Rehabilitation Services

    We offer a full range of rehabilitation services for your equine athlete including; Therapeutic Ultrasound,  Micro current stimulation therapy (Therascope™), Cold Laser therapy, Acupressure & Deep Muscle Massage therapy, Thermography, Aquatred therapy and a host of nutritional and holistic management techniques.  Horses that are in-resident for full Rehabilitation services will receive whatever therapy or combination of therapies that have been prescribed by the horses attending Veterinarian as part of the monthly care fee.    Chiropractic services are available and are billed at cost in addition to the Monthly care fees.   All other treatments listed below are for drive-in services or clinics that are pre-scheduled with specific therapists.  Ranch calls of less than 5 horses may be charged an additional fee for mileage.  Ranch and Clinic discounts are available. 

The Theroscope™ 600 & 1000 are direct feedback micro current stimulation systems that continuously read tissue resistance and adjusts it's output  to provide exactly the amount of current required to aid healing to specific areas being targeted.   Initially, an injury site has a much higher resistance than its surrounding tissue which causes decreased bioelectrical flow to that area, a decrease of cellular capacitance resulting in impaired healing.   The bodies response is to cause inflammatory reactions such as pain, heat, swelling, and redness of the tissue which in time causes the brain to react by sending Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) to the site.   Unfortunately, this natural process is much slower than we like.   It should be noted that damaged or injured tissue is ATP deficient explaining why many injuries don't seem to improve without some sort of intervention.   Further, any healing process requires a great deal of ATP to move nutrients into the effected cells and waste out, a process necessary to repair injured tissue and restore normal function.                   What exactly is ATP?  ATP are the storage and distribution vehicles for energy in the body.   It controls such essential functions as;      1) muscle contraction; 2) protein biosynthesis; 3) nerve transmission; and 4) active transport across cell membranes.                 Numerous scientific studies have shown that micro current stimulation applied between 200 and 800 µAmps super charges tissue to store ATP at levels of up to 400% above what the body generates under normal conditions, and can maintain those levels until it is needed.   The Therascope 600 and 1000 systems work at the cellular level and are capable of  between 400-500% increase in  ATP production resulting in up to 200% acceleration in the healing process.    Other modalities that apply current to tissue and cells above 1000 µAmps will not only damage tissue and cell membranes,  but will also reduce ATP production thus inhibiting healing.    This is a primary reason why "true" micro current stimulation (below 1000 µAmps) therapy is far superior to other electro stimulation modalities for healing, pain management, muscle relaxation and nerve re-education.     Reference Chang (1982) & Becker (1985)

Frequency of Treatments (Therascope, Acupressure & Deep Muscle Therapy, & Cold Laser):  Most horses that are in a maintenance program need only monthly treatments.  Initial injuries may require several treatments per week until the injury is resolved.  This should take no more than 30-60 days to achieve depending on the severity of the injury.

*  These costs are based on own horses and experiences working with our Veterinarian.  Each horse situation should be assessed on an individual basis and results may vary.  This comparison is intended to show an alternative approach to managing competition horses that are generally sound in order to keep them sound.  Although we have had success converting horses that have preexisting conditions over to our maintenance program, this may not work for all horses. 

CASE STUDY 1-  A Smoking Miracle 2000 AQHA Mare - attacked by a pack of dogs at birth.

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.

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