Swollen legs

[ponydreamersmum]

Ive recently been giving Reiki to a horse that had been suffering with cellulitis (sp), she had obviously been receiving vet treatment for several months and has has to be kept in all winter as the original cause was mudfever. The cellulitis is now clear but she continues to swell around her fetlock in the leg that was affected. This appears to be fluid as it clears when she is in the field moving around but collects again when standing in the stable. There is no heat at all in the leg, it did have when I first started treating her. Does anyone have any ideas on natural therapies that may help with fluid build up, or experience of this sort of thing and if it will gradually stop happening over the summer as she is out more. Thanks

[suew]

Heather, Tilly had this problem after having a bad reaction to the strangles jab. The first one the vet told me to keep her moving which I did, but I found bioflow magnetic boots worked wonders.

The second one a different vet put her on bute straight away, it cleared up in days and she's been fine since.

[mickey]

Mickey gets swollen legs though suprisingly isnt bad yet a week into box rest. If they are getting noticable I tend to put his bioflow boots on but to be honest I think any sort of support overnight would help.

[lisa]

Hi,

Lea's legs sometimes swell up when she is stabled but she tends to be a bit random with it as she is now into about the 4th week of box rest & suprisingly her legs are looking fine, but there can be times where they are swollen quite a few mornings on the trot (she's weird!!)

You are right that they are generally better out, as the movement of them wondering around reduces the swelling back down and they 'walk it off' if you like. You will probably find that while she is living out in the summer you wont have much trouble.

I would stable bandage the leg to give it support as this can help to reduce fluid build up. When I took Lea hunting for the first time I bandaged all her legs when we got back as she had done quite a lot of work just to be on the safe side & help stop any swelling.

I have a couple of cheap elasticated tail bandages that I use, that do the trick fine, think they were about £2.50.

[ponydreamersmum]

Thanks, I will suggest the bioflow boots to her owner just in case it doesnt settle down.