Tendon question ....

[ColleenIsh]

As some of you know , missy damaged/sprained her tendon, there was swelling in it and she has been on box rest for a week this monday ....shes had ups and downs with it, was supposedly meant to get it scanned on friday but vet said scanner was in use at the practise , anyways was put on more bute .


Well yesterday seemed to be a great day for her as there was hardly any swelling and very little lameness from what i seen of her walking in the stable ( moved to smaller stable) . Today has been the same .

My question is ...

The tendon is now starting to feel alil hard as you can feel no spongyness ... Would you start to feel more optamistic about her tendon ? ? or am I just clutching at straws and hoping for the best ? ?

 

[vicijp]

Now is the ideal time to scan and get a true picture as to full extent of injury.
Just go careful and take it as it comes.

 

[Tia]

I don't mean to put a damper on things; but bute she will feel better on bute - the real telling on whether she is sound or not is once she comes off the bute.

A horse on my yard injured a tendon and it took a good 2 months for him to come right and even now, about 6 months on, there is still a noticable "lump" there. Good luck - she's young and hopefully will come good much quicker.

 

[amandaco2]

i would be worried if it did not come down on bute rest and hosing after a week.tendons are difficult ones really you just cannot tell what the damage is from looking at it without a scanner.
even then you can be unlucky. hopefully any damage will not be in the part of the tendon covered by the sesimoid bones-as the scanner cannt be used in this area(it cannt be used through bone!) and the only option would be to scope the tendon to actually see if any damage can be seen.
i agree now is best to scan as all the swelling is out the way and you get a much clearer picture of thats going on.
if it does turn out to be a tendon i would
also be very careful about regular scans-do not take soundless(if on bute or not)/lack of swelling as confirmation its healed.
horses can be sound on awful tears and holes in the tendon that need prolonged rest and rehab and equally be dog lame on small strains.
i would get her scanned regularly so you can see how its healing before you turn her out or do any work with her/up her controlled excercise.and try not to let her do any silly leaping about on it as this can re tear the tendon and form more scar tissue and lesions(and so put her at greater risk of the tendon breaking down again later in life)