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cmcelroy0308 Reg. Aug 2015	Posted 2016-04-27 9:15 AM Subject: IRAP Therapy
Veteran Posts: 148	My 5 year old mare had a bone chip removed from her front left knee. She has some minor cartlidge damage. They are suggesting doing IRAP therapy to help. Anyone have any experience with IRAP therapy? Happy with it or not?
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Tmain Reg. Sep 2013	Posted 2016-04-27 9:51 AM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Veteran Posts: 154	I have done the IRAP therapy on the navicular bursa and only had two doses administered- it did help heal the bursa, but we ended up with an infection so still waiting to see if he will return to being sound
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swd Reg. Oct 2004	Posted 2016-04-27 1:31 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Extreme Veteran Posts: 368 Location: run2win land	I used it for a bowed tendon. Worked great. No thickening of tendon. Can't tell which one was done. Horse is back racing and doing well.
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oija Reg. Feb 2012	Posted 2016-04-27 3:38 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Expert Posts: 3782 Location: Gainesville, TX	I'm a fan as it helped my filly with her hocks. Fewer steroid injections help cartilage last longer.
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punkypower Reg. May 2006	Posted 2016-04-27 4:14 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Livin in the Dinosaur Age Posts: 1993 Location: the other T-town, Oklahoma	Never used IRAP, I did PRP. The IRAP is a better treatment than the PRP from my understanding. I used PRP on my mare with arthritic knees. She came back amazing!!!!!!!! I had much better results with the PRP than the steroids. I would not hesitate to do that treatment on a joint ever again on any of mine. The only reason I did the PRP over the IRAP was cost on my end.
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barrelracinbroke Reg. Jun 2004	Posted 2016-04-27 4:37 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Did I miss the party? Posts: 3864	Yes. And I used it one for time for the exact reason you stated. In a knee joint, after a chip had been removed. That and a very strict adequan schedule helped protect the integrity of the cartilage.
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cmcelroy0308 Reg. Aug 2015	Posted 2016-04-27 6:05 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Veteran Posts: 148	What was your adequan schedule if I could ask?
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cmcelroy0308 Reg. Aug 2015	Posted 2016-04-27 6:08 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Veteran Posts: 148	Has anyone had any experience with pro-stride?
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barrelracinbroke Reg. Jun 2004	Posted 2016-04-27 10:28 PM Subject: RE: IRAP Therapy
Did I miss the party? Posts: 3864	cmcelroy0308 - 2016-04-27 4:05 PM What was your adequan schedule if I could ask? I did the loading dose of 1 shot every four days for 28 days (7 shots) twice per year. And he received a shot every 14 days in between. This was a horse I had won a lot on and had NFR aspirations with so, no expense was spared. But, an injury crushed that dream. I still use adequan a lot. But, I only do the loading dose once per year on normal horses and give a shot every 21-28 days. It's cheaper than most feed thru's in the end. I don't have a lot of faith in feed thru's being able to do as much as adequan can in protecting cartilage. Some of them have good anti-inflammatory effects but, not the same type of thing.
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