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glitzandgrit Reg. Dec 2017	Posted 2018-05-26 9:36 AM Subject: windpuffs appearing?
Member Posts: 21	So my good mare had some windpuffs (or maybe they are something else but they look like windpuffs) on the side of her hock...she isn't sore, maybe a little "sticky". She has been ridden on some hard ground in the last week. I am now just walking and jogging a little bareback until the ground softens and to try to maybe get her moving a little to get rid of the fluid. Are these windpuffs or whatever they are something to be worried about? Or is it just maybe from the hard ground.
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wyoming barrel racer Reg. Apr 2006	Posted 2018-05-26 3:49 PM Subject: RE: windpuffs appearing?
Neat Freak Posts: 11216 Location: Wonderful Wyoming	I would have them checked out. They can be mild or more serious. Best to stop any inflammation before it causes serious damage. Might just need simple hock injections or might be more serious arthritis starting.
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RedHead84 Reg. Dec 2014	Posted 2018-05-30 8:27 AM Subject: RE: windpuffs appearing?
Elite Veteran Posts: 889	I agree with above. If you're talking about on the outside of the hock, it looks like a squishy pocket? That's excess fluid build up (effusion) which is typically a sign of arthritis OR possible boney changes in the hocks. It can likely can be maintained with steroid injections.
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geronabean Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2018-05-30 9:04 AM Subject: RE: windpuffs appearing?
Queen Bean of Ponyland Posts: 24954 Location: WYOMING	Windpuffs are ankle/fetlock level. Often they are just benin pockets of fluid caused by strain. Sometimes they are more and cause pain. I would get swelling around the hock looked at.
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barrelracingchick16 Reg. Aug 2004	Posted 2018-05-30 12:19 PM Subject: RE: windpuffs appearing?
It Goes On Posts: 2262 Location: Muskogee, OK	Your description sounds like bog spavin--- usually correlates with inflammation within the very top hock joint (tarsocrural). Can stem from DJD changes, OCD, general inflammation. Sometimes horses are lame, sometimes not. Really just depends. If one side is more inflamed then the other usually indicates something going on within that joint and I would have your veterinarian look. If both sides equally effected can be a chronic type change.
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