Re: Tying up

Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:17:46 +0500

Isn't this tying up??? At the rides I have been to, even though it might be
a muscle cramp, if your horse doesn't noticeably improve in the time
allotted there is a danger of its tying up again when it goes out on trail.
It starts out mild and can get a LOT worse from what I understand and have
seen. So I pull if we cramp and that way I know I am doing the best I can...
Gwen

>What we encounter at the racetrack, and what Teddy encountered, is a much
>nastier problem, and i believe (this is an opinion, extrapolation of known
>data) that it is akin to what human athletes experience as "compartmental
>syndrome". That is, the muscle expands in volume faster than the fascia can
>accommodate--resulting in compromised circulation and huge swelling masses of
>deteriorating flesh, followed by kidney failure.
>
>ti
>
>
Gwen Dluehosh
Desert Storm Arabians
1156 Hightop Rd, #89
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540/953-1792