01/09/2025
Pro-Stride® APS is a device that creates a solution to help manage equine lameness and osteoarthritis in horses by concentrating the cells, platelets, growth factors and anti-inflammatory cytokines from a horse’s own blood.
Pro-Stride APS is primarily used in helping manage osteoarthritis in horses and other causes of lameness to help reduce pain and inflammation.
Pro-Stride can serve as a natural alternative to conventional osteoarthritis management options. The resulting concentrated solution of cells, platelets, growth factors and anti-inflammatory cytokines helps relieve pain, and restore the balance of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines within the joint.
Pro-Stride uses your horse’s own blood and is processed fresh at your barn or the clinic setting and never frozen or freeze-dried.
Pain and damage in a horse's joint is caused by pro-inflammatory cytokines that break down cartilage. These pro-inflammatory proteins called cytokines can cause damage to tissues in your horse’s joints. These cytokines, including interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), need to be blocked to prevent the development of or slow the progression of osteoarthritis. If not, they bind to the cell surface receptors on cartilage and start the cartilage degradation process.
The horse has several naturally occurring inhibitors in their blood(anti-inflammatory proteins) to block the pro-inflammatory cytokines. These include the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein (IL-1ra or IRAP), soluble interleukin-1 receptor (sIL-1R) and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptors (sTNF-R's). Pro-Stride highly concentrates these inhibitors to help reduce pain and protect the cartilage. This is collected, processed and injected after a thorough lameness evaluation is performed.
The pictures attached show the process involved. We used one very cute pony client of ours to pop these pics!!
There are many reasons to consider orthobiologics. Feel free to call or email if you have any additional questions.