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Location: Texas | A little history.............. In June of 2012 my mare was run through a fence. Cut her tendon all the way to the bone. When she lifted her leg her hoove would dangle. I had 2 vets said put her down she will never walk on that leg again. So I made her a boot so she could walk. 3 months later she could walk without the boot but had a limp. Last yr one of the vets that said put her down said, "Well she would be good for checking fences or very light trail riding." She limped when she ran but that was it. Now she has no limp at all in the pasture! Faith got on her and still no limp. I really want to start her back into training. All she has is a scar. wanted to add the vet said try it C what happens.
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| Just to clarify, do you mean back in training for barrels? |
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| I'm not going to say yes or no, but first I would take her to a good vet and get xrays to see how it healed.
There is that Try it and see factor, but there is also a chance that she could injure it enough to have to be put down.
I would try increasing the light riding and see how that goes. Build up slow. |
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Location: Texas | My vet is saying u can't xray a tendon injury. Looks like Im getting a new vet. When I say back in training yes barrels and poles. However we could a horse to work cows here at the house and she it OLD SCHOOL COW HORSE! got a lot of the greats on her. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | If she cut her extensor tendon.. the one that attatches to the hoof so they land on the bottom of the foot instead of knuckling over on the top.. then YES, I would put her back in training (as long as she is sound).. have seen LOTS of these horses come back to 100%. |
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| SlashD - 2014-03-19 2:56 PM My vet is saying u can't xray a tendon injury. Looks like Im getting a new vet. When I say back in training yes barrels and poles. However we could a horse to work cows here at the house and she it OLD SCHOOL COW HORSE! got a lot of the greats on her.
Maybe xray isn't the correct term. Ultra sound or something that would show those. They have to be able to see tendons and ligaments somehow, otherwise they wouldn't be able to know what a meniscus tear in knees in humans looks like. |
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Location: N Texas | You definitely need to see a different vet and get an ultrasound done. Where in Texas are you?
As far as starting back riding, take it very slow. Like walking and trotting for a few weeks and work your way up to loping if she can trot for several minutes without getting sore. I'm in the process of rehabbing one now and my vet is very cautious about the amount of work he'll approve for me to do. Just walking and trotting for a good while. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | Nateracer - 2014-03-19 3:00 PM SlashD - 2014-03-19 2:56 PM My vet is saying u can't xray a tendon injury. Looks like Im getting a new vet. When I say back in training yes barrels and poles. However we could a horse to work cows here at the house and she it OLD SCHOOL COW HORSE! got a lot of the greats on her. Maybe xray isn't the correct term. Ultra sound or something that would show those. They have to be able to see tendons and ligaments somehow, otherwise they wouldn't be able to know what a meniscus tear in knees in humans looks like.
xrays show bone and ultrasound shows soft tissue. |
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Location: Florida | What tendon did she cut? I had a 2 year old get in barbwire and cut her extensor tendon in half all the way to the bone missing her joint by millimeters, she has come back 100%. |
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| Without a flexion test, X-ray, and ultrasound. No.
There will be some scar tissue, and scar tissue doesn't stretch, it breaks. This is why I would want the ultrasound to see if it did heal completely and what the adhesions and scar tissue looks like.
I would X-ray as the horse would have had swelling, and that swelling could have caused boney abnormalities, including ringbone.
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Location: Sperry, OK | When the flexor tendon (if that is the one they cut) heals back.. it doesn't grow back together, it just adhears to the bone in two seperate pieces. So if this is the tendon cut, there would be no scar tissue that would break when pressured. |
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Location: N Texas | I just came across this article...lots of good info!
http://www.atlantaequine.com/pages/client_lib_tendonlig.html
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Location: Texas | It was her Extensor Tendon. |
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| ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-03-19 3:48 PM
When the flexor tendon (if that is the one they cut) heals back.. it doesn't grow back together, it just adhears to the bone in two seperate pieces. So if this is the tendon cut, there would be no scar tissue that would break when pressured.
I have never heard of this please list your source.
And my question, the lower piece that adheres to the bone, where does it get its blood supply from, as the outside of the bone doesn't have a vascular supply for the tendon to "tap in" to. |
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