Call the vet and ask about treatment and management options
You should call your vet for a bowed tendon. Your horse will need some TLC but he should recover from this. But your vet is the best solution. If you don't know how to wrap legs correctly have him show you how. Your may need wrapped legs for a while.
It can be 50 or it can be new born, some tendon problems are because of previous injuries or hereditary. There are heaps of reasons why your horse can have a tendon problem. If you are worried. Yuo sould probably call your Vet.
A horse can have an injured tendon or ligament which is similar to a human's sprained ankle. This will give you more info... http://www.acreageequines.com/Horsecare/horsecare5.htm
It's where a tendon in the horses hock tightens ( pulling the leg up involuntary). It's not painful for the horse it's just complicated and can cause the horse to trip more easily. It's mostly caused from horses eating a lump some of dandelions. It is curable by exercising the horse by walking/ jogging up and down hills to really stretch that leg out. Or a horse can go through surgery to have that tendon removed.
The Achilles tendon .
the answer is: take the horse on short walks while the tendon heals
look on horwse
What to do if your horse has a bowed tendon? Answer: All of these
You should call your vet for a bowed tendon. Your horse will need some TLC but he should recover from this. But your vet is the best solution. If you don't know how to wrap legs correctly have him show you how. Your may need wrapped legs for a while.
bowed tendon
It can be 50 or it can be new born, some tendon problems are because of previous injuries or hereditary. There are heaps of reasons why your horse can have a tendon problem. If you are worried. Yuo sould probably call your Vet.
lots of ice to cool it down then rest for 3 months (light exercise only)
A surgery for a horse with a bowed tendon will vary depending on where the surgery is done, how bad the injury, and by who. Although, the cost for this surgery will be a few thousand dollars.
If you're smart, you'll tell the vet.
This is a sterile (non-infectious) synovial swelling in a tendon sheath by the fetlock joint of a horse.
no you should not strike the joint ,but as the name suggest we should strike the tendon
A horse can have an injured tendon or ligament which is similar to a human's sprained ankle. This will give you more info... http://www.acreageequines.com/Horsecare/horsecare5.htm