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I understand and also rehabbed, not atorn tendon, but
a strained one...

3 months of stall rest. I thought it was going to kill
me or him... ugh....

chris
--- Stephanie E Caldwell <stefffi_c@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Why the boots? They aren't really good for
> anything
> > unless they horse interferes and is in danger of
> > hurting itself banging on its own legs. If that's
> > the case, it really shouldn't be doing distance 
> > sports.
> My mare wore boots because she had a major tendon
> tear
> (95% high cannon in suspsensory, and 20% mid cannon
> in
> suspensory, deep digital, and superficial digital,
> all
> in her left fore). And the vet recommended her to be
> rehabed in boots and me to *never* ride her without
> support. So, she wears boots, some. 
>
>  
> > Studies have shown that the boots don't really
> > support tendons and ligaments, besides which, if 
> > they did, why would you want that? You want the 
> > horse to develop strong tendons and ligaments. 
> > That's the purpose of lots of LSD work.
> Strengthen,
> > strengthen, strengthen...
> The Ortho Equine boots have two levels of support.
> The
> "support Strap" that goes down around the fetlock is
> removable. So, if I'm going out and feel like my
> mare
> needs the support, then she wears to boot complete.
> If
> I'm going out to play and I feel like she needs a
> little bit of support, then I remove the bottom
> strap.
>
>
> When Star was first ultrasounded and diagnosed with
> her tendon tears she continued to injure them by
> being
> a complete idiot. My vet felt like she would not
> return sound and remain sound. I iced, wraped,
> massaged, and supplemented her for six months. Kept
> her in a stall, the only time she was out was when I
> was attached to her lead rope. Her leg healed so
> good
> that when a new vet came out while my regular one
> was
> on vacation last month he couldn't feel any scarring
> in the tendon. 
>
> When Star tore her tendon she had on a pair of SMB
> II
> boots because she'd been having problems with that
> leg
> and it was *very* muddy. I do not believe that any
> boot will prevent the level of damage I did to her
> leg
> in fifteen miles of deep mud on a horse with long
> toe/low heel that was already having problems. But,
> boots are a great thing if you're going out, riding
> fast, and not much over an hour, they still give
> support at that level. 
>
> Thanks to all of y'all on RC that gave me
> encouragement through the first month or so when it
> didn't look like Star would be sound. She spent the
> first three weeks after her injury lying around in
> her
> stall, if it hadn't been for the encouragement from
> those here I don't know that I would have tried as
> hard to rehab her. 
>
> I think the things that helped her the most were
> massive doses of herbal anti inflammatories and
> repair
> herbs and whirlpool boots with homeopathy drops in
> them. Unconvential as all get out, but she healed
> better than I could have ever expected. She's
> started
> beign lunged over small crossrails and staying sound
> on that leg...
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Steph
>
>
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Chris and Star

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