Re: Clicky ankle

[avpinc@bellsouth.net]

Lucy,
    It's my experience that that clicking noise can indicate some
arthritis in the joint, but she may have just twisted it  slightly
on her own, and have developed a bit of extra fluid in the
joint area (or a little less, strangely enough).  Any treatment
that will improve the joints would certainly not hurt her,
in my opinion, even if you only need it  short term.
You may also want to do some gentle stretching
exercises on her legs before working her next time,
or on a regular basis, and some massage wouldn't
hurt.     Linda***

Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:

> Here's one for the paranoid.
>
> Last night I was doing some groundwork with Mouse. Before
> we started, I checked her over for bumps and cuts and
> noticed that she was resting her left hind leg. I checked
> it for swelling/heat, nothing. Later I noticed her resting
> it again, at a slightly odd time (I was doing "alarming,
> scarey rope dangling" exercises, and she was not too
> comfortable - not the sort of time I'd expect her to
> be resting a foot casually).
>
> And then I noticed, as she was walking around in the round
> pen (soft sandy footing), that that fetlock joint seemed
> to be clicking each time she put weight on it.
>
> I've noticed her clicking before, but don't think she
> does it all the time.
>
> She didn't seem lame on it, per se, except for resting
> it.
>
> Should I be concerned? Will a scoop of flex free sort
> this sort of thing out over the long term? Is it just
> that she needed further warming up? Is this totally
> normal and all horses click now and again?
>
> Worriedly (that I'm turning paranoid)
>
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