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Re: [RC] Wind Puffs - heidiWe had a horse that had wind puffs when we bought him at age nine, and he had them when he died at age 32-1/2. In the meanwhile, he did some quite phenomenal things in endurance and ride & tie. The windpuffs seemed not to have bothered him. Wind puffs are the result of hypertrophy of the synovial membrane behind and above the fetlock, and while they are the result of hard work, they are more of an adaptive change than an injury. In and of themselves, they do not cause lameness. If a horse is lame, look for a separate injury. Once wind puffs are there, they are there. The posters who suggest that they don't go away are correct. My main reason for noting wind puffs on a pre-ride exam is to simply be able to differentiate them from an acute swelling due to injury later in the day--if a horse started out without wind puffs but had a similar swelling a few miles down the trail, I would be concerned, whereas a horse that has already "installed" wind puffs has simply made adaptive changes over time. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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