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Discussion on Swelling in tendons/ligaments directly below hock
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macsgirl
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Posted on Wednesday, Aug 29, 2007 - 10:13 am:
Hi Dr. O:
My 5 year old TB gelding recently came in from his (flat dirt) paddock with swelling in the upper half of his hind left cannon region (directly below hock). The swelling started out mostly on the inside, then progressed to some swelling on the outside, too. The SDFT never seemed swollen...the edema filled the hollows between the cannon bone and the SDFT, so you couldn't feel the upper half of the tendons/ligaments in between. The hock itself was completely unaffected.
The swelling was slightly warm, but my gelding was not sensitive to manipulation. No lameness at the walk or trot, but was reluctant to canter. Over the next few days of cold hosing and icing, the edema started settling down the leg, and the swelling finally disappeared completely after 5 days.
Through all of this, my gelding was never lame at the walk or trot (collected, working or extended). But even with the swelling gone, he is still reluctant to canter, choosing to go into a fast extended trot instead of his usual happy transition into the canter.
My vet is coming out on Friday to ultrasound. I'm really worried it's going to be some sort of tendon or ligament injury, but we are all confused as to why he trots sound, but doesn't want to canter. According to your articles, it sounds like a suspensory injury or tendonitis would cause at least some sort of lameness at the trot, correct? I'm fearing the worst, but it doesn't really make sense to any of us at my barn.
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Aug 30, 2007 - 1:22 pm:
I agree that without any lameness at the trot, this is not likely a tendon or ligament strain, I would consider trauma to the area likely but the ultrasound should help flesh this out.
DrO
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