I currently have a rising 4 yr old filly straight off the track that has bowed her tendon and she is on box rest with the tendon wrapped from knee to fetlock, this is changed every 4 days or earlier if the bandage becomes wet or mucky, when i change the bandages i check for excessive heat (there is usually some heat there but not excessively hot usually) and let the area breath for about half and hour, and the thing to remember when bandaging is that it must be even pressure over the tendon otherwise things will get worse! I will put a magnetic boot on her in about a month for a couple of hours a day and then wrap it again and make the length of time longer over a few weeks and then once we hit about the 3 month mark i will have her ultrasounded again and if everything is looking good she can start going into the paddock etc. It can be a slow process but if you are patient then the horse will hopefully be sound for the rest of its life!
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Lord Lochinva & Mr recall
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