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[RC] Horse's Kick Injury - Val NicosonHow long is too long for a horse to heal from a kick
injury...and where/how to proceed next?
My mare received a good solid kick to the muscular
area on the outside of her upper leg...behind the
stifle/kneecap area. When kicked she screamed and
where I board at the lady ran out to see what was
wrong and brought her into the stall. She was quite
sore, about a Grade 3 lame, and we carefully checked
her out but no swelling, etc was obvious.
The next day she had a swelling on her leg the size of
a grapefruit. She was on Banamine for about a week,
on MSM to help reduce swelling, and we even tried a
couple treatments of photon light therapy (which
seemed to help her pain/reduce swelling).
She was allowed to roam the enclosed property by
herself which kept her moving but away from the herd.
Then after she was doing much better after a few weeks
she was put back with the herd to roam about 20 acres
of pasture at will. During the past few weeks she has
been placed on limited pasture to keep an older
gelding company for the winter.
She is running about and acting normally and seems to
be in great spirits. But the other day I discovered
that she is short-striding on the rear leg that was
kicked!
Called a nearby Equine Vet Clinic and they feel that
X-rays and/or Ultrasound are in order since she is
still off on that leg. Phoned our vet/chiro who
suggested further pasture rest and a few more photon
light therapy to help heal things up a little faster.
But what would x-rays/ultrasound really do except to
say she's still recovering from the kick she received?
Is it normal for it to take a long time for a hard
kick to heal?
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks Val + Sania
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