Discussion on Handwalking
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Simone Cobbett
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Username: simonem
Post Number: 6
Registered: 5-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 - 1:40 pm: |   |
I have a 6 y/o TB gelding that has suspensory desmitis and digital flexor tendinitis in his right hind (which I wrote about in another post under Diseases of the Lower Limb). He is about 60 days from the initial exam, and I have been following the rehabilitation guidelines laid out by Dr. O. We are currently in the 40 minute handwalking phase, with a moderate injury. My question is whether or not it's safe to hand walk him up and down smaller hills (maybe a 35- 40 degree incline), or if I should strictly stick to flat surfaces. I'd like to take him for walks on the trails behind the barn, but there it gets pretty hilly on the way back there, and I'd hate to put too much stress on that leg.
Thanks!
Simone |
Ann
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Username: dres
Post Number: 2370
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 - 4:04 pm: | |
Simone, I think i would stick to flat / not to deep surfaces , just to be on the safe side.. you don't want to trip himself up and pull something.. slow and steady will win this race..
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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 23167
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Thursday, Jun 11, 2009 - 4:30 pm: | |
I would avoid the hills, it changes the tension on the flexor tendons remarkably.
DrO |
