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RE: Popped splint bone

3horses3 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:04:26 GMT

sillybunny11486 (10/20/2009)

I dont know if a splint can come out again, after its popped. They are pretty common. Lamemess is not usually associated unless its more pronounced, sometimes there is heat.

Why do you think she needs hind boots as well? horses carry most of the weight in the front. front legs are alot more prone to problems then the back. Ive only used hind boots on a tb I had who had suspensory problems. I prefer SMBs, just because I havent used any other kinds of support boots. And I know they work well. The boots you listed are mainly for support of the lower leg (mostly tendons and ligaments, but also pad the back of the fetlock area), which is different then splint boots, which pad and protect the splint bone area from injury. Support boots are also usually alot more expensive then splint boots (but it depends on the quality/brand.)

Thanks for your reply

My vet (whom I trust very well) said I should really look into buying hind boots for her, but basically just for like hard barrel runs, like at shows... which most barrel racers do even if their horses have never had an injury to their hind legs!

She said it can pop again, even if it means falling, of course! You never know what can go wrong... she might fall like she did before, and pop it even worse again.

I appreciate your reply and opinion, it means a lot to me that people try hard to help others on this site

RE: Popped splint bone

sillybunny11486 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:12:53 GMT

I dont know if a splint can come out again, after its popped. They are pretty common. Lamemess is not usually associated unless its more pronounced, sometimes there is heat.

Popped splint bone

3horses3 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:18:30 GMT

Hi, haven't been on here in a while

Anyways.. My mare April fell all the way over while slowly cantering around a barrel during our practice about 2 months ago. She fell on her left side, (thank God I was ok) while on her left lead and just got a couple scrapes on her hind legs. A few weeks after that had happened, I noticed a huge hard bump (about 3 inches long, and 1.5 inches wide) on the inside of her left leg. I had my barn owner look at it, and she said it shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Now, 2 months after that accident, the barn owner finally got the vet out to the barn. I knew I had to have her check April's leg, because in those past 2 months, she had been extremely unbalanced while on her left lead, and would even trip on her hind legs while walking for no reason, it felt like her hind legs dragged for a step!

When she was out the other day, she just watched me lunge her, trot away from her, ect. April looked perfectly fine, but I just had to have her checked out.

I told the vet about her huge hard bump she'd had (it went away after about 1 1/2 weeks after I noticed it) and about the unbalanced part. She immediately knew April had probably twisted her left leg going around the barrel and falling just right so that her splint bone popped...

She recommended to me that I buy SMB's for April, and put the hind boots on when I am working on barrels or other fast stuff, because her leg is now prone to the splint popping again easier than before.

I have been looking on the internet, and found a couple of boots I am interested in, but want your opinions on what you like best and what would work for April best.

SMB Elite hind boots: providing 360 degrees of protection, safeguarding the cannon bone, tendons and soft tissue

SMB-3 hind boots: same description as the Elite ^^

Legacy hind boots: Shock absorbing splint pad gives maximum protection to the splint bone, tendons and other soft tissue.

I see on the SMB's, they dont directly say "splint bone protection," so I'm wondering what I should get!!

THANKS!