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Re: [RC] Was saddles... Now Boots and Tendons - Lynne Glazer

I (happily) don't know what they recommend out here now, other than I know at least 4 local vets who would say NO to sports medicine boots.

Maybe we should ask our vets online here.

On the other question, my mare did all her competition miles with splint boots in front (around 1000 total). She was the type who when startled would clip one front foot with another. That resulted in a bruised sesamoid and a handful of times where she clipped her inside cannon right below the knee. How she avoided splints I have no idea. Now she doesn't do that any more and hasn't worn boots for 2 years.

The boy hasn't interfered, so no boots for him. However, when doing rocky rides where the trails go between boulders, boots to avoid lacerations from slipping on rocks.

Lynne

On Sep 10, 2004, at 9:16 PM, Stephanie E Caldwell wrote:

Boots sold for *performance* support are used for
24/7 rehab in humid
weather??


Nope, actually just spring time here. Not all that
humid or hot. The Professionals choice was what my vet
instructed me to buy. So I trotted out and bought a
pair... They're somewhere in teh bottom of my tack
trunk...

And around here SMBs are recommended for tendon tears
by our vets. They feel like it's safer for the hrose
to wear SMBs than to be wrapped by someone who doesn't
know how. My horse was split pretty evenly in boots
and wrapping. Where I boarded unwrapped her in the AM
and booted her, while there was more activity around
her stall she would get hyper. Then I would rewrap her
in standing bandages and pillow wraps at night for her
to rest in, since the vet didn't feel like they
offered support as much.


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[RC] Was saddles... Now Boots and Tendons, Stephanie E Caldwell