tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post4769364497330027839..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Flexion tests: What do they mean?Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-22037152853824772442011-10-17T23:34:48.815-04:002011-10-17T23:34:48.815-04:00Thanks for this great post. My older mare was giv...Thanks for this great post. My older mare was given a health exam today in preparation for an important clinic in about a month. The mare tested mildly positive in three of four limbs, and was fine on the one leg where she has some confirmation defaults and has had previous soundness issues. Exam was done after completing a 9 mile fast hunter pace on fairly hard ground just the day before, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-41220449471789788992011-07-19T22:36:44.412-04:002011-07-19T22:36:44.412-04:00Hi, Feel free to use anything from my blog (attrib...Hi, Feel free to use anything from my blog (attribution is appreciated), but the photos are not mine. Sorry!Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-87082575391348157972011-07-19T08:27:23.552-04:002011-07-19T08:27:23.552-04:00I co-publish, with Susan McBane, a quarterly eques...I co-publish, with Susan McBane, a quarterly equestrian magazine entitled 'Tracking-up'. <br />I have written an article on Flexion Tests citing a study done by David Ramey in 1997, on 50 horses. This study showed that flexion tests are at best unreliable. My own vet, Chris Day, thinks that they could be harmful, and so do I. This is what the article discusses. <br />Would you care to Anne Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934909522433985910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-91112563264249650262011-07-19T08:23:32.777-04:002011-07-19T08:23:32.777-04:00Hi Jackie,
I co-publish a quarterly equestrian ma...Hi Jackie,<br /><br />I co-publish a quarterly equestrian magazine in UK entitled www.tracking-up.com. I have written an article on Flexion Tests - citing a study done by David Ramey back in 1997. The results showed that flexion tests are of little or no use. My own vet, Chris Day does believe they can do harm, so why are vets still using them? This is basically what my article talks about. WouldAnne Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934909522433985910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-21763806063464075412008-02-18T11:26:00.000-05:002008-02-18T11:26:00.000-05:00Great post. I'm wondering if anyone has ever done ...Great post. I'm wondering if anyone has ever done a comparitive study of how vets interpret radiographs?? I once had a 3 yr old OTTB whose radios showed a "likelyhood" of developing navicular. I bought him anyway, showed him for 2 years, and sold him cheap, because of the aforementioned radiographs. Peeps who bought him sold him later for BIG bucks, as the next vet down the line to take radios Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-13719842588965702842008-02-06T09:49:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for this post. I'll hopefully be in the mar...Thanks for this post. I'll hopefully be in the market to finally buy my own horse in the next few years, and it will be very helpful to know to take flexion tests with a grain of salt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com