No. This is not happening.

[DaisyDoll]

Rode daisy tonight, felt fine and sound as anything.

Went to put her away, checked her legs and saw slight swelling in her lower leg, where the tendon she hurt is.

It was her superflexor tendon she injured about 2 years ago, finally healed and have been back to ridden work, and now it has swollen up again i dont know what to do.

Anyone else with experience of this type of injury- is this normal? should we get her scanned again to see whats going on?
Work wasnt that heavy, just general schooling in walk/trot/canter. She has been jumped and in normal work for about 3-4 months now, have kept a firm eye on her constantly to check if she's sound and has been so far, on the flat and into/landing over jumps.

Honestly cannot believe that after all this time we might not have fixed my poor girl.

 

[dressedkez]

I presume that you did lots of pre fittening work with her prior to the work you did in the school - i.e a min of 6 weeks just riding her at walk on th roads?

 

[DanaHart]

Firstly, I would cold hose it for 20 mins....... twice daily.....

Is she lame?? If she is, then I would call the vet ASAP..... If she isn't, then I would continue to monitor/cold hose and reduce workload..... if swelling hasn't gone down within a weeks' time, then call vet.

 

[Ignition]

I'd have the vet out for an ultrasound as soon as possible IMO, to check for any damage. Is she lame when trotted up? If she is, then box rest, if not then she should be ok to turn out until she can be scanned.

 

[ew1801]

my horse injured her flexor tendon a few years ago. when hers starts looking a bit puffy my vet recommended putting her foot in a bucket of warm water for ten minutes as this will increase the blood flow to the injured area, and then straight into a cold bucket for ten minutes to reduce the swelling. i do this twice a day and if she is lame or stiff i give her some bute. if the leg is still swollen or she is still lame after a few days then i ring the vet (this is all what the vet told me to do). typical tendon injuries unfortunatly they do flare up from time to time and some horses suffer more than others

 

[Silmarillion]

Cold hose, cold hose and cold hose - immediately! And if I were you I would get it ultrasound scanned again to make sure. My mum's mare has a tear right in her foot and as such it can't be scanned (only MRI will show it) and we'd have given almost anything to be able to afford to have another MRI or three done as she came back into work. If you can take a look at it by ultrasound, DO! It's never wasted money to know whether or not it's getting worse.

Good luck.