thermal imaging - looks amazing! experiences/opinions?

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just been looking at thier website (www.theinnerpicture.com) after looking at wormy's post. thinking of getting my boy dont just to check! looking at thier images it looks amazing and would bring up and issues if he had any.. would you reccomend it ?
 
do you use it to diagnose problems though?

i thought you would use it to highlight suspicious areas which you then get your vet to check out and diagnose and then treat or refer to physio/McTimoney etc.
 
I read in Horse & Hound that many people were just buying them for their artistic value, so not sure of how much actual use they'd be!
 
We had a horse that became a problem very quickly after buying him. One day at a show I legged Claire on and he went balistic as soon as she touched the saddle and threw her breaking her leg. He was sent to the vets and they used this, they said it was his back and we spent a fortune having loads of treatment for him .They said ,4 months later, that he was fine to start work again but he was still a problem and we decided to exchange him with a dealer ,we knew ,who knew his history and said he would turn him away for 6 months. A month later he died and they found he had massive liver problems. The scan showed heat [ and pain ] but it is easy to think it is a muscle problem when it is something completely different!
 
Its fantastic. Use Sandy from equitherm, (www.equitherm.com) lots of vets HIGHLY rate it and it has been a brililant diagnostic tool for my eventers plus i know many others that swear by it too.
The BEF are using it at the moment for vital research.
 
i rate it.

my previous horse was very quirky (went over backwards a few times, would lay down mid ride, napped like buggery but could also passage for england and do rows and rows of perfect tempi changes.....)

we had EVERYTHING double and triple checked, tried her on massive doses of bute etc and as a final resort had her thermally imaged to check for any suspicious areas (and found none, nothing at all of any interest) so finally she was retired as it was clearly a mental issue and not physical so not worth persevering( after 4 years of amazing acheivments and absolute hell)

definately worth a shot for finding hot spots to then get your vet to investigate.
 
I use it regularly as my physio does it.

Anybody can take the pictures but it is the interpretation (sp!) that counts.

Unless the person you use is a trained vet, physio etc then by all means get someone to take the images but make sure that you ask you vet, physio etc to tell you what they mean.

In the past I have had a suspensory problem diagnosed with it, also SI issues. We have used it with undiagnosed lamenesses to direct the vet to an area to investigate but the main use we put it to at the moment is saddle fitting to ensure the best possible fit.
 
Carthorse- I think with vague injuries perhaps not so good but for legs its brilliant, for eg soft tissue injuries only show up on MRI's... now most people can't afford them so thermography enables you to investigate this... you can then show your vet and go down xrays/nerve block routes before the injury even shows. (to feel heat in legs the injury is already old and it means its at least 3degrees hotter than it should be therefore damage has been done)
 
thanks everyone thats brill
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i use the inner picture (clare) she is great - she got pics of my horses legs and said that inflammed area back of pastern in a triangle shape - went to vets had xray (didnt need nerve blocks cos had thermal image) and diagnosed navicular - the thermal image was the exact shape of the navicular bone.

i would recommend any day
 
It does indeed sound absolutely fantastic!!

BUT- VERY important question here..

If it really does do such a great job ( and I'm not saying it doesn't!) then surely every single equine vet should use one? Surely it should be an essential bit of kit??
I just can't understand why it isnt more popular- would expect every physio/vet/chiro to have one. And thermo-imaging has been around for years now.
 
Use Clare every 6 months, especially good for checking saddle fit, it has been interesting to see the improvement since getting saddles that fit Pidge
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It does indeed sound absolutely fantastic!!

BUT- VERY important question here..

If it really does do such a great job ( and I'm not saying it doesn't!) then surely every single equine vet should use one? Surely it should be an essential bit of kit??
I just can't understand why it isnt more popular- would expect every physio/vet/chiro to have one. And thermo-imaging has been around for years now.

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Ditto - my vet (@ Bourton Vale ) says it been around for over 15 years


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the cameras cost £17,000 so thats probably why not many around!!!

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Thats not much in comparison to lots of diagnostic equipment
 
Hi Guys, It's great to hear a debate on the subject of thermography. Thermography has been around for 30 years it was first researched by Professor Ram Phorit of Auburn University who was assigned to do research in thermal patterns of large animals. At the time the training and the equipment was not deemed good enough to use as a diagnostic tool however, advances in equipment and with training now available, it has become a valuable tool for Physios, vets, chiropractors and other equine professionals.
Every diagnostic tool has it's limitations and each one should be used as a complement to each other. Thermography is brilliant for identifying areas of heat where there is trauma and stress. It can identify injury 2-3 weeks before a horse becomes clinically lame and is fantastic to monitor the effects of treatment and the horses recovery while in rehabilitation.
I think not all vets use it because it is expensive to buy and every vet has a subjective opinion, just like our own preferences in clothes or sport. There are also many vets who do use it Rossdales being one, Avonvales being another and many more. Check out www.equitherm.com
 
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