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Re: [RC] [RC] Shock Wave Therapy for Cyrus - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM

I haven’t had a lot of experience with it personally, but there was a unit at the vet teaching hospital for a year or so that the equine surgeons were playing around with on chronic lameness issues.  When all was said and done, they (about four or five different boarded surgeons) weren’t very impressed with results, even in horses that received pretty aggressive treatment with it.  They gave the unit back to the manufacturers.  Just passing on their viewpoint.

 

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

 

From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Heidi Vanderbilt
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:32 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Shock Wave Therapy for Cyrus

 

Do any of you have experience with shock wave therapy? It would be used for an old injury, to "remodel" Cyrus' fetlock. He is on 2 grams bute daily, most days, and the vet thinks this therapy might make him serviceably sound without pain meds.

 

 

 

Heidi Vanderbilt

LuckyPup Ranch

12000 S Wrong Mountain Road

Benson, AZ   85602

520-586-7903