WarmbloodFan
Member
Hi, this might be a bit of a silly question
but is a bowed tendon another way of saying a pulled tendon
Are they the same thing?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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Bowed Tendon??
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CracklinRosie
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A bowed tendon is a horseman's term for a tendon after a horse has sustained an injury that caused the tendon fibers to be torn, and then healed with "bowed" appearance.
Taken from Wikipedia!
I had a loan horse with a bowed tendon and it didn't bother him at all.
Taken from Wikipedia!
I had a loan horse with a bowed tendon and it didn't bother him at all.
mik
Well-Known Member
Not a pulled tendon, it usually occurs after pretty serious injury to the tendon has healed. In what context are you asking, I was given a sj last feb who had ruptured his tendon twice, he now, after a year, has healed completely, and is doing school work, hacking etc, no jumping though. His tendon is bowed, we have one last scan due to see how the tendon fibres have reorganised themselves and make sire there are no weak areas, the we are all clear. We shall hack+do some dressage. He is 15 this year.
WarmbloodFan
Member
Hi thanks for the replies. Mik i was looking at an ex-racer and it says she has a bowed tendon but i wasn't exactly sure what that meant.
I would be looking to do jumping at riding club level, so i take it she will only be suitable for flat work then?
I would be looking to do jumping at riding club level, so i take it she will only be suitable for flat work then?
hannahkirkhill
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Depends, one of the PTPers we had broke down when he was 9, he had a horridly bowed tendon, but once healed he ran untill he was 15 and it didnt give him any trouble.
also my old horse had a bowed tendon from racing, we were given him when he was 10 and did all RC, PC and hunting, he is still hunting now at the age of 22 and I dont think he has ever been lame!!
also my old horse had a bowed tendon from racing, we were given him when he was 10 and did all RC, PC and hunting, he is still hunting now at the age of 22 and I dont think he has ever been lame!!
alison247
Well-Known Member
Our 4yr old TB had a bowed tendon when he came back from schooling livery. We were furious that they didn't tell us he had been injured. They said he did it playing in the field!
We had him scanned and was told the tendon sheath had taken a catastrophic tear and that was why it was bowed.
He was a very difficult hot headed TB and could not be a hack?field ornament so he was verysadly pts.
He was my 14yr old's first horse too. V good breeding by Red Rock.
That was new year 2003 and I still wonder what if!!!
We had him scanned and was told the tendon sheath had taken a catastrophic tear and that was why it was bowed.
He was a very difficult hot headed TB and could not be a hack?field ornament so he was verysadly pts.
He was my 14yr old's first horse too. V good breeding by Red Rock.
That was new year 2003 and I still wonder what if!!!
mik
Well-Known Member
mine did it twice and he is 14, for us its not worth jumping him again, but hes sound as a bell, we have to confess to jumping ditches out riding, so get a vets opinion eh!