ARC Equine Unit

The only uncomfortable thing about it is that unsurprisingly it doesn't fit round the human leg very well :rolleyes:

The fact that my thigh is fatter than her cannon bone means I've had to be somewhat creative with bandages :D
 
Is this similar to shockwave therapy in it's way of stimulating cells? Obviously shockwave is more powerful but do they work on the same basis? My boy has just been dianosed with bilateral PSD (scans look good tho) and has started shockwave therapy and yesterday had PRP, I wonder if this might complement the veterinary work.
 
Diddleydoo said:
The only uncomfortable thing about it is that unsurprisingly it doesn't fit round the human leg very well :rolleyes:

The fact that my thigh is fatter than her cannon bone means I've had to be somewhat creative with bandages :D
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I put mine just above my ankle, or on my arm. The only thing I found was I had a reaction to whatever the material is covering the electrodes. Made my skin itch.
 
christine48 said:
I put mine just above my ankle, or on my arm. The only thing I found was I had a reaction to whatever the material is covering the electrodes. Made my skin itch.
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Please bear in mind that this particular system was designed and intended specifically for horses, and the leg of the average horse is smaller than the leg of the average human. To accommodate "the larger leg", 2 elasticated velcro extension straps are supplied with each unit.
Human specific delivery systems are currently being developed. These will utilise the same "software" as those within ArcEquine. The "hardware", and means of delivery, etc, will be significantly different
Micro current devices use currents measured in millionths of an amp, and as such are sub-sensory ( you cannot feel them). The currents within ArcEquine are 1000 times smaller than those in a TENS machine, and are intended to address the underlying causes of the pain ( or other condition), not to mask it.
Micro-current technology is unique, and works on totally different principles to those within TENS, shockwave, etc.
If there are any quesations about the technology, it's applications, the staus of any orders, etc, I can be contacted on ian.thirkell@arcequine
 
idthirkell said:
Please bear in mind that this particular system was designed and intended specifically for horses, and the leg of the average horse is smaller than the leg of the average human. To accommodate "the larger leg", 2 elasticated velcro extension straps are supplied with each unit.
Human specific delivery systems are currently being developed. These will utilise the same "software" as those within ArcEquine. The "hardware", and means of delivery, etc, will be significantly different
Micro current devices use currents measured in millionths of an amp, and as such are sub-sensory ( you cannot feel them). The currents within ArcEquine are 1000 times smaller than those in a TENS machine, and are intended to address the underlying causes of the pain ( or other condition), not to mask it.
Micro-current technology is unique, and works on totally different principles to those within TENS, shockwave, etc.
If there are any quesations about the technology, it's applications, the staus of any orders, etc, I can be contacted on ian.thirkell@arcequine
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I wasn't complaining, it certainly seems to have helpedmy sciatica!!
 
Update - on week 7 of the programme now.

Our mare has always been "cold backed" ever since we've had her. We've had her back checked various times and been told there's nothing wrong she's just "cold backed" so my daughter had always been careful when first getting on her.

Usually if Velvet's not ridden for a week she can tend to go off from the mounting block either broncking or moving very fast shall we say. Week 7 is the first week where you can do the managed walking under staddle- so knowing she'd not had a saddle on her back for 6 weeks my daughter prepared for the worst and gave Velvet a very small amount of Sedalin. As well as that my husband and I decided to walk along side her just in case. Well Ellie got on Velvet........no broncking, no taking off just a lovely calm horse! We walked her up the road and she was excellent and extremely chilled.

Next day riding - no sedalin and she got on her - again no overeaction whatsoever -calm and walked out on her own completely happy. We've had Velvet for 5 years and she's always been "cold backed" - now she's completely different and very calm.......which Ellie feels must be down to the ARC.

We've got one week of the programme left and then go onto the maintenance programme which Ian has recommended and plan to have her suspensory rescanned in January.

The ARC website has also been updated recently with a lot more experiences and comments from other users on there which is great to see. They also updated their "shopping" page - which was good as I needed to get more leg gel. I ordered on Monday (paid by Paypal) and it arrived 2 days later which I thought was pretty good considering it's Xmas.
 
Don't know if the maintenance programme Ian suggestion for Velvet is just specific to the injury Velvet had, but it's along the lines of week 9 & 10 you have the ARC on daily as per the treatment programme (p1 ++p2++p3++p4++) and then intermittent weeks where you don't have it on at all. I'm just going to put a wall planner up on our tack room wall with what Ian's suggested.
 
£450 inc vat? What's postage?
Has anyone used it with success on a horse who rolls/lies down a lot? I'm a little concerned that the 4yo I'd consider using it on might mash both the leg and back pads. Obviously I'd bandage legs and pop a rug on top of back pad but wonder how crackable the units are?
 
Our mare tends to lie down quite a lot (the ARC is on her hind leg) but it doesn't seemed to have caused a problem. We put the leg straps on then reinforced with gaffa tape round the top and bottom leg straps, gaffa tape round the delivery unit and then padded and bandaged the leg. Doesn't seem to have caused any problems.
 
Well I spoke to Ian at about half ten on Friday.... and true to his word the unit arrived yesterday - ok I said I would pay for special delivery but its a Christmas prezzie to myself.

I wont be able to get the unit until tonight, as hubby is on his pre Christmas clay shoot - but after I was bowled over last night by a very excited friends bull terrier.... I cannot wait to get going.

It will be very interesting to see how my ankle recovers - bones now set but huge amount of ligament and muscle damage to the ankle.
 
Used one at Sharon Hunt's. She is currently using it on 2 horses with injured legs, and swears by it. Seemed to work, although I really can't say, but both horses are back in light work currently.
 
loobylu said:
£450 inc vat? What's postage?
Has anyone used it with success on a horse who rolls/lies down a lot? I'm a little concerned that the 4yo I'd consider using it on might mash both the leg and back pads. Obviously I'd bandage legs and pop a rug on top of back pad but wonder how crackable the units are?
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Mine was £15 standard delivery
 
KosmicArab said:
Update - on week 7 of the programme now.

Our mare has always been "cold backed" ever since we've had her. We've had her back checked various times and been told there's nothing wrong she's just "cold backed" so my daughter had always been careful when first getting on her.

Well Ellie got on Velvet........no broncking, no taking off just a lovely calm horse! We walked her up the road and she was excellent and extremely chilled.

Next day riding - no sedalin and she got on her - again no overeaction whatsoever -calm and walked out on her own completely happy. We've had Velvet for 5 years and she's always been "cold backed" - now she's completely different and very calm.......which Ellie feels must be down to the ARC.
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Can I ask if you have / use the long back pad?

Mine didn't have it in because of the design problems so I have to wait for the rug to be ready. Even though I've not used mine on my horse yet I'm really impatient for the rug to turn up because that's the bit I think will be most beneficial for her
 
No we haven't tried the back pad - I know when I spoke to Ian he said it was in the final stages of redesign. I think someone is testing it out for him at the moment. We're just using the leg straps for the suspensory injury - but we've had Velvet for 5 years now and for all those years she's always been cold backed - now no reaction at all! As the only change has been using the ARC for the last 7 weeks, we're convinced it's down to this.
 
Well currently using mine on me. I do a lot of running, and strained a hamstring last week and lost out on two days of training (not good as I have a fitness test in jan)

Had an appointment with phys on Friday, and my unit arrived on Friday. Strain has now gone and back running at full speed. However I cannot say which one has fixed me as both start use at same time
 
Hello all,

Its been a long time since I posted on H&H. A friend mentioned to me that there was a post on H&H regarding Arc Equine and as I have been using this for nearly a year I thought it might be worth while noting my experience.
I have an 8yr old Belgian WB who I compete BE/BS and now possibly BD! Most definitely my horse of a lifetime, more importantly by best 4 legged friend.

Back in October 2011 my horse managed to strike into his left fore (whilst turned out) and damaged his superficial flexor tendon. There was a small tear that could have laddered so we ended up with 3 months box rest! The tear fully repaired itself but then disaster struck…..first week back in work and I found I had a bilaterally lame horse. The x-rays/scans highlighted navicular changes, coffin joint changes and possible ligament damage. I was devastated to say the least.

My first port of call was to who I consider one of the best farriers in Scotland, after one shoeing he managed to get my boy nearly sound. It was going to be a long road though to rebalance his feet. I was hopeful that this would be the key and that I could ignore the other nasties on X-Ray.
It was at this point that my sj coach Ernest Dillon mentioned arc equine and so I contacted Ian Thirkell to discuss what AE could do for my boy. I also did my own research around microcurrents and after reading many case studies (not just equine) I went ebaytastic and managed to gather enough funds to purchase a unit….

I followed the program to the letter, the hoof growth alone was amazing and it gave my farrier so much to work with. After 4.5 months I had a sound horse back in normal shoes all be it not completely rebalanced at this stage. I continued to use the unit and work with my farrier, in this time we were back out competing BS the pinnacle being placed in the discovery final at Blair earlier this year.

I then decided to turn my attention to an old coxic injury that my horse has/had. When I bought him as a 4 yr old his point of hip had been knocked off (something that can be quite common if a horse bangs into a door), it didn’t effect his huge movement or scopey jump but he was weaker on his right side and did carry his tail slightly to the right. I had to regularly massage him to keep him spasm free and his tail as straight as possible.
I used the AE unit with settings 1 & 2 and a leg pad on his fore ( it doesn’t matter where the pad is placed, the microcurrents will target any area of trauma).
Combined with a set exercise regime and daily stretching program I now have a soft, supple, straight horse, no muscle spasm or back pain. Im an equine body worker and so was keen to see what the microcurrents could do, instead of bi-weekly massage to release the spasm it is now purely for maintenance purposes in line with the level of work we are doing. I always use the unit after a hard workout or competition.

We are now back out competing BS Newcomers and working Elementary/Medium with the hope of going back to BE next year if the ground ever dries up…don’t laugh… . My horse flew his soundness work up last month with flying colours so lets hope 2013 is a better year!

For anyone who wants to learn more about micro currents look up the current of injury. My understanding is that our bodies cells communicate with electrical signals, when we experience trauma these cells become damaged. The current then travels around these cells so we have an area of weakness. The AE unit emits a signal that kick starts the cell back to life, it sends a communication to the brain to say there is an area of damage and the body then tries to repair itself.
Based on my reading and my horses potential issues I came up with the following (these are purely my own personal thoughts):

•Microtherapy increases hoof growth so this could quicker address the medial lateral imbalance combined with short term specialist shoeing.
•Short term specialist shoes with a medial wedge - with the musculoskeletal structures in a horses legs/shoulders adapting to new foot balance the microtherapy along with massage and controlled exercise should ensure everything re-models correctly.
•Increase in production of ‘fibroblasts’ - possibly assist with the remodelling of the navicular bone. Esp if the degradation has partly been due to foot imbalance and concussive forces,
•Repair to damaged nocioceptive fibres therefore eliminating pain ( navicular bursa/DDFT),
•Reduction of joint effusion (changes noted at the coffin joint on x-ray),
•Repair of damaged cells (including quicker healing time with little if any scar tissue) both on new and old injuries (should strengthen the tendon injury replacing scar tissue with normal tissue, any damage to collateral ligaments because of foot imbalance again the healing process could be sped up and even scar tissue replaced with normal tissue).

Apologies for the essay! The above helped me to gain perspective as to what microcurrents can do.
 
I am charging the delivery unit but it does not matter if the unit is on or off both 2 and 3 led lights are flashing red?? am i doing something wrong ? i have been trying since 12 and getting worried that i am doing something stupid?
 
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