by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jul 27, 2016 | Lameness and Sports Injuries, Resources, Vet Articles
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used in human medicine for decades, primarily to break up bladder stones so that they could be passed without surgery. ESWT has been used on the equine athlete for the past 20 years, especially for treatment of...
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jul 26, 2016 | Health and Wellness, Lameness and Sports Injuries
As most horse owners are well aware, degenerative joint disease, or osteoarthritis, and its associated forms of lameness can affect any horse, from the back yard pet to the highest level performance horse. Fortunately, a number of research studies have been performed...
by Fox Valley Equine Practice | Jun 14, 2016 | Lameness and Sports Injuries, Vet Articles
The drug Tildren works by regulating bone remodeling in cases where there is too much bone resorption occurring. It helps to activate the bone builders (osteoblasts) and reduce the bone resorbers (osteoclasts), thus allowing for denser bones in the higher stress...
