Possible cause of forelimb lameness

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mickygem

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Hi,

Keeping this as short as possible and many thanks in advance, I though I would invite you guys to brainstorm or give your experience of similar.

Horse (17h TB 10yrs in daily work) very lame Sunday morning, strong pulse and puffy vein just below the back of his knee, pointing toe (near fore) reluctant to walk would not turn in on that leg. No sign of bowing and SDFT cold and flat. The puffiness was located between the SDFT and the DDFT. Heat in front of hoof wall so suspected abscess.

Hot bucket soak & applied hot poultice which gave immediate relief and my boy cheered up immediately. Left it on over night (no bute) ... Next morning farrier came to pull shoe but on pinching the hoof wall, he said NOT abscess. Horse still slightly lame in walk but no where near as bad as the day before, did trot up lame though.

Gave 1/2 bute in each feed Mon/Tue (morning) hand walked Mon/Tue/Today.

No bute since yesterday morning's 1/2 sachet, today no swelling/pulse & is trotting up sound.

So if it's not an abscess and he didn't hurt himself in the field as he had no turnout the day before and I had ridden him the night before he went lame (only walking & trotting as I sprained my ankle LOL) what could it be to hurt so much and now be fine ??

Cheers guys :)
 
If its below the knee then prob check ligament. Needs regular hose/ice, bute and the vet. If its serious may need scan. My horse came right within a week as it was a light sprain but I iced and hosed it twice a day for a week.
 
Could have tweaked something, it's easily done if they just move suddenly and oddly or if he's rolled. My girl managed to pull a muscle in her back leg while in stable her stable a few months ago, vet thinks she may have done the splits in stable either getting down or up? :eek:

Any swelling in legs anywhere or is he standing differently?
 
Hi thanks for your replies so far :)

No swelling anywhere else and the swelling was gone within 24 hours and lameness gone within 48 hours. Just wondering if it is Check injury, what's the best and worst case scenarios? ... really feeling fed up as boy only came back into work in September after a year off with 10% lesion in SDFT (same leg grrrrr)
 
You wont know for sure without discussing with the vet and a scan, it could be anything from a few weeks to months, the fact hes sound and swelling is down is good, but is he sound on all surfaces and in circles ?? If i had any doubts id talk to the vet and get their thoughts
 
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