CASE HISTORY
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Equine Medical Associates
Jim Morehead, DVM Peggy Marsh, DVM, DACVIM www.eqmedical.com |
Findings and notes here Initial treatment: The mare was maintained on stall rest with a controlled exercise program consisting of hand walking 10 minutes twice dally, as well as a course of RLT laser treatments daily for 2 weeks. This was followed with 3 times weekly RLT treatments for 8 weeks (see images from June 17, 2016). The mare returned to her training barn for further rehabilitation of stall rest and a controlled exercise program directed by serial ultrasound examinations.
October 4, 2016
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September 30, 2016
Follow-up: The mare returned on September 30 with the complaint of lack of further improvement seen on ultrasound examinations (see images below labeled October 4, 2016) and the recommendation for more RLT laser sessions at a 20% increase in settings. The last images are from October 17, 2016 after 3 weeks of 3 times weekly increased settings RLT laser sessions with significant improvement noted. The mare returned to her training farm with directions as before. October 17, 2016
Before and After
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