Treating Strains to the Fetlock in Horses, With Homeopathy

Treating strains to the fetlock in horses can be rapid and uncomplicated when using homeopathy.

Horses, by their very nature of being a flighty, prey animal, can suffer from injuries, sprains and strains. Add to that the burden of work humans put them through and it’s little wonder they suffer from frequent injuries.

A strain is an injury from overexerting the muscle or twisting it. Horses can easily over exert themselves and often twist a muscle from unsympathetic riding, where the horse and rider try to go in opposite directions.

The homeopathic medicine Arnica is the first medicine of choice for all and every injury. The internal use of this medicine cannot be over-rated especially for horses. Racing, show jumping, dressage, eventing, even relatively quiet riding school work can all take their toll on horses. Frequently horses are worked after sustaining an injury, compounding the effects.

Horses try their hardest to do as we ask of them, so we tend to ask more and more, often to the horse’s detriment.

Their mouths can be injured by even the lightest hands, their back can be injured from a rigid-tree saddle, their abdomens can sustain pain from the lack of consideration of the use of spurs. The list can seem endless.

However, with the regular use of Arnica, much of the pain inflicted, even unwittingly, on horses can be resolved.

The fetlock and/or pastern and coffin joints is an area which can be more troublesome. It can be more easily strained, more easily twisted or over exerted. And Arnica doesn’t always complete the healing.

The homeopathic medicine Ledum is normally used for bites, but it’s also a great medicine for strains, too. The symptoms of Ledum strains are a swelling which is cold to the touch. The odd thing here is you would expect that applied heat would improve the symptoms. But it doesn’t, it’s resented. Applied cold, such a running a cold hose over the strain gives much better relief.

If this is the case, you can expect the strain to rapidly improve after a few doses of Ledum.