Boots for tendon injury

[murphysbest]

Would anybody know if their is such a thing as boots that are like a tens machine that can be used on horse with tendon injury.
I know about magnetic boots but vaguely remember being told about a different sort of boot that pulsed. Any ideas?
Thank you if you can help

 

[Rebels]

There is a john whitaker massage boot, looks like a travel boot and suppposed to reduce puffiness.
Look at
http://www.johnwhitakerintltd.com/product_detail.cfm?id=MBF
May be what you were thinking of?

 

[RachelB]

Pulsed magnets have been shown to have more effect than static magnets - I never bothered seeing if I could get any because they are bound to be extortionately expensive. Heck, my static magnet boots cost me £60 for a pair!
Could that have been what you remembered?
Sorry, not much help otherwise...

 

[purplekt1972]

when i was in the states they used 2 sticky pads, like a tens but smaller, and then bandaged over the top, they were micro current therapy, similar to tens like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220367439754&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

hope this helps

 

[hpowell]

Hi, are you looking for something to ease pain, which is what Tens machines are designed to do?

 

[kerilli]

you could use a tens machine and put a boot over the top.

 

[Doublethyme]

I've got on of these fetlock boots

http://www.wholehorse.co.uk/acatalog/Equine_Light_Therapy_Products.html

Obviously no proof, but I think it has help my mare with her tendon/annular ligament injury. Unfortunately she has now reinjured the tendon, but she did make a really good recovery the first time around and I firmly believe the boot helped reduce the annular ligament back to the normal (not so sure it helps the tendon injury as that is deeper).