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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) has proven its suitability for
the disintegration of kidney stones over the course of many years of use.
In the meantime, ESWT has been extended to a variety of additional applications
in orthopedics, traumatology, rheumatology, and veterinary medicine. In
fact, ESWT has led to astonishing results in the treatment of pain in
the region of tissue located close to bones and in the therapy of tendinopathies,
desmopathies, fractures, and degenerative joint disease.
ESWT is an efficient noninvasive treatment to treat common musculoskeletal
& orthopedic disorders in Equine patients.
Conditions that may benefit from ESWT include, but are not limit to:
- Insertional desmopathies (Suspensory & Collateral injuries)
- Tendonopathies (with and without calcification)
- Stress fractures
- Metacarpal disease
- Sesamoiditis & Sesamoid fractures
- Splint & pedal bone fractures
- Navicular disease
- Bone exotosis
- Degenerative joint disease (e.g. ring bone, spavin)
- Sore back problems
Below is a horse receiving ESWT treatment.
Treatments last roughly 10 to 20 minutes and are performed on an outpatient
basis. A therapy unit generates focused shockwaves of low and high energy.
The shockwave intensity level is selected as tolerated and needed. Treatment
is usually performed in sessions of up to three times with an interval
of 1 to 3 weeks. After completion of the course of treatments, an additional
healing period may be required. A boost treatment may be required after
several months for certain indications.