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.

Equine pathologies that have successfully been treated with Shock Wave Therapy include:

• 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 & dorsal metacarpal disease such as bucked shins
• Fractures & stress fractures of splints, coffin bone fractures
• Tibial & humeral stress fractures, and Bone Exostosis
• Angular Limb Deformities (ALD) in Foals
• Sesamoiditis & Sesamoid fractures
• Navicular Syndrome (Caudal heel pain)
• Osteoarthritis such as pastern degenerative joint disease (DJD), Ringbone, and hock degenerative joint disease, Bone Spavin
• Osteochondrosis lesions (OCD)
• Soreness/Stiffness in muscles and gluts
• Sore back problems such as dorsal spinal process, sacroiliac problems, and Kissing Spines

NEW: Our Storz 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 Non-Healing Wounds.

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

Blue Points indicate Standard ESWT Treatment Areas

Red Points indicate areas for Myofascial Pain Treatment utilizing the D-ACTOR Shockwave Technology.

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