Equine Hydrotherapy: Case Studies
Treatment of Wind Galls
Treating Lameness The Natural Way.
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Before Treatment This 16 year old polo pony, Poppy, had a number of long term problems in each leg. Before treatment, on the near fore you can see a distinctive wind gall and no distinctive tendon visible due to swelling of the leg. |
After 9 Days After 9 days treatment with the CET Equine Spa the wind gall is considerably reduced and the tendon is showing near normal definition. |
Treatment of Wounds
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Before Treatment Wispa received a very nasty injury to her hind leg. The cannon bone, common extensor tendon and joint capsule of the hock were all exposed. |
After Stitching She was put immediately into the spa. This cleaned out the wound, preventing infection, and prevented her leg from swelling up. The vet was then able to stitch the wound up to the hock. There was so little skin to pull together that it was felt unlikely that the stitches would hold. The hock itself could not be stitched and had to be left exposed. |
After 4 Weeks Hydrotherapy Treatment For the following two weeks, she then received a treatment every second or third day. This encouraged tissue healing, while at the same time reducing any inflammation, and keeping the wound clean and free from infection. Along with good bandaging between treatments, the spa has really accelerated the healing process and helped prevent complications such as infection, swelling, burst stitches, joint stiffness and wound contracture. |