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Post by sarafina on Oct 28, 2006 14:44:24 GMT -5
ohh...jingles for a quick recovery. i'm sorry this happened. but the others are right, don't beat yourself up. this has been a very educational thread. thanks for sharing opinions and treatment tips.
hopefully your boy will bounce back soon.
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Post by Kat on Oct 28, 2006 15:23:48 GMT -5
Don't beat you're self up!! I have seen many experienced horsemen and women - and heck, the way I used to wrap, I wouldn't be surprised if I bowed a horse as a kid too - cause a horse to have a bandage bows - sometimes from bad wrap jobs, but often times from the horse becoming rambunctious and causing the wrap to slip - so it could have been something that was totally out of your hands.
As for treatment - and this is coming from someone who IS NOT A VET - but for treating bows, I have always used Ice, standing wraps - on both legs - and poultice. The horse stays up in a stall, but is allowed hand walking, to help the tendon not to heal contracted. When the bow has a chance to heal, and is no longer hot, THATS when I switch to the tendon paints, etc, but while it is acute, I always use poultice and wraps. You really should get an ultrasound though, because often times a bandage "bow" is not actually a tear in the tendon, but swelling of the tendon sheath. As for the swelling in front of the cannon bone, there is a tendon there too, though is it non weight bearing, so while it can "bow" or tear, it won't normally cause the horse to be lame.
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Post by tash on Oct 28, 2006 23:09:06 GMT -5
Poor regs. He's been through so much lately. I hope he's not hurting too badly.
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Post by Crooked Horse on Oct 28, 2006 23:38:30 GMT -5
Chiming in a bit late, but when Lombard hurt his leg and I had to "pillow" wrap it, the blasted substitute vet said "you can't wrap too tight with pillow wraps, they have enough padding" so I wrapped that sucker so tight...yup, bandage bow.
Lots of experienced wrappers have caused a bandage bow. Good luck, but it should be okay.
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