23/08/2024
Case #4: (Ongoing)
Patient: Saraveaux, 20 year old Oldenberg gelding
Condition: Various, whole body ailments
The Problem’s Background:
Saraveux is a long term care client at our facility. His owner is rarely out to see him due to her own declining health and he has effectively been retired for the past 3 years. Saraveux has always had poor confirmation and been difficult to keep up. He has a very distinct roached back. His topline, hind quarter, and shoulder muscles have atrophied due to his early retirement. His feet are square shaped with thin heels, and he is frequently prone to abscesses. Saraveux also does not lay down in his stall at night, and it is believed by his vet to be due to pain. Instead, he will fall asleep standing up and fall over in his stall with tell-tale signs of this struggle in the morning, such as knocked over water buckets, a pushed-out stall door, and bruises and cuts on his head. More recently, the farrier has noticed that Saraveux has had more difficulty maintaining balance in his hind end while receiving farrier work, and the vet was called out to assess for neurological problems. Neurological problems were ruled out, however the vet prescribed a double dose equioxx for pain relief and I was given free reign in experimenting with microcurrent for pain relief for this horse.
Treatment:
(Microcurrent) Saraveux has received over 30 microcurrent sessions to date; most have been a whole body setup with silver knit pads or electrodes placed on the fetlocks or knees for approximately 1 hour each, and the other three have been small area sessions on his back, hindquarters, and shoulders using the silver knit gloves for 30 minutes at a time. He will continue receiving 1-2 sessions per week through the end of quarter 2, 2024.
Results:
This case study is very much still ongoing. Saraveaux appears to be getting some pain relief from the microcurrent, as evidenced by his licking, chewing, slow blinks, and calm demeanor when connected to the device. 1-3 days after receiving microcurrent treatments, there is no evidence that he is falling over at night and he may instead be laying down in his stall. There is a very long way to go with this horse and he will likely be receiving microcurrent treatments weekly for several months before we notice any significant improvement.
