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Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

768.0. "Broken Tendons.." by KERNEL::CHEWTER () Fri Nov 04 1988 11:58

    
    Advise needed...
    
    In April my mare had a very nasty accident, in which she
    broke the tendons in both back legs. One of her hind legs
    seems to be healed (I can only tell from the way she walks
    and places her hoof down etc), but the other leg does not
    look good.. The hoof basically clicks into the correct 
    position from the weight of her body(If you know what I
    mean, its very hard to explain!).
    
    I don't at this time know whether I shall ever be able to ride
    her again, because even with her own weight she trips up, and
    stumbles.
    
    Has anyone ever had a horse with tendon problems or even 
    broken tendons? and what was the outcome?
    
    I love to hear your views etc...
                       
    Jayne

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
768.1		PBA::KEIRAN	`Fri Nov 04 1988 12:06`	15
	Jayne, I think what you mean to say is bowed tendons, not broken tendons. A tendon is more like a muscle than it is a bone, and is encased in a packet that when overly stressed, the packet breaks and the tendon pops through. This is a very painful situation for the horse as you can well imagine. Has the vet seen the horse? What did he think? Depending on the severity of the bow, with the proper rest, they will calcify and not be a problem to the horse. My competative trail horse bowed a tendon and I gave her 14 months off and she healed fine, and it hasn't bothered her since. Good luck.
768.2	more info..	KERNEL::CHEWTER	`Fri Nov 04 1988 12:35`	15
	sorry maybe I should have put that her tendons, have been severed, obviously the vet has been visiting once a week, since April. His opinion is that she is very luckey to be here today, he, like myself does not know what end the scale she will be, whether broadmare or riding horse. I should have also explained that the legs had a large puncture wound on both, one healed fine, the other was pulled open more which resulted in a very large hole in the leg the size of a hand, or more. The situation is made worse, due to the fact the wounds are on her fetlocks, which are being continuosly moved. The vet also explained, that the horse could not be kept in a confined space, because she would seize up!! The wounds could not be stitched up again because of the position they are in. And TIME WOULD TELL is the only thing he can say at this time.
768.3	TIED TENDONS	EMASA2::NICKERSON	`Tue Nov 08 1988 15:18`	13
	The only experience we have had with tendons is tied tendons on two youngsters we had. One was operated on, both front tendons were cut; corrective shoes were put on for 6 to 8 months; everything went back into place and she is perfectly sound today. The other filly we had was a little younger and we had a chiropractor work on her resulting in a sound wee one. I believe we were really lucky in both cases. However, both of these cases were not due to an injury but due to the fact that the bones were growing faster than the tendons. We really keep a close watch on the little ones now so that we can catch them in time. Wish you the best of luck...how did the accident happen?