shiggins wrote:
Poultice wont do any harm, and its really something you should have in your first aid kit anyway.

Stocking up rarely occurs only in one leg. Wrap the back legs, see how they are tomorrow.

Yeah I thought that too, I had to reason some way for that to happen thus my edit. However he probably just hit it on something regardless hand walking will still help the swelling no matter what causes it, as long as your horse isn't dead lame in the leg.

Look back on our struggle for freedom,
Trace our present day's strength to its source;
And you'll find that man's pathway to glory
Is strewn with the bones of a horse.