Therapy and treatment
Acute lameness
Directly after an acute injury legs are hot and painful to palpation with enlargement of specific tendons. Besides therapies of pain management to ease pain and decrease inflammation, application of cold and compression for a period of time is a good adjunct therapy. Swelling in the limb causes congestion and impaired circulation which retard the healing process.
Chronic lameness
In some cases it's not possible to treat the horse as recommended. Due to the horse's ages, past medical history the choice can be made not to do surgery or general anesthesia. Effusions in the leg can cause several problems and treatment with dry cold and compress can be a good option. Chronic swollen tendon sheaths can be treated very well by using Game Ready Equine.
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