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Pressure Wraps, Poultices, Cold and Heat Therapy, Dealing with Swelling in Horses Legs
by Robert N. Oglesby DVM
Introduction
Introduction
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Reducing Swelling in the Leg
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Advanced Concepts of Equine Bandaging
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Exercise
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Pressure Wraps
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Poultice
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Cold Therapy
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Heat
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More Info
The article
Bandaging Horses
talked about the materials and basic principles of bandaging horses. This article will build upon these techniques and introduce new materials to help speed healing and increase comfort. In this article you will find discussions on pressure wraps, poulticing, sweating, and liniments. Also the use of hot and cold wraps and hydrotherapy in disease processes will be discussed.
~Word Count: 2055 words (The average magazine page contains about 600 words);
~Last Updated: May 28, 2008;
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Discussions on Pressure Wraps, Poultices, Cold and Heat Therapy for Swelling in Horse Legs
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 | Poulticing the upper front leg | 1 | 5 | Jul 31, 08 |
| Swollen Fetlock | 1 | 4 | Jul 8, 08 |
| Help with bandaging a hock | 1 | 20 | Feb 1, 07 |
| Ice Boots.. | 1 | 3 | Dec 15, 06 |
| PUNCTURE WOUND | 1 | 8 | Oct 27, 06 |
| Injured Pastern | 1 | 6 | Aug 26, 06 |
| Using a poltice without wrapping. | 1 | 5 | Jul 28, 06 |
| Icing the hoof/homemade ideas. | 1 | 18 | Jul 25, 06 |
| Swollen pastern, no heat, not lame | 1 | 2 | Apr 26, 06 |
| Ruptured Hematoma | 1 | 3 | Feb 3, 06 |
| Swollen after riding | 1 | 1 | Jun 9, 05 |
| Guidelines for wrapping legs over linaments, poultices ect | 1 | 7 | May 26, 05 |
| HOW DO THEY WORK? | 1 | 3 | Dec 7, 04 |
| Splint on rear leg | 1 | 2 | Oct 14, 04 |
| Wrapping a hoof with poultice | 1 | 6 | Oct 14, 04 |
| Boots or bandages for lower hind leg swelling | 1 | 5 | Sep 22, 04 |
| Booted or Bare legged? | 1 | 15 | Apr 6, 04 |
| Possible Bowed Tendon or Simple Strain?? | 1 | 10 | Apr 3, 06 |
| Fetlock sprain/strain/bruise | 1 | 4 | Mar 31, 03 |
| Blistered knee from sweat on leg | 1 | 2 | Mar 12, 03 |
| Long term use of wraps? | 1 | 5 | Sep 10, 02 |
| Exercising with swelling in fetlock but no lameness | 1 | 2 | Mar 14, 02 |
| Swelling of hock | 1 | 3 | Jan 16, 02 |
| Hosing legs after work | 1 | 8 | Aug 18, 03 |
| Poultices | 1 | 7 | Mar 15, 00 |
| Capped hock | 1 | 2 | Feb 14, 00 |
| Help, Accident Swollen Leg | 1 | 20 | May 4, 05 |
| Horse has leg problems, help! | 1 | 2 | Apr 9, 05 |
| Help - How do you keep the bandage dry? | 1 | 7 | Mar 13, 04 |
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