ARC Equine Unit

Apologies Gingerwitch - was replying to you and got your name wrong:( I went straight up the yard and told my daughter about your experiences. Please keep telling us how you find things.
 
At the "elite end" of sport ( International / Premiership rugby ) an important use of the unit is for "recovery" post competition. Lactic acid is dispersed very rapidly. For the same reason any 3 Day Event riders, especially Francis Whittington, use the recovery programme after X country to ensure no stiffness at trot up the following day.
 
idthirkell said:
At the "elite end" of sport ( International / Premiership rugby ) an important use of the unit is for "recovery" post competition. Lactic acid is dispersed very rapidly. For the same reason any 3 Day Event riders, especially Francis Whittington, use the recovery programme after X country to ensure no stiffness at trot up the following day.
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Thank you, I appreciate that. I was wondering if anyone had used it specifically on a horse with a history of regularly tying up.
 
Nic - I'd give Ian Thirkell a call or email him - he's been on this thread a few times. I'm sure he'd be able to give you advice. I'm no expert at all so may be completely wrong, but have always assumed that stress played a part in tying up (well it definitely did with our Welsh sectIion C), so going on the experiences we've noticed so far with our mare who had been remarkably chilled while on the ARC for the last 9 weeks (and also on box rest), then I would think it could help greatly- but like I say, I'm only going on experience with our pony and what I've seen with the ARC so far with our mare (who's usually extremely stressy after not being ridden for a week).

Throughout our experiences with the ARC I have been very impressed with Ian's helpfulness and his complete faith in the ARC. I'm sure I was probably like the pony club mum from hell in the beginning asking so many questions and querying what we should do, and why this was happening, and what did this mean etc, but through out it all Ian has always been helpful and even called me a couple of times to check things were going ok. It really would be worth your while giving him a call and asking his opinion.
 
Great thank you. I'm not in the position to be able to buy one at the moment but hopefully I'll be able to bother Ian by trying one soon!
 
Is the back pad out yet? If I ordered the whole kit would I get the back pad and the leg unit?
And just to confirm was it £450 for the whole kit?
 
Hey christmas cracker, check out my earlier 'essay', think its page 14. Hopefully explains what arc equine is. Yes it can aid the repair of any damaged cells wherever they are in the body. Have a chat with ian thirkell, he has lots of case studies and is very helpful.
 
Seabiscuit 2 -it's less than £450 and apparently if you go onto Kitty King's website you can get a code number to give you 10% off.

Christmas Cracker - I so hope so! We've got it to hopefully help with a hind suspensory "tweak". I'm calling it that because there's no tear - just "scar" tissue.
 
Well after all the positive comments I have ordered one of these units, on 1st November my Andalusian had surgery at Newmarket to tidy up the frayed parts of her deep digital flexor tendon and had stem cells taken, on 6th December she went back to Newmarket for the stem cells to be injected and the scan showed no change, the scan shows a tear in the tendon, and I am hoping the two sides knit back together and fill, I have just ordered this unit and will keep you updated with its progress, I am also hoping it will help to calm her down as she is finding box rest very stressful, so fingers crossed!
 
Yes, my horse has worn the unit since his ligament surgery. Vet seems happy with the result so far and after spending weeks of walking him from the box, I have been given the all clear to get back on board this weekend! Cannot wait (slightly reluctant post as don't want to jinx it!!)
 
Fizz06 said:
Yes, my horse has worn the unit since his ligament surgery. Vet seems happy with the result so far and after spending weeks of walking him from the box, I have been given the all clear to get back on board this weekend! Cannot wait (slightly reluctant post as don't want to jinx it!!)
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Thanks fizz06 did the vet think the healing was better/faster than normal ?
Glad youre getting back onboard, good luck
 
Well today has got to be the first time I've come away very happy from a trip to the vets with one of our horses. The ultra sound scan shows a great improvement in Velvet's hind suspensory ligament which I put down to using the ARC Equine Unit. A huge thank you to Ian Thirkell for all his help and support. Not only do I think it's contributed greatly to the leg improvement, but Velvet's cold back issues have completely gone! In my opinion, money well spent.
 
We are so pleased. We've gone from last Sept/Oct when it was suggested that she could be a brood mare to thoughts, hopes and plans that she will be back eventing this year (although probably towards the back end of the year once she's back up to fitness). To say our vets tend to err on the side of caution would be an understatement - but when we told him we'd been using the ARC and would continue to do so, he remarked "well I don't know what it does or how, but if it's working, keep doing it"
 
Approximately 7 wks ago I contacted Ian Thirkhill of ArcEquine to discuss purchasing a microcurrent unit from him, after reading other peoples reviews. These units are "non-invasive" and now, having had first-hand experience of using them on a day-to-day basis, I find it very easy to use. It uses microcurrent technology to create sequences of electrical currents which mimic those that naturally occur in the body. This man is a fund of information and not just of equine origin! He is passionate and dedicated and truly honest. The ArcEquine unit itself in the last 7 weeks has become essential and I can no longer live without it! I use it on a wide variety of horses of different ages and stages of training, one is coming back into work following injury others are in steady work. Every single horse has improved without a doubt. One horse had very large splints that had not varied in size at all since they first became apparent 4yrs ago, didn't bother him but looked a bit unsightly, within one week they had halved in size and are now barely noticeable. Recovery time after work has been reduced, any swelling in legs reduces more quickly and they generally feel relaxed. It is a great way of pro actively helping to prevent soft tissue injuries. In the evening I use the unit on myself and have been so pleased with the results! Odd things like sleep patterns have changed so that now I actually get a full nights sleep and wake up feeling more energetic and ready for action! My sister strained her shoulder muscles and was in a lot of pain, she could barely move her neck, so she used the unit for the day and overnight and in the morning it was as if nothing had happened, she couldn't believe it. It has become so addictive we are now having to get more units so that more people in our family can use it on a regular basis! We were all very sceptical at first and now we all cannot live without it! (Let me add that this is not a paid endorsement, we really are that impressed)
 
First, let me say, my personal experience has been very positive. But I am curious if anyone has heard ANY less positive stories, either from the company or through the grapevine. I don't mean disasters necessarily, but anything that has an effect has, at least theoretically, the ability for that affect to be positive or negative. I do know of a few less than completely satisfactory experiences (which are not for me to share and they are not mine), all perfectly understandable but nonetheless, imperfect. I am very leery of anything that is just completely without any negative press at all, as it makes me wonder what is not being said.

I don't want people to list their experiences, and other people's will not change/negate my own, I am just curious if anyone, anywhere, has experienced anything other than unbridled joy and, if so, why is that not info out there? It would NOT change my own experience, I just like to form my opinions from a balanced view.
 
I have been involved in the research, and anecdotal use, of micro-current technology since 2002.
As a result of that 10 years of experience, and following 2 years of design and development, ArcEquine, the system, was first available in January 2012.
No real attempts were made to commercialise it, or advertise it's availability, though there have been a number of Editorials in a several different magazines.
Units were given to many of the riders named on the website, and others, with a view to them "using them to destruction", so that we could identify any glitches. As a result of those riders experiences and results, word has spread "virally", and others have also purchased.
That policy has proven to be time well spent, and a number of problems identified. One of those, the Long Back Pad, has been discussed previously, and has now been totally remedied. A Long Back Pad, Surcingle and a new formulation of conductive / adhesive gel, is now supplied with every purchase.
There have been other problems identified with certain component parts.
The Delivery Unit. We made a mistake by using a micro USB port for recharging purposes. These were too easily dislodged when attempts were made to mistakenly introduce the male connector upside down. In some cases, this internal female connector had been inadequately soldered. A quality control problem which we have now identified, and remedied
In the next production run the female internal port will be a mini USB connector, and a modification made as to it's installation within the case.
The USB cable.Prior to despatch, all Delivery Units have been fully charged, and the unit, USB cable and AC adapter included in the case as a complete unit. After 1 or 2 further re-charges in use, a number of these cables have "broken down", causing a failure to recharge.
When informed of any such difficulties, component parts have always been replaced immediately, and without question
The electrode pads on the Leg Pads. These are made of carbon / rubber, and are permanently attached to the Pads. The electrical feed is by way of a tube on the underside of the surface of the electrode. A warning is given for the elasticated velcro straps not to be too tight. Despite this we have sometimes experienced 2 "problems".
1. If the straps are too tight the raised area caused by the tube can cause a "hot spot", leading to the area becoming sensitive
2. Some horses, as in some humans, are actually sensitive to the carbon / rubber itself
We have commissioned a scientist to formulate our own conductive and conductive / adhesive gel. This has now been delivered. It's contents totally comply with all veterinary and equine requirements and regulations.
The conductive / adhesive gel enables use of the Long Back Pad.
Both gels are so conductive that the existing Leg Pads, with their carbon / rubber electrodes, no longer cause hot spots, or sensitivity.
However, we are developing a different type of carbon / rubber electrode which will have no raised surfaces, whereby any chance of a hot spot developing will be totally negated.
There have never been any contra-indications other than those caused for the reasons above, never because of the currents used which are measured in millionths of an amp.
Inbuilt into the system is the facility,via a computer, to upgrade the Programmes to mirror the results of any successful clinical trials. This has already been done once in the last 12 months.
Apologies for the length of explanation. The question was quite properly asked and I would never consider giving other than a full and frank response / explanation.
 
I first spoke to Ian Thirkell a few years ago and was very sceptical about this technology. I dont want to go into full details on here but will be happy to talk personally via PMs. I am in not connected with Ian Thirkell in any way, shape or form but would absolutely recommend this unit to anyone and have positive experiences from both horse and human.
 
I first started this thread because I wanted to get feedback (good or bad) on the ARC. Our event horse tweaked her suspensory last September and the outlook was not good. Through my daughter mentioning something on Facebook we learned of the ARC from various people and I decided to look into it.

To be honest when a vet says your horse may only be a "hack" or "broodmare" when she's only 9 years old and had the potential to do well eventing, you will look at anything that might help get her back to fitness - and she's also a very much loved member of the family that we wanted to see back to her normal self.

I approached Ian who was extremely helpful, and what struck me was his complete faith in the ARC and what it could do. Husband, myself and daughter were all extremely sceptical at the beginning and we have had a couple of issues with the delivery unit - but one phonecall/email to Ian and it's been resolved, and Ian made it clear from the start that the ARC is still being developed - I'm sure that as users, our feedback will be envaluable to getting it perfect going forward.

To be honest, Ian's committed belief in what the ARC could do swung us in the decision to buy one. Plus he's more than happy that people are talking about it on a public forum and Facebook - which I think speaks volumes for his complete confidence the ARC will do what it says!

Four months later a revised scan at the vets showed that the ligament had made a very good recover with lovely white fibre lines where there was a black hole before.

Obviously I've been keeping an eye on this thread.........we're now on page 18 and I can't remember seeing any negative comments - in fact it's been great to read all the positive comments especially from humans using it!
 
I have a horse who had a thrombosis in her jugular vein following six days on IV at a major vet hospital. At it's peak it was the size of a football, needed five months of antibiotics caused considerable discomfort to the horse. It was decided not to remove the residual scarring surgically as there is a significant risk of nerve damage. On scanning the blood flow has now rerouted via smaller blood vessels which have enlarged over time but there is still a visible lump which can affect the horse's ability to comfortably work in a more advanced outline.
Reading the ARC equine website my initial thought would be that this could be helped as it is soft tissue and I would be keen to reduce the scar tissue.
My concerns are as Tarrsteps mentioned that there is no negative feedback and that I could potentially cause a bigger issue by using this without my vet's input. The lack of negative feedback does make me nervous, nothing is ever that good, someone somewhere must have had a problem and I just cannot get past the 'it's too good to be true' feeling. Secondly with a thrombosis if there is any possibility that the treatment could cause any of the thrombus to break away inside the vein then it could cause a potentially fatal blood clot. If the natural healing process is to reroute blood flow through smaller vessels then if I accelerate the healing process using the machine then an increase in blood flow through vessels not designed to take arterial flow could burst under increased pressure again causing significant problems.
In this case I see the potential for a lot to go wrong and much as I would love a treatment which would remove the lump I think in the hands of general public without proper veterinary diagnostic tools there is the potential for something to go horribly wrong.
Most people here have sought veterinary advice first but do people actual use it in place of vet treatment and in that case is it always 100% successful?
 
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