Comments on: Tendon Injuries

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:20:10 +0000

My sweet, little quarter horse mare also cut the tendon on her hind leg when she was about six/seven months old. She some how got a fence wire wrapped around her leg and was standing there just sawing it up and down. It took a long, long time to heal thanks to a vet that didn’t know what she was doing! The vet sewed the tendon back together before stiching the wound closed. When the stitches holding the tendon together dissolved, it ripped the wound open wider. Plus the medicine she said to put on had a blood thinner in it so it was bleeding every day. You can imagine what this looked like and what it looks like now! But she is just as sound now as she was before the accident, praise the Lord! She loves running up and down our hills and dodging among the trees in our pasture. I wouldn’t trade her for anything

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By: Futurity Foresight, Part 1 – America’s Horse Daily

Futurity Foresight, Part 1 – America’s Horse Daily — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:36:32 +0000

[...] then that athlete will get acclimated to his muscles doing those kind of things; his ligaments and tendons will strengthen and will remain strong and sound [...]

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:05:05 +0000

my mare cut her tendon but not badly my vet said give her 6 months off and try to ride her. is there any thing I can do to give her the best chance of recovery?

By: Evaluating the Lame Horse | Horspro.net

Evaluating the Lame Horse | Horspro.net — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:25:38 +0000

[...] strain or injury can take a toll on any horse, even one with no obvious conformation defects. When lameness occurs, [...]

By: Evaluating the Lame Horse – America’s Horse Daily

Evaluating the Lame Horse – America’s Horse Daily — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:02:26 +0000

[...] strain or injury can take a toll on any horse, even one with no obvious conformation defects. When lameness occurs, [...]

By: Unwanted, Part 1 – America’s Horse Daily

Unwanted, Part 1 – America’s Horse Daily — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:46:51 +0000

[...] Soliciting the help of the local equine community, Fred arranged to have the gelding led three miles through the forest, loaded into a trailer and taken to the Bend Equine Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries. The injured horse, nicknamed “Trooper” by rescuers, had been wandering in the forest for a couple of weeks with two gunshot wounds to its head and a badly infected leg injury. [...]

By: Kyle Bailey

Kyle Bailey — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:28:28 +0000

bowling balls are dangerous on the foot if you mishandle it.”-;

By: Leman

Leman — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:23:36 +0000

Hallie, bute in a situation like that is always helpful. Most likely that and possibly hydro to the leg to help with swelling. Need the vet to see it from there.

Good luck to you and your horse.

Leman Wall
AQHA Director of Corporate and Affiliate Partnerships

By: Hallie

Hallie — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:23:01 +0000

Have had a dramatic freak accident. Was grooming my 8 year old tb gelding, who was tied to the fence next to my mothers gelding, when her gelding all the sudden explodes at my horse like he’s trying to kill him. My horse rares and somehow gets his left leg tangled in his lead rope. After a quick panic and try to fix things we get him untangled. Has rope burns in back of knee all the way down the leg. My main concern was any tendon injury. It swelled so we put him in ice boots. The next morning his leg is double the size but he is not favoring at all. Was wondering if the swelling could possibly be just from being stoved up from being in the stall (keeping fingers crossed) Vet cannot make it out till tomorrow. The swelling goes down after i put him in ice boots but i still dont like the looks of things. I also used dmso to sweat out the leg and it did help. Any home remedies i can use until our vet gets here that could help?

By: Callum Harris

Callum Harris — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:26:30 +0000

some bowling balls are heavy and i accidentally dropped one on my foot. it is quite painfull.`.

By: jenell

jenell — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:04:23 +0000

We rescued a three year old horse that had a neglected back leg injury. $3000 dollars later I think he might actually make a performance horse. The 6 month old barbed wire laceration had infected his bone and formed scar tissue in his fetlock the size of a bowling ball, and he had grown a sarcoid/proud flesh the size of a grapefruit on the inside of his leg. After finally finding a vet who was confident he could save him, and possible use as a performer, he debridled the whole front of the leg, just below the hock to above the fetlock, cleaned up the bone,removed most of the scar tissue and all of the extensor tendon was non repairable and removed. He had to learn how to use his leg, it took a couple of months. We continue to keep him in a very clean box stall and now only have to rewrap leg ever other day. We are now turning him out to pasture now and then…he is a maniac! He rears and walks on his hind legs, does magnificant flips and strikes the ground as he walks. He also loves to turbo run after the dog thinking they’re cows! I really think he is going to heal up with the possiblity of performing. He was orginally going to be shot and used for dog food before we saved him, oh and yes…it was worth every penny!! We got him in July 09′, found Dr. Marcotte and had surgery in Sept 09. It is now Dec 09.