Mending Equine Tendons and Ligaments
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
September 4, 2024
Researchers are exploring improved ways to heal these notoriously complicated soft tissue structures.
Researchers are exploring improved ways to heal these notoriously complicated soft tissue structures.
My OTTB recently recovered from a bowed tendon injury. What can I do to help him continue to stay sound?
Learn about the common causes of equine hind-limb lameness and how veterinarians diagnose and treat them.
Learn about 4 common injuries veterinarians see in these athletes, how they diagnose them, and what treatments and rehabilitation methods they use.
Consider the horse’s lameness history and gradually increase varied exercises to manage these mounts, one veterinarian says.
Learn about this tendon’s complex anatomy and how veterinarians rehab it when injured.
An off-track Thoroughbred with a mild suspensory strain has heat in the opposing hock. Could this mean he’s compensating for the suspensory injury?
Here are 10 ways to reduce your horse’s risk of sustaining tendon damage or injury. Learn more in The Horse‘s 2024 Preventive Care issue.
Learn how veterinarians use ultrasound to diagnose, treat, and monitor musculoskeletal injuries in horses.
Learn about new applications for biologic therapies to treat horse’s infertility, wounds, ligament injuries, and eye issues. Read more in The Horse‘s Research Roundup 2023 issue.
Scott Anderson, DVM, explains how shock wave therapy can help a suspensory ligament injury heal quickly and successfully.
Soft tissue injuries can occur in any horse. Learn about the injury cascade and how to help horses on the road to recovery.
Mesenchymal stem cells might improve the prognosis for horses with suspensory ligament injuries previously associated with negative outcomes.
Two experts describe this degenerative suspensory ligament condition in horses and what new information researchers are learning about it.
A nutrition expert offers advice on preventing weight gain and boredom while a hefty horse is on stall rest.
Learn how to recognize a tendon injury and what you and your veterinarian can do to treat it.
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