[RC] FW: Hind leg deep digital flexor tendon injury - Tracey Lomax
Went out to the stable this morning and Barney is crippled
lame on his near hind.There is a
large amount of heat and swelling in the area of the deep digital flexor
tendon, so for now we’re treating it as an injury to the tendon, although
there is also heat in the foot, so an abcess is not out of the question, and he
may have a puncture would which our inspection hasn’t shown (he
won’t stand still for us to examine the leg terribly closely).
I’ve dealt with this kind of injury in front, successfully
enough, but what about behind?I
phoned my vet and a trainer friend and
both agreed that I must just treat the wound with hot and cold wraps, rest it
and bandage it, so that’s what we’re doing.Roderick’s going to check tomorrow
for an abcess as well.
Anybody dealt with something similar before?I’ve kinda resigned myself to
Barney having six months’ off, which is a little depressing as I was
about to take him to his first Novice dressage show, PN Eventing, and Roderick
was gonna take him E grade.This
was gonna be “his season”.Ah, well.What is of more
concern is whether this is going to impact on his ability to do dressage
long-term because I’ve decided to stop jumping and rather do
dressage.I know that front tendon
injuries don’t always affect a jumping career, but will the deeper going
and “collected” dressage work be too much for him?
Any advice is welcome.I know I may be jumping the gun without a definitive diagnosis, so bear with
me : the eternal pessimist.
