Veterinary Shockwave Therapy System for Equine and Pets Treatment
Product Description
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) offers a non-invasive, safe, fast, reliable and effective and drug-free treatment for chronic animal injuries such as spinal issues, degenerative joints, osteoarthritis, tendonitis and many more conditions.
It provides both analgesic and therapeutic benefits to add onto the animal's rehabilitation treatment as an integrative modality to improve the effects of therapy and impressively decreasing the healing time.
Firing shock waves repeatedly at tissue creates microtrauma. This stimulates an increase in blood flow and new blood vessel formation in the target area. Improved blood supply and provision of tissue nutrients are important features of every healing process. Although the exact mechanism of ESWT is not yet fully understood, researchers have identified specific biologic tissue responses including the release of inflammatory cytokines and growth factors, as well as regulation of tumor necrosis factor, interleukin, and bone morphogenic protein-all these substances stimulate active tissue inflammation.
While not a total panacea, ESWT does elicit active inflammation in a chronic, nonhealing injury-in effect, it jump starts the healing process. ESWT has been proven to speed healing and improve the quality of healing.
How shockwave therapy works in pets
New blood vessel formation
- When tissue damage occurs, nutrient blood flow is necessary to start and maintain the repair process. ESWT creates capillary micro ruptures in tendon and bone, stimulating new blood vessel formation to support faster tendon and bone healing.
Chronic inflammation reduction
- Chronic inflammation occurs when acute tissue damage is not appropriately managed. Mast cells are key components in the inflammatory process, and ESWT likely increases mast cell activity. Once mast cells are activated, pro-inflammatory compounds, including chemokines and cytokines, are produced, and they help restore the normal healing and regenerative process.
Increased collagen production
- Sufficient collagen is necessary for healing damaged myoskeletal and ligamentous structures. ESWT accelerates procollagen synthesis and forces the new collagen fibers to orient longitudinally, which makes the healing tendon fibers more dense and creates a firmer structure.
Calcification dissolution
- Calcium buildup often results from micro tears to a tendon, preventing proper healing. ESWT breaks up these calcifications, which the lymphatic system removes.
Decreased substance P concentrations
- Substance P is a neurotransmitter that is generally associated with intense, persistent pain. ESWT lowers substance P concentrations, decreasing nociceptive fiber stimulation, and reducing pain.
Benefits of Shockwave therapy:
- Increase in cell permeability
- Stimulation of microcirculation (blood, lymph)
- Reduction of non-myelinated nerve fibers
- Release of nitric oxid(NO), which leads to vasodilation, increased metabolic activity and angiogenesis and hasan anti-inflammatory effectRelease of growth hormones (blood vessels, epithelium,bones, collagen, etc.)
- Stimulation of stem cells and neurons (neural spiking)Almost immediate or rapid reduction for pain relief and long-term management with analgesic effect
- Accelerated healing process
- No side effects
- Does not require sedation or anaesthesia
- Fast results in 3-5 treatments (the average treatment for injuries is completed in 6-10 sessions depending on condition)
Musculoskeletal Treatment
Equine practitioners often use focused shock wave therapy when ligament or tendon injuries have failed to respond to other therapies, time, and rest. Controlled studies have demonstrated that ESWT application to significant soft tissue lesions stimulates healing with new collagen fibers and increased proteoglycan deposition, a main component of tendon or ligament repair. Inflammation and swelling are also notably reduced following ESWT of soft tissue and joint injuries.
Biologic regenerative therapy might be improved by pre-treating a ligament or tendon lesion with ESWT, then injecting stem cells or platelet-rich plasma, for instance, that provide a scaffold for tissue repair. After a prescribed rest period, this is followed up with two more ESWT treatments.
Pain Control
Controversial discussions exist about the role ESWT plays in providing pain relief following treatment. Studies have shown that ESWT is a useful noninvasive treatment modality for managing issues such as back pain. The concern for racehorses and sport horses, however, is that the pain relieving effects of ESWT could mask pain. This could enable a horse to overuse an injured limb with the potential for catastrophic breakdown. In addition, this pain relief might give an ESWT-treated equine athlete an unfair advantage over other competitors. To protect treated horses and to maintain a fair playing field, many equine regulatory commissions have banned ESWT immediately prior to competition.
Recent studies illustrate that ESWT relieves pain for 8-48 hours post-treatment, but after 48 hours lameness returns to the level seen prior to treatment. As studies continue to examine the pain-relieving effects of ESWT, regulatory rules likely will evolve to accommodate new information. Veterinarians recommend avoiding treating noninjured tissue whenever possible and to restrict exercise following recent treatment.
Wound Management
Another application of focused ESWT is directed at superficial wound care. Recent findings suggest that ESWT does not accelerate lower limb wound healing; however, studies demonstrated that less exuberant granulation tissue (proud flesh) developed on treated wounds, and treated tissue appeared healthier than nontreated controls. Thus, ESWT doesn't necessarily speed up healing but it prevents conditions that might otherwise delay healing and epithelialization (skin cells covering the wound).
Shock wave therapy might have another benefit as an antibacterial treatment. Some veterinarians believe bombarding a wound with shock waves weakens protective barriers of bacterial cells to diminish microbial contamination and infection. This has exciting clinical implications for managing chronic, nonhealing wounds.
It has been demonstrated that shock waves increase regional blood flow, have direct cellular effects, and activated osteogenic factors. The direct cellular effects include; increase tissue regeneration, induce new blood vessel development, and increase blood supply. It is also well recognized that shockwave provides pain relief. The level and duration of pain relief has not been demonstrated. Shock wave therapy treatment is used in humans for the treatment of plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, tennis elbow, non-healing fractures, and tendonitis. Up to 80% improvement has been demonstrated in tennis elbow and heel spurs.
In veterinary medicine, shock wave has demonstrated great success with most of these conditions in the horse:
- wound healing
- navicular disease
- tendon, ligament, and other soft tissue injuries
- muscle pain
- osteoarthritis
- tibial stress fractures
- bucked shins
- impinging dorsal spinous processes (withers)
- proximal sesamoid bone fractures
- incomplete long pastern fractures
- subchondral bone pain
- angular limb deformities
Product Parameters
| Shockwave Type |
Focused/unfocused radial shockwave |
| Energy |
10mJ to 190mJ (0.25Bar to 5Bar) |
| Frequency |
1 - 22Hz |
| Applicator |
Titanium alloy |
| Tramistters |
39mm / 25mm / 15mm / 15mm (unfocused) / 6mm |
| Treatment Protocols |
38 treatment protocols with vivid guide |
| User Defined Protocols |
Unlimited |
| Burst Mode |
4Hz/8Hz/12Hz/Con |
| Patient Management |
Built-in
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