Ok, where’s that global warming Al Gore’s been talking about. I’ll take a little of that. I swear, if this keeps up, I’m going to have to buy some more long underwear. I only have two pair and I’ve had one or the other of them on for the better part of two months now. At least, the wind stayed down today, and I was grateful because I had to go cut more firewood.
I have a cute little Quarter Horse filly that has been in the doctoring bay for a while now. Her everyday name is Gracie and she is gray in color. She turned up lame last spring. When the farrier came to trim hooves, he noticed a lump about the size of a hen’s egg on her forepastern. I made an appointment at the vet for her, but before I could get her in, it had grown to the size of a goose egg and she was lame.
They did an x-ray and found she had a bone spur growing in there amidst all those ligaments. The vet said there was nothing they could do. There is little besides bone and ligament in that area, so surgery was out of the question. Even if they could do surgery, he said the bone spur would probably just grow back, because a bone spur is a response to a trauma sometines.
I had a bone spur on my heel once. It was very painful, so I went to several doctors, trying to get some relief. My Orthopedic Dr. gave me a shot of cortisone and that helped--for about two weeks. He said he couldn’t give me another one for six months. So I went to a chiropractor because one of my friends said she’d had one cured by this same chiropractor. The chiropractor told me I’d have to sign up for at least twelve treatments, so I did. Each time she’d massage my foot, it would feel better for about an hour. Finally, I figured a Podiatrist was what I needed. The Podiatrist thought I needed wedges for my shoes at a cost of $1,200. I wasn’t thinking, or I would have rolled up dollar bills to make wedges and saved myself some money.
Nothing worked. I was starting to get a spur on my other heel, too. Desperate, I decided to try those magnetic insoles, because my Orthopedic Dr. had told me the bone spur was an arthritic condition caused by a shortening of the Achillies Tendon. I had heard those magnets were supposed to be good for arthritis, so I figured it was worth a shot. They worked. Within two months, I went for another x-ray and the largest spur had decreased by half and within four months, it was just a little bump.
So I decided to try magnetic therapy on Gracie. I put a magnetic wrap on her leg in August and she wore it until November. The bump had receded to the size of a hen’s egg again, but the wrap was rubbing sores on the front of her pastern. She is still a little lame on it, but I just got a different kind of wrap that I hope will not cause sores. Here’s a recent picture of Gracie. She’s coming three years old and has excellent bloodlines, so would make a good broodmare someday. Gracie’s for sale (cheap) with, or without, the bump. I hope it goes away soon.
I have a cute little Quarter Horse filly that has been in the doctoring bay for a while now. Her everyday name is Gracie and she is gray in color. She turned up lame last spring. When the farrier came to trim hooves, he noticed a lump about the size of a hen’s egg on her forepastern. I made an appointment at the vet for her, but before I could get her in, it had grown to the size of a goose egg and she was lame.
They did an x-ray and found she had a bone spur growing in there amidst all those ligaments. The vet said there was nothing they could do. There is little besides bone and ligament in that area, so surgery was out of the question. Even if they could do surgery, he said the bone spur would probably just grow back, because a bone spur is a response to a trauma sometines.
I had a bone spur on my heel once. It was very painful, so I went to several doctors, trying to get some relief. My Orthopedic Dr. gave me a shot of cortisone and that helped--for about two weeks. He said he couldn’t give me another one for six months. So I went to a chiropractor because one of my friends said she’d had one cured by this same chiropractor. The chiropractor told me I’d have to sign up for at least twelve treatments, so I did. Each time she’d massage my foot, it would feel better for about an hour. Finally, I figured a Podiatrist was what I needed. The Podiatrist thought I needed wedges for my shoes at a cost of $1,200. I wasn’t thinking, or I would have rolled up dollar bills to make wedges and saved myself some money.
Nothing worked. I was starting to get a spur on my other heel, too. Desperate, I decided to try those magnetic insoles, because my Orthopedic Dr. had told me the bone spur was an arthritic condition caused by a shortening of the Achillies Tendon. I had heard those magnets were supposed to be good for arthritis, so I figured it was worth a shot. They worked. Within two months, I went for another x-ray and the largest spur had decreased by half and within four months, it was just a little bump.
So I decided to try magnetic therapy on Gracie. I put a magnetic wrap on her leg in August and she wore it until November. The bump had receded to the size of a hen’s egg again, but the wrap was rubbing sores on the front of her pastern. She is still a little lame on it, but I just got a different kind of wrap that I hope will not cause sores. Here’s a recent picture of Gracie. She’s coming three years old and has excellent bloodlines, so would make a good broodmare someday. Gracie’s for sale (cheap) with, or without, the bump. I hope it goes away soon.
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