Posted 2015-09-18 11:46 AM Subject: RE: shock wave therapy
Veteran
Posts: 206
Didn't use it for bowed tendon, but it was an awesome help in healing a torn suspensory faster. My gelding originally was to be off for up to 6 months, but he was back sound and running in less than 4. Well worth the expense in my book. Takes more than a couple treatments to be really effective. Good luck.
Didn't use it for bowed tendon, but it was an awesome help in healing a torn suspensory faster. My gelding originally was to be off for up to 6 months, but he was back sound and running in less than 4. Well worth the expense in my book. Takes more than a couple treatments to be really effective. Good luck.
Posted 2015-09-19 9:32 AM Subject: RE: shock wave therapy
Expert
Posts: 2013 Location: Piedmont, OK
Thank you for the responses! The bow is about 4 months old. I could not afford to do stem cell but have put her in a salt water spa several times to help tighten it back up. I thought this might be an option to help the healing.
Posted 2015-09-19 10:43 AM Subject: RE: shock wave therapy
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 477
If you can I would look into using a Cytowave. I am using one right now and it's blowing me away. My futurity mare for next year got a bowed tendon in late July. I was willing to do anything to heal her and came across Cytowave which claims to heal bowed tendons in 3-5 weeks with treatments everyday. I have done treatments everyday since September 4th and her leg looks incredible and she is already moving sound. I was going to plan on having her ultra sounded after using it for a month but since she looks so good I'm going to do it next week. I am extremely impressed.
I have not used it for bowed tendon but I have been at our track vet's place when they are using it on different areas of the body and I talk to those clients and they have gotten great results. The reason i know it is being used while we are at the clinic is that it is sooo loud and gets your attention fast. We did do SCR on a gelding I have with a stifle injury but I think the injury was just not repairable no matter what modality tried. He is now a sweet pasture ornament here.
Not for bowed tendon but for a torn ligament on our mare. It was EXPENSIVE but so worth it. She came back 100% and it healed better than even the vet thought it would. We did 3 treatments
Posted 2015-09-20 1:58 AM Subject: RE: shock wave therapy
Rad Dork
Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma
iloveequine40 - 2015-09-19 3:53 PM Not for bowed tendon but for a torn ligament on our mare. It was EXPENSIVE but so worth it. She came back 100% and it healed better than even the vet thought it would. We did 3 treatments
May I ask what you paid? With sedation and all the other charges I believe my sessions were ~$135/each
shock wave therapy
