experiences of arc equine for check ligament injury

[Archiepoo]

anyone ever used the arc equine machine? my horse has completely smashed his check ligament in his front leg ,vet wants to scan again in 3 months (hes already 2 months since injury) and she said he might be a year in the stable!! good vibes and stories please im devastated !!

 

[Birker2020]

anyone ever used the arc equine machine? my horse has completely smashed his check ligament in his front leg ,vet wants to scan again in 3 months (hes already 2 months since injury) and she said he might be a year in the stable!! good vibes and stories please im devastated !!

Oh no, sorry for this. I have heard really good things about the ARC equine system, its meant to help with pain management, reduces inflammation of injured areas and is a useful tool for prevention of injuries too.

Here are some case studies that you can read about on their website: http://www.arcequine.com/case-studies/

 

[HeresHoping]

Hi. So sorry about your horse.

There are a few who poo-poo the AE on here, but I have nothing but praise for them and if I knew where the h**l mine was, I'd be over the moon because right now I'd very much like it. Don't lend them to anyone.

I don't know exactly what voodoo they do do. But they do do it well, I've read everything I can about MET and part of me is quite dubious about things but then I've seen it for myself with a very broken 17hh ISH. He did something unmentionable to his back and his left hind suspensory and was practically written off. Using the AE after about 3 months of field rest where nothing much was happening showed some fantastic changes - hooves grew like billy-o, sarcoids literally dropped off, condition came back thanks, I think, to him not being in pain. He certainly lost the wrinkled muzzle and worried eye look after a couple of weeks. After 2 months he rolled right over - something he hadn't been able to do since he made mincemeat of his lumbosacral joint. Unfortunately, it didn't calm him down enough to not freak out when fireworks were going off next door to his stable for a week so I had to ship him out fast. Which meant I couldn't tell you if it had helped mend the suspensory, but he had stopped bunny-hopping in canter when pratting about in the field by the end of the 2nd month.

Read the case studies, and chat with Ian Thirkell at AE. I, personally, think they are very much worth a try.

 

[Gotcha!]

My horse has been diagnosed with high ringbone and one possibility that I came across was Arc. Had no idea what it was so I looked it up and not really sure how it works, but some of the top riders seemed pretty sold on it. Wish you luck.

 

[Lgd]

I've had good results with a medial branch suspensory ligament injury - scans showed very rapid improvement over and above what the vet expected.
I then used it on my 2½yo who rolled under a fence and fractured the wing of C5, chipped C2 and had associated spinal cord trauma. He had 10 days in intensive care and made a decent response to steroids and NSAIDs.
At his worst he couldn't get up unassisted and was just trailing the right hind. Vet anticipated him being 18 months behind in his milestones if he recovered and could give no guarantee on the recovery, came home with significant muscle wastage on the right hind.
Arc went on as soon as he got home and at 6 weeks he was much improved and cleared to start physical rehab. he had a programme designed by my equine sports therapist and continued with the arc. At 6 months post injury he had no muscle wastage and a very very mild weakness.
10 months post injury he passed the vetting at his 3yo Futurity and that included a detailed neuro exam as I was up front with the vet about his injury.
He is 4yo today and is off to be backed at the end of this month as originally planned.

I also used it on me after I broke my foot, 2 weeks post injury I was walking round London with no problems. Friend used it on herself after she broke her fibula and it radiographically healed at 3 weeks.
It has just been granted a medical device license for use in humans.