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