Re: RC: Tendon Injuries

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/4/99 10:05:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Howard4567@aol.com writes:

<< OK all you experts.  I need your help.  My horse injured a tendon last 
 December.  I've laid off of him mostly till then with just a little riding 
to 
 keep him honest.  The swelling has gone down substantially.  My problem is 
 when do you know it's healed as much as it will be?  When can I start riding 
 again?  Will it ever be even with the tendon of the other front leg?  
 
 I've tried everything to get it back to normal that I could find.  Used the 
 "linament" recipe on endurance.net, hosed the leg, iced the leg, etc.  Not 
 sure what worked, if any of it did.  Just not riding and time probably 
helped 
 the most. >>


It will take at lest a year before the injured tendon is as strong as the 
other. Meanwhile, you're probably going to have to deal with adhesions 
breaking apart as well as cross-hatched repair fibers breaking and 
reorienting. What you do is start sneaking up on light work, backing off any 
time you get a reaction, then coming back and seeing if you can get by the 
barrier. Give and take, give and take. It'll be a while.

ti


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