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Had the thermal imagining done and was told the horse's pelvis was tilted and I would need a good equine massage/chiro to work on it. Anyone ever dealt with a tilted pelvis?
Has anyone used thermal imaging to pinpoint where a soundness issue has been? What have your results been with it?
Thanks!
Edited by sourkiss378 2017-02-23 2:41 PM
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Location: Central Texas | I did. Had a gelding that quit using his hind end around turns. Obviously lame (3/5) but vets couldn't pinpoint where. Injected hocks, stifles,and SI with no luck. Chiro, etc...nothing. thermal was my last resort and she found that his lameness was coming from a tendon running down the right side of his spine, above his hip. Can't remember the name of the actual tendon but vet ran with it. Injected pain meds in muscle and hand walked 30 days. Was sound. Reinjected and did water therapy for 2 weeks. Stayed sound and was running again in a couple months. I recommend! |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I think it can be a valuable tool in most cases..... I had it done twice. Once it was so cold that my horses legs didn't show up on her scan, and the other time it was so hot that the horse was a huge red blob...
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Location: Texas | I've seen it done with saddle fit and thought it was pretty neat. It's a tool for the toolbox. Good to have around, probably not super specific, but can be useful in certain instances. Acute injuries in theory should have increased blood flow therefore increased heat. Old injuries probably don't have increased blood flow anymore so they wouldn't show up. |
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Location: North MS | I've got a thermal imaging camera and can never remember to use it! But it totally does work. I've used it on myself and compared a sore elbow vs not sore elbow (MMA practice injury) and the inflammation showed up even when the basic visual shows nothing. Also I've got a plate in one hand and it is "cooler" in that area where the plate blocks the heat from the blood flow from showing up. BTW- we use the camera primarily for HVAC and finding air leaks in houses. |
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | My vet pulled it out for my colt a few years ago. He was short stepping in back, i thought he popped a stifle. Apparently, he rolled on a rock or something and had a bruised area on his back in the loin area. Injected and gave time off, healed completely. |
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| A friend of mine used it with a lot of success. She had a mare who was just acting up and they x-rayed a few things, scoped her, tried to regumate. Finally they did the thermal imagine, come to find out she had a broken splint bone. She was never lame but it was clearly causing her some discomfort. They would have never looked there without the thermal imaging. |
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Location: North Dakota -> Colorado | sourkiss378 - 2017-02-23 2:41 PM Update on original post!
I have a mare that has a slight pelvis tilt, she will just seem generally off etc in the direction of the tilt. Have regular Chiro, and am now trying accupuncture. Hoping this will solve quite a bit for her |
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| I bought a young gelding that was getting hocks injected quite often to be his age and work level, took him to my vet and they found his pelvis was rotated! chiro'd him and put him on methocarbamol for 2 weeks and he was a different horse, X-rays of his hocks lameness exam etc showed he never needed injections, previous owners vet was just guessing. |
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