RE: [RC] Soft tissue injury question - Kristen A Fisher
I also just read an article that says that some
exercise is needed for a tendon/ligament to lay down healing fibers properly. If
there was no load on the tissue, the healing would be scarring which could
contribute to re-injury. By exercise they are talking hand walking for
short periods of time to start.
Kristen
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",,,,The longer you rest the mare - the
better..."
I'm not sure I agree with that. We rehab'd
two horses from bows 10 years ago. The recommendation we followed was 2
wks stall rest then slow increases in exercise in a careful graded manner,
with checks by ultrasound as required. The start was just hand walking
for a few minutes. Every couple weeks the exercise increased a little
bit.
The vet said that if we just rested, we would get
a horse that was only fit to rest, the body needed graded exercise to
encourage healing and rebuilding.
