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I bought my current endurance horse 6 years ago from the track with 
medial splints on both fronts. The splints were cold, 2" below the 
knee and small (thumb nail size). Last year the right splint started 
getting bigger after a 50 and sometimes the leg would get minor 
filling. We did a 100 last Oct and a 50 in Jan with no filling but 
the splint got bigger. We did back-to-back 50's in Feb and the leg 
stayed puffy for 2 weeks. The horse is not lame and the splint and 
tendons can be squeezed very hard with no indication of pain from the 
horse but obviously something is happening. The horse has not been 
ridden for over 3 weeks now but lives in a 40'x140' pen with 2 
buddies so he's moving a lot. I'm going to rest the horse for at 
least 3 more months but would like some recommendations on treatment 
(herbs, ultrasound, tens, magnetic, etc) to promote healing. Thanks,

Don Huston at cox dot net  



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