02/18/2025
It may be cold and wintery today but those 40s are gonna feel tropical next week!! 🌴🏖️ With that said, it’s nearly time to make sure those horses are ready to go perform this spring! 🐎
We get asked a lot if we inject horses and you bet we do!!! 💉🩺
Injections seem to be scary and have a bad reputation with some, but when used correctly, they can make a WORLD 🌎 of difference in your horses performance and comfort!!!
Things we inject here:
Coffins, navicular bursa, fetlocks, carpus, hocks, stifles, SI, TMJ, back, hamstrings, neck! Basically, we got you covered! I have also injected shoulders and elbows, although not as common!
We always do a full lameness work up prior to making the decision to inject and we have more than just one type of injection, depending on the horses age, needs and degree of lameness.
•Traditional Injections (steroid with HA)
Steroids help combat the pain and inflammation while the Hyaluronic acid replaces some of the natural joint lubricant within the joint and reduces friction!!
•Synthetic Injections (products like Noltrex) A synthetic lubricant with similar physical properties to healthy synovial fluid. Said to provide actual physical protection to the cartilage, improves lubrication for longer than typical HA products, and mechanically reduces friction by adhering to both damaged and healthy cartilage. That’s a lot, I know! But we will focus on the specifics at your exam!
•Biological Injections (ProStride Autologous Protein Solution)
In this case, we pull blood from your horse, send it through a few fancy spin cycles and processes to pull off a concentrated solution of cells, platelets, growth factors and anti inflammatory cytokines. This helps reduce inflammation to manage lameness and arthritis. No outside medications being injected, only the horses natural healing factors!!
I know this is a lot of info but if you’re in the market to help your horse this season, get with us and we can chat about the details! We can’t wait to help you and your horses this spring! 🐴👩🏻⚕️💜