Equine

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy  (ESWT)  Equine Applications

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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) is used for the treatment of musculoskeletal soft tissue pain and disorders in Horses.  Short and sedation-free therapy sessions provide successful relief of acute & chronic pain and improvement of chronic disorders to restore painless mobility and stimulate bone growth, tissue regeneration and release of endorphins.

Equine pathologies that have successfully been treated with Shock Wave Therapy include (blue points indicate areas utilizing Standard ESWT technology; red points indicate muscle treatment areas utilizing the D-ACTOR technology):

  • Insertional desmopathies such as proximal suspensory ligament desmitis, suspensory branch desmitis, suspensory avulsion fractures, inferior check ligament desmitis, distal sesamoidean ligament desmitis, nuchal ligament, and other ligament injuries.
  • Tendinopathies with & without calcification such as superficial & deep digital flexor tendon injuries, e.g. bowed tendons.
  • Metacarpal Stress Fractures and dorsal metacarpal disease i.e. bucked shins
  • Fractures and stress fractures of splints, coffin bone fractures
  • Tibial and humeral stress fractures and Bone Exostosis
  • Angular Limb Deformities (ALD) in Foals
  • Sesamoiditis and Sesamoid fractures
  • Navicular Syndrome (Caudal heel pain)
  • Osteoarthritis such as pastern degenerative joint disease (DJD), Ringbone, hock degenerative joint disease, Bone Spavin
  • Osteochondrosis lesions (OCD)
  • Bursitis
  • Soreness/Stiffness in muscles and gluts
  • Sore acupressure points
  • Sore back problems such as dorsal spinal process, sacroiliac problems and Kissing Spines
  • Sore acupressure points
  • Painful scar tissue, chronic Non-healing wound care and burns

NEW: Our STORZ MEDICAL patented D-ACTOR® Shockwave technology has also been used very successfully for Myofascial Pain by treating Trigger Points (Trigger point Shockwave Therapy / TPST / TST), Acupressure Points (Acupressure Shockwave Therapy / APST / AST), as well as new applications in Dermatology such as Non-Healing Wounds, painful scar tissue and 2nd degree burns.

The STORZ MEDICAL Technology is not only cutting-edge; the units are extremely portable and user-friendly.

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