Re: RC: suspensory ligament and blistering

[Karen <karen@storallnv.com>]

At 10:46 AM 12/26/2001 -0500, Rides 2 Far wrote:
>A good while back Tom Ivers sent me a paper that suggested that using a
>TENS unit can speed the healing of suspensory ligaments, same concept,
>increases circulation to the area if I recall correctly.

I've used Tom's EMS unit to treat a torn shoulder tendon (the diagnosis was 
bursitis/tendonitis).  The results were really incredible.  Lucky for me my 
vet allowed the horse to be turned out into a very large paddock from the 
get go.  This kept him sane, and he really was an excellent patient.  He 
was diagnosed around December 15th of last year with an injury that would 
normally take 12-15 months to heal.  I did the EMS unit for 3 hours a day 
along with strictly following the rehab schedule and by the time we were 
scheduled to leave for St. Joe the ultrasound came out completely clean and 
he's been sound ever since <knocking on wood>.  He's completed 27 fifty 
mile rides since June 6.  I kept having the ultrasounds done at the 
intervals Tom recommended and because we could see how well things were 
coming along I was able to speed along the rehab process, so that by the 
time June rolled around I was riding the horse 70+ miles a week.  Total 
healing time was less than six months, we couldn't have cut it any closer.

Happy Trails,

Karen
in NV