Lameness question

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Yestersay when I got my horse in from the field to ride she was lame in walk not putting much weight on the foot and preferring to walk on her toe ( hind leg) so I hose leg down bandaged over night and kept her in on a deep bed. Today was going to get vet/ farrier to check for abscess. This morning check her and she is totally sound. I am obviously very happy but totally shocked and still worried as do not know the cause of the sudden quite severe lameness. Ideas please

 

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She probably tweaked something just before you got her in. For example - but a human one - the other day I managed to sit on a chair with my foot underneath the strut between the chair's front legs, taking all my not inconsiderable weight on my Achilles tendon. It was amazingly painful, I couldn't move my foot, couldn't take any weight on it at all either. After an hour or so I could move it and walk on it but was still pretty lame, the next day apart from a little local tenderness you'd never have known I'd done anything at all, and now, several days later, I'd forgotten about it until I read your post!

Keep an eye on her, warm her up carefully and keep her exercise gentle for a couple of days.