Without treatment, lameness can cause decreased performance, pain and even early retirement for your horse. It hasn't been that long ago, that treatment options for soft tissue injuries, relied heavily on extensive rest, followed by a carefully designed exercise routine. Many horses would return to work only to reinjure themselves.
At Countryside, we harness the power of advanced Regenerative Therapies, including RenoVō®, Arthramid®, Pro-stride, Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP), IRAP, and others, to actively stimulate healing in equine joints, tendon and ligament injuries, amplifying the repair process and fortifying it for greater strength and resilience.
These forms of Regenerative Medicine originate "autologously", from the horse's own body or "allogeneically", from a donor. Regenerative Medicine has been a game changer in positively affecting the healing process. Each Regenerative Therapy has benefits, but depending on the injury, one may be better suited as treatment than another.
Countryside offers and is experienced in all of the therapies:
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Dr. Carter shares his extensive expertise on everything from arthritis, to which therapies work best for which joints and more.
Arthramid® Vet is a revolutionary injectable therapy for joint disease, providing long-lasting relief for horses. It stabilizes and protects damaged joint tissue, reducing inflammation and promoting healing. With proven effectiveness and lasting results, Arthramid® Vet is a safe and non-steroid alternative to traditional therapies.
Arthramid® Vet offers a safe and minimally invasive alternative to traditional joint therapies, such as corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid. As a non-steroid treatment, it addresses joint issues without compromising the long-term health of your horse. Plus, with lasting results of up to two years, Arthramid® Vet reduces the need for frequent interventions, allowing your equine companion to enjoy a more active and pain-free life.
* According to Dr. Jason Lowe, Anthramid Vet and clinical studies. Results may vary.
From training to competition, repetitive movements and trauma can lead to inflammation of the joint. There is a new, non-steroid, biotechnology treatment available.
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Is your horse experiencing issues with its articular cartilage? Noltrex, a powerful 4% hydrogel, is specifically designed to address these concerns. When cartilage starts showing signs of wear and tear, resulting in larger gaps between chondrocytes, Noltrex comes to the rescue. It seamlessly fills those spaces, recruiting water, and effectively restoring rigidity to the cartilage. If your horse's joint MRI report mentions "arthrosis" or "cartilage erosion," Noltrex®Vet could be the ultimate solution.
Noltrex®Vet works great for: Coffin joints, fetlocks, and navicular bursts with arthrosis or cartilage erosion.
Noltrex has a remarkable track record, having been safely used in over 1 million humans. Noltrex®Vet, specifically formulated for horses, has also been safely used in the USA for over four years. It is not a drug, and your horse's body safely reabsorbs it, leaving no residues. Consult your vet about Noltrex®Vet if your horse:
RenoVō® is a relatively new advancement in Regenerative Medicine. It provides an alternative Allogeneic treatment option, meaning the Regenerative Medicine originates from donor tissue rather than from the horse’s own body. The product is derived from equine amniotic birth tissues, which are rich in bioactive factors essential in tissue healing and regeneration because they contain anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, epithelialization and anti-fibrotic properties. The donors are healthy mares and the tissues are collected without harm to the mare or foal.
RenoVō® is manufactured by Equus Innovations (Phoenix, Arizona) and has been used in over 12,000 horses to date. Multiple studies have established the product as a safe and highly effective alternative to existing Regenerative modalities used for equine injuries.
Countryside Veterinary Services offers another fairly new and advanced Regenerative Therapy, Pro-Stride, an anti-inflammatory medicine used to treat joint inflammation and arthritis.
Unlike PRP and IRAP which require 3-5 treatments at 1 week intervals, Pro-stride’s advanced treatment is administered in 1 concentrated joint injection. Pro-Stride also has only a 20 minute processing time as opposed to 24 hours with IRAP.
Pro-stride is a natural, steroid free treatment that is centrifuged from your horse's own blood. This means there is no need to worry about drug testing for your competition horse - this includes FEI and USEF sanctions. It also eliminates risks associated with steroid therapies.
Pro-stride is a natural, drug-free, anti-inflammatory joint treatment. It contains a supercharged solution of cells, platelets, growth factors and anti-inflammatory proteins; including IL1-ra (commonly referred to as the IRAP protein).
IRAP therapy, or Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein, is a novel approach in treating osteoarthritis (OA) in horses. It's especially helpful in reducing joint inflammation and preventing continued degeneration and progression of osteoarthritis. The procedure begins with drawing blood from the horse that will be treated with IRAP. The blood-filled syringe is specially prepared with glass beads that stimulate production of the antagonist protein and an anticoagulant. The blood is harvested, incubated and centrifuged to separate the serum (abundant with IRAP) from the blood. Typically, IRAP treatments are performed once a week for three weeks, and usually after that time, the horse can return to normal work.
Stem cell therapy is designed to regenerate injured or damaged tissues through the use of stem cells derived from the horse’s own body. The stem cells can be collected from the horse's bone marrow. Stem cells are injected directly into the site that requires treatment. There, they develop into new cells of the desired tissue type to help in repair of damaged tissue. Stem cells can be used to treat a variety of conditions, including tendonitis, ligament injuries, osteoarthritis, fracture repairs, meniscal injuries etc.
PRP, which stands for platelet-rich plasma, is created from your horse’s blood right here in our lab at Countryside. A sample of blood is drawn and spun in a special centrifuge to separate the plasma and platelets from the red blood cells and most of the white blood cells. The plasma is then concentrated so it contains higher-than-normal blood levels of platelets. It's ready for injection into the injury the same day, often in less than an hour.
PRP is used for tendon and ligament healing and granulation of tissue defects. Normal PRP therapy is recommended for both recent tendon and ligament injuries as well as injuries that have not healed using traditional rest and controlled exercise. PRP can also be used for horses with severe joint disease that are no longer responding to traditional joint therapy (injection with hyaluronic acid and corticosteroids).
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