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[RC] Windpuffs gone bad - k s swigartLiz Carey said: My question to the RideCamp Chorus is:?? anybody out ?there had any experience like this? Any other hypotheses ?as to what could be going on besides a "windpuff gone bad"? Well...my "experience" with flexion tests is that a positive flexion test is an indication of some kind of JOINT damage not of tendon damage. We have yet to do x-rays to see if there might be a bone ?chip floating around in that ankle; but she isn't really lame ?enough to indicate a fracture.? So, given that a flexion test of the ankle joint is positive and that there is swelling around the ankle joint, x-rays is where I would go, but it wouldn't be to look necessarily for a chip (although I suppose that might be possible), but rather to look for the extent of any permanent damage to the cartilege caused by the arthritis (joint swelling) that is going on, and has been for quite a while now. Also, after having drained the swelling, I would try wrapping the location to see if pressure could keep the swelling out and would ask my vet if anti-inflammatories were indicated to also keep the swelling out until, if it isn't permanent cartilege deterioration, the injury that caused the swelling could heal and maybe keep the swelling away permanently. It has always been my understanding that "windpuffs" are only benign if they are old (and, in fact, if they aren't old, then I didn't think they were called windpuffs).? And that new swelling in/around the fetlock area is not to be dismissed, but rather to be taken as an indication of some kind of injury which should be investigated and treated accordingly. kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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