Right neck at 3 days - until Therapeutic Ultrasound was used, all we could do through intravenous antibiotics and wound management was to keep the remaining tissue from dying.  After 1 treatment, this neck completely filled with granulation tissue and began to heal.

Both flanks, left elbow and shoulder, head(muzzle, ears, left eye), both sides of neck were damaged and eaten away.   The scar tissue from the left elbow to the ribcage had merged and formed a restrictive mass that had to be broken down as she grew so she could have mobility in her left front leg.

At 14 days she is no longer septic and she is showing significant signs of healing.  At this point we are beginning to believe she will survive but her intensive care would take over 2 months.

As a started 2 year old.  Her neckline is straight and her left leg scar tissue has been released with the help of Therascope treatments. 

This is A smoking Miracle,  "Katie" who was torn from her mother  by a pack of dogs as she was being born.  Katie suffered extensive injuries that were life threatening.  Most of the right side of her neck was eaten away, as were both flanks, and elbows.   Initially, Theraputic Ultrasound treatments helped to fight off the infection and form granulation tissue that ultimately filled in the gapping holes and the entire right side of her neck.  This scar tissue must be continually broken down as she grows to allow healthy tissue to form normally and preserving range of motion.  In this photo, Dani is giving Katie a roller bar treatment with the Therascope 1000. 

Numerous therapies  have been used to manage her extensive injuries that not only helped to save her life but allow her to have a happy future.   In this photo, Dani & Steve Brhel work on  "Katie".  Here she is receiving a full body Therascope treatment monitored by Steve, while Dani performs the rollar bar treatment to the  right side of her neck.  By the time Katie was a year old,  her left leg had formed extensive scar tissue that attached into her ribcage and limited the range of motion of that leg.  Dani and Steve were successful in freeing up this leg and restoring full range of motion by the time she was a started two year old.  

1997 AQHA stallion sustained a front deep digital flexor tendon injury that started in his 3 year old year but went undiagnosed and was managed as a bow.  Although this tendon did heal and he was actively competing, in his 5 year old year, the resulting adhesions ultimately resulted in a much more serious tearing of the tendon to the point that he was diagnosed by three independent veterinarians as "unrideable" and possibly too crippled to carry on as a breeding stallion.  

Therapeutic ultrasound was used to reduce swelling while he was hand walked for approx. 30 days.  Ultrasounds indicated following this treatment that the injury was improving and he may be a candidate for an annular sectioning to reduce pressure on the tendon which was performed approx. 6 months later.  Therapeutic Ultrasound and Therascope treatments were used throughout his rehabilitatation.  The outcome of his surgery was better than expected, in fact the surgeon stated that he couldn't believe it was the same horse.  This stallion continued to breed and was returned to riding and ultimately NCHA competition and is still doing so today as an 11 year old.  In fact, he is more sound than most competing horses of his age.

2004 AQHA cutting bred mare diagnosed with an OCD on her left stifle as a yearling.  She underwent stem cell treatments as a 2 year old with no discernable improvement.  She was started as a 2 year old and had chronic soreness in her hocks and stifles. 

Late in her 2 year old year, the attending veterinarian felt that there was more discomfort in the hocks and opted for hock injections which were administered and did not last beyond 1.5 months.  At that point, we opted to discontinue the injections and concentrate on intensive Therascope treatments to the stifle and hocks.  Within 2 months of weekly/bi-weekly treatments, she stayed sound and is on monthly maintenance with no injections.  She is in her 4 year old year in full training and sound. 

AQHA Barrel Racing mare fell (she went down spread eagle on her back end with a rider on her) and jumped up to finish her run.  This resulted in extreme lameness and a massive hematoma (size of a cantalope) on her left stifle.  After more than a month without improvement, the attending veterinarian sent her to us to see what we could do before taking surgical measures. 

Therapeutic Ultrasound and sweat wrapping the stifle/pelvis area.  After 5 days we were able to reduce the Hematoma at which point we could identify the tear to the large muscle group the runs along the front of the stifle.  The mare was still lame on that leg but much more comfortable.  In addition to the leg injury, the mare had strained the muscles along her top-line.  We started aggressive Therascope treatments  every other day for 2 weeks to promote healing of the torn muscle.  Within this 2 week treatment, the mare was sound and put on monthly maintenance.  The owner bred the mare to give her more time off and is returning her to full competition after she weans her foal.