Windgalls

[Hemirjtm]

My horse went lame about 6 months ago, and we were told that he had windgalls, then advised to buy "Professional Choice SMB II"



they worked!!! after a week of rest i did some light work with these boots on and they didn't swell up....but then i forgot to put them on one day and he came back lame, I kept the hose on it for 10mins and the next day he was fine.....he hasn't been lame for 4 months now and I havn't forgotten to put his boots on!

I bet you are wondering why i am podting this message....well i have got a few questions!!!

What are windgalls exactly? What causes them? Why do these boots work?

thankyou

ps: i posted this in the wrong section before

 

[ThomasTank]

windgalls are swellings of the bursae around the fetlock joint which are painful when they are forming. They are caused by too much hard work putting strain on that area. As for the boots..... I have no idea. You may find he isnt lame now anyway

 

[PapaFrita]

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windgalls are swellings of the bursae around the fetlock joint which are painful when they are forming. They are caused by too much hard work putting strain on that area. As for the boots..... I have no idea. You may find he isnt lame now anyway

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I don't think all windgalls cause lameness; Antifaz has got windgalls galore and has never been lame.

 

[Hemirjtm]

ok thanks... he comes up lame evertime i don't ride him in the boots so they must be doing something

 

[CrazyMare]

My girl has windgalls and have neve caused a days lameness.

I do bandage over night and to travel to shows as this helps reduce them temporarily, as a bonus the bandages keep her legs clean working in!!

 

[Hemirjtm]

ok thats interesting to know, is she stabbled at night? thanks for responding

 

[Bossanova]

God knows how the boots help, windgalls dont make them lame....
I suppose if you had them on very tight then they may stop them filling more

 

[Hemirjtm]

Oh, So what could be making him lame

 

[ThomasTank]

I thought they made them lame as they were forming ??

 

[Patches]

My old horse had windgalls. There are two types, non articular and articular. Non articular are thought to be nothing more than cosmetic. Wouldn't you know it, my horse had articular windgalls which are often a sign of something happening within the fetlock.

Proved to be the case with Bailey, he had a fracture in his fetlock and arthritic changes resulting from it.

Maybe your horse has non-articular ones and it's a coincidence but perhaps he could have some irritation in the joint, arthritis mildly which rears it's head in specific conditions...ie hard ground, cold weather...blah blah.

 

[Hemirjtm]

I think they do, but everytime i don't ride my horse in these boots he comes up lame - could there be another problem? I'm going to make another post and ask about this!

 

[ThomasTank]

hmm so in that case equiflex or some such like may do the trick ??? or maybe an xray !! I suppose the horse feels every thing is being 'held together' in boots. If it is arthiritis then it would feel better bandaged. (for some forms in humans anyway)

 

[Patches]

My own horse was alot better in boots, he had magnetic fetlock wraps on overnight as well. (You can't turn out in them though).

He was on Mobifor from the vets as well. Box rest would have him come up completely sound for a few weeks though but his injury had caused damage to his sesamoids which eventually crumbled.

If he was my horse, I'd probably take him for an x-ray but then I do have more money then sense when it come to vets!

 

[Hemirjtm]

thankyou for you're replies, i am going to talk to my mum in a little while, and will tell he what you've told me!