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From the website, it sounds like a counter-irritant, but I couldn't  
find the list of ingredients.  Are they listed on the bottle itself?


On May 2, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Don Huston wrote:

> Hello Lynette,
>
> I bought a 4yo Arab from the track. He had medial (inside) splints  
> on both fronts. They were cold (fused, healed) and he was sound.  
> After 4-5 years of slow 50's barefoot and using boots the RF splint  
> suddenly started getting bigger. I don't know if he kicked it or  
> what but it was soon the size of half an egg on the inside of his  
> leg. Looked like hell but he was never lame. I had it xrayed, the  
> vet said it looked "bad" whatever that means. I sent the xray to an  
> expert at Alamo Pintado and he said he could remove the boney growth  
> so it would not irritate the tendons but it might come back ($2500).  
> He did not recommend  removing the splint bone on an endurance horse  
> because it helps support some part of the knee.
>
> We resumed our slow 50's for 2-3 years until June'08 when I  
> dislocated my shoulder tailing up a hill....ugh. By that time the  
> area directly below the splint would fill after a 50 but the horse  
> trotted sound and it didn't seem to bother him.
>
> It bothered me tho....so I searched the net and decided to try a  
> product called "Splintex Gold" http://www.rrvp.com/jacksinc/splintexgold.htm 
>  .
>
> In July'08 I started applying Splintex Gold per the instructions, 3  
> days on, 2 days off. Sometimes I would miss a week then start the  
> routine again. By Sept I could ride again so we would just go hack a  
> few miles. By Feb'09 the mud season was over, my shoulder was fine  
> so we started riding 6-8mi a day 2-3 days a week. We have not done  
> any 50's yet but lots of hacking and training around home including  
> several 20+mi days.
>
> I purchased 12oz of Splintex Gold and have used over 8oz to date. I  
> have been putting it on both splints. Today I did it and the old LF  
> splint that was not reinjured has reduced by 50% overall. The "bad"  
> RF one has also reduced over 50% in height and maybe 20% in  
> diameter. The area below does not fill anymore. Overall the RF  
> splint looks much better and I will continue using the Splintex Gold  
> until the 12oz is gone. If the splints continue to shrink then I  
> will probably buy more and continue until ???
>
> Might work for you instead of surgery.
>
> Don Huston
>
>
>
>
> At 10:19 AM 5/2/2009 Saturday, you wrote:
> > Has anybody had experience with excessive remodeling of bone post  
> > surgery for splint bone removal?
> > I am reading that it happens in 30% of cases.
> > Lynette
> >
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