Electrotherapy technology has been used since the 60's to manage pain, improve range of motion, reverse atrophy (wastage) in muscles, decrease oedema (swelling), improve motor control, stimulate blood flow, making it a go-to for rehabilitation therapy in all veterinary medicine. What is electrotherapy? Electrotherapy is the use...
Following on from Part I of our series. Because each horse has individual characteristics, evaluating lameness can be challenging. Veterinarians have developed a lameness scale that ranges from one to five, with one being no perceptible lameness, and five being extremely lame: 1 = Lameness not perceptible Lameness...
WHAT IS MICROCURRENT? Microcurrent introduces very low-level electrical currents into your body through electrodes applied to the skin. At its simplest, a microcurrent is an electrical current measured in millionths of an amp or µA. It’s perfectly safe and can’t be felt, in the same way...
CHANGING EQUINE TENDON MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION PART ONE: DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING INJURIES Dr Henk Offereins, DVM, from equinetendon.com explains: Dr Offereins using the UTC scanner to evaluate tendon health The detailed imagery the UTC can provide about soft tissue health and compromise BEFORE it is injured and needs rehabilitation. “In...
