ArcEquine (also posted in Competition and training)

annunziata said:
I am currently using one for a DDFT injury- jury is out but he does seem a bit better it is very easy to use. Why are you looking to use one?
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My mare damaged her Impar ligament 2 years ago, has just had a foal to give her extra time out, all was going well until 5.5 weeks ago and she went lame again. Initially we thought it as bruising as there was a stone in her foot, however its actually getting worse. Farrier has been twice and she has front shoes back on as she was also getting foot sore with the hard ground but no real improvement. Vet was out Monday and its looking very similar to when she did the ligament. Obviously without another MRI we wont know 100% if it is the ligament again but that foot is excluded on the insurance now and i havent got a spare £1300 for one! So we are treating her like we would if it was the ligament, turnout in a small patch to limit movement for 6 weeks then re-assess. We didnt want to put her on full box rest as we also have to think of the foal and whats best for him. So i was looking for something i could also try over the next 6 weeks that could help her but i don't want to be spending out on something thats not guaranteed to help. My vet and physio arn't convinced by them but just wanted to hear what others thought also
 
I had a horse with sig. damage to the ddft in the foot. This is about 3 years ago, and I bought an arc equine, used it as per instructions religiously for about 3 months, and I also did a barefoot rehab of the horse. He did get less lame, and his feet improved hugely, but he is still not fully sound, certainly will never jump again. He was re-MRI'ed (is that a word!) just before his insurance year was up, it cost £500 to re-scan that foot only.

The soft tissue damage was still there, some of it was slightly better, but there were new small lesions, so no surprise he isn't 100%.

The arc equine left him with areas of white hairs on his legs and the skin is slightly thickened over those areas as well. The vet school noted it on his re-MRI and it hasn't improved in the 3 years since.

Sorry to be so negative, I don't normally post anything negative on here, but I'd not waste my money on an arc equine, or in fact risk using it on another horse, having seen what it did (prob. only cosmetically) to mine. It is gathering dust.

If I was you I'd check how much the re scan would cost, and if you haven't taken her shoes off, that is worth trying.
 
AnShanDan said:
I had a horse with sig. damage to the ddft in the foot. This is about 3 years ago, and I bought an arc equine, used it as per instructions religiously for about 3 months, and I also did a barefoot rehab of the horse. He did get less lame, and his feet improved hugely, but he is still not fully sound, certainly will never jump again. He was re-MRI'ed (is that a word!) just before his insurance year was up, it cost £500 to re-scan that foot only.

The soft tissue damage was still there, some of it was slightly better, but there were new small lesions, so no surprise he isn't 100%.

The arc equine left him with areas of white hairs on his legs and the skin is slightly thickened over those areas as well. The vet school noted it on his re-MRI and it hasn't improved in the 3 years since.

Sorry to be so negative, I don't normally post anything negative on here, but I'd not waste my money on an arc equine, or in fact risk using it on another horse, having seen what it did (prob. only cosmetically) to mine. It is gathering dust.

If I was you I'd check how much the re scan would cost, and if you haven't taken her shoes off, that is worth trying.
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Thanks for sharing your experience, that has sort of confirmed my views on it and my vets and physios. I will speak to my vet and ask how much a re-scan of the foot will be, we will look to do this after the initial 6 weeks if she is no better. She has had her shoes off since Sept 2015 and was doing great but with the recent dry spell and really hard ground (rutted where she is to :-() she become foot sore so had front shoes put back on last week. Im still hoping its bad bruising from the stone as after just two days box rest whilst we sorted a small turnout area for her she actually improved slightly. Im sorry to hear that your horse didnt come right :-(
 
Just re-read your first post and seen that your mare has had her shoes off, sorry.

Hope it is bruising and she comes right, so gutting when you thought you were getting somewhere :(
 
AnShanDan said:
Just re-read your first post and seen that your mare has had her shoes off, sorry.

Hope it is bruising and she comes right, so gutting when you thought you were getting somewhere :(
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its ok :-) hank you, she was sound when i put her in foal but wanted to give her extra time as she is s fantastic mare with so much scope! Im totally gutted :-( but at least i can say i did the best i could for her so what will be will be i guess
 
I have one, the AE2 and have used it for the initial 6 week course on my 19yo, and am also doing the 4 weekly maintenance program. Background is he had an op on his left hind last Aug (annular ligament cut, and PRP injected into small tear on sesamoidian lig), came sound from that in Dec '15. This year he's had small problem after small problem, mud fever, bruised feet, then small bone chip in suspensory branch, then another bruise which abscessed! I bought the AE before the bone chip diagnosis (as thought it may be another soft tissue injury) and he came in each day to use it for the 6 weeks, that finished end of June. No issues with marking his legs/reactions. Horse was seen by vet 2 weeks ago and was declared sound and looking and moving better than he has in a long while. I do think the Arc has helped his recovery, and will continue to use it for maintenance and when he starts competing again.
 
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