ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: swelling on inside front leg?

Re: swelling on inside front leg?

RUN4BEAR@aol.com
Mon, 2 Jun 1997 09:52:17 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-06-01 23:18:58 EDT, you write:

<< When you have swelling on the inside of the front leg, between the knee
and
the fetlock, is this possibly tendon damage?

The horse is not lame, and I certainly have seen worse swelling(in another
horse I had), but it is uniform swelling about 1/4 of an inch in that whole
area.

We just did a 15 mile training ride in the mountains (probably the most load

I've put on this horse since his training began 6 weeks ago)...with alot of
climbing, and more cantering and trotting than he has done so far.

Is it fair to say without anyone seeing this horse, that I obviously
over-stressed him?

Also, I have never seen this before, but i am noticing *clips* of hair
missing
from the front of his rear legs (cannon bones)...like he could be clipping
himself ??? And it's all up and down that area...not just in one spot. No
swelling, just hair missing, and no lameness.

This horse has medium to long pasterns upfront, but other than that is
pretty
much conformationally correct, ( a 14.2 Arab).

Thanks for any help with this.

I have already obsorbed myself in Nancy Loving's book "Veterinary Manual For

The Performance Horse", and all other Endurance Books I have.

Kathleen

>>

Kathleen: I, too have had a similar problem in the past and have one now.
YES, there has been stress to the area. May only be tendon sheath. My horse
is not lame either. Is there heat you can detect? I cold water hose and
poltice to eliminate this. Give two to three weeks off and start agin. If
no recurrance, you are okay. Usually this type of swelling shows up 2 to 3
days after ride. Could come from bad step, uneven shoeing, a myriad of
causes. If in doubt or very concerned, get ultra-sound. Real tendon damage
will show up with and experienced diagnosis.

Teddy

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