ridecamp@endurance.net: RE: TENS

RE: TENS

Steph Teeter (step@fsr.com)
Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:35:33 -0800

I guess this is a sort point for me. I see so many good horses that
are brought back from injury too soon - again and again - and end
up being sold because they just 'don't hold up'. I think most of these
were never given an adequate healing/rehabilitation period because
the rider either didn't know any better, or was too anxious to get
back to competition. This is certainly one case where it's better
to err on the side of caution. It's not as if these animals only have
a short competetive window (as is the case with track racing) which
gives a sense of urgency to putting them back to work .. and
some of the best endurance horses are at their prime well into
their teens. Light work as part of the rehabilition process - yes, I
can see that. But hard work, and return to competion - be patient!

Steph

-----Original Message-----
From: Tivers [SMTP:Tivers@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 1997 12:20 PM
To: step@fsr.com; miksof7@gte.net
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: Re: TENS

In a message dated 97-12-09 14:50:12 EST, step@fsr.com writes:

<< [Steph Teeter]
This just seems plain foolish to me. Did you get a followup ultrasound? If
there are
still lesions in the tendon fibers, there's a good chance of re-injury. Just
because
the horse is going sound, doesn't mean that the tendon has healed. Tendon
fibers simply don't repair/regenerate that quickly.

Steph >>

I recommended that, as soon as the muscle stimulation via TENS brought the
heat and swelling down, that rehabilitative exercise be undertaken. I
recommended that any sign of adverse reaction to the exercise would be cause
for backing up and taking a hard look. Thus far, this hasn't occurred here,
and the rehabilitative exercise is providing benefit without further injury.
This is standard practice in human medicine--imaging is not a continuing
sidelight of these treatments because it is so expensive. Before going into
hard work, though, another ultrasound scan would be appropriate.

ti

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