Riding while treating an injury
So to recap on my last post about my mare who had proud flesh after getting cast 11weeks ago. It's still an on going battle at the moment unfortunatly.
I have the vet out 3 weeks ago, we decided to burn down the proud flesh with a mixture of baking powder and vaseline (A petorleum jelly), and then treat with Vulketan wound gel every day.
I have done all of this, kept it wrapped 24/7 and have been walking her in straight lines with her boots on.
The proud flesh is back though, it was out even further than it was before treatment tomorrow I'll get a picture when I'm with her. So I'm going to have to call the vet and see what she thinks. For around a week the skin was flat, but now it's back out again.
This is on the inside of her left back leg right on the pastern, so she's constantly hitting against it, why she's wrapped 24/7. I have leg wraps which are like traveling boots which she's a lot happier with.
My main question however is riding her, in the past month I have only rode her twice, and once of those was a hack (or trail ride to you Americans!) we did go for a small gallop but she had fun. She was wrapped up completely.
Today I also decided to ride her, she was wrapped with animal dressings all the way around the pastern held on by vet wrap and she had her soft sports boots that completely cover the pastern. She had a lot of fun, I was only going to do 10 mins light work, we ended up trotting for 15/20 mins (and she's unfit! she's bred for endurence) without her breaking a sweat.
Should I have done this, to be honest I hopped on a very hot arabian who hasn't been ridden in two weeks so it would have been near impossible to keep her in walk anyway, but would it be ok riding her with an injury such as this? She was completely wrapped and didn't show any signs of pain (she's a complainer, she always lets you know if something is off), in fact she loved it and kept taking off to go for a canter!
So ride with her leg as it is? Yay or nay? I will post pictures of it tomorrow so you can get an idea.
I have the vet out 3 weeks ago, we decided to burn down the proud flesh with a mixture of baking powder and vaseline (A petorleum jelly), and then treat with Vulketan wound gel every day.
I have done all of this, kept it wrapped 24/7 and have been walking her in straight lines with her boots on.
The proud flesh is back though, it was out even further than it was before treatment tomorrow I'll get a picture when I'm with her. So I'm going to have to call the vet and see what she thinks. For around a week the skin was flat, but now it's back out again.
This is on the inside of her left back leg right on the pastern, so she's constantly hitting against it, why she's wrapped 24/7. I have leg wraps which are like traveling boots which she's a lot happier with.
My main question however is riding her, in the past month I have only rode her twice, and once of those was a hack (or trail ride to you Americans!) we did go for a small gallop but she had fun. She was wrapped up completely.
Today I also decided to ride her, she was wrapped with animal dressings all the way around the pastern held on by vet wrap and she had her soft sports boots that completely cover the pastern. She had a lot of fun, I was only going to do 10 mins light work, we ended up trotting for 15/20 mins (and she's unfit! she's bred for endurence) without her breaking a sweat.
Should I have done this, to be honest I hopped on a very hot arabian who hasn't been ridden in two weeks so it would have been near impossible to keep her in walk anyway, but would it be ok riding her with an injury such as this? She was completely wrapped and didn't show any signs of pain (she's a complainer, she always lets you know if something is off), in fact she loved it and kept taking off to go for a canter!
So ride with her leg as it is? Yay or nay? I will post pictures of it tomorrow so you can get an idea.