Wellington Equestrian cover Feb - March

WELLINGTON EQUESTRIAN // FEBRUARY-MARCH
The Long
Road BACK
Marcus was in bad shape
and his owner knew it.
Heather had traveled
across numerous provinces
in Canada and the
veterinarians and specialists were as puzzled
as she was. He had numerous issues
and no one could pin point the cause of
any of them. Cytowave came across Marcus’
case via a conversation with Arlene
White, she of the Animal Rehab Institute
in South Florida. The owner of a horse
had contacted her seeking help because
she had been unable to find out the cause
of his lameness, nor had they been able
to treat it successfully. Phenylbutazone,
Penicillin, Dex, steroid ointment, Baytril,
acupuncture, Methacarbamol, Thermotex
blanket, Previcox, Pentosan - those are
just some of the medications that were
prescribed to Marcus. Marcus has been
through a lot in an attempt to figure out
why he had come up lame, as well as deal
with a string of other issues.
Heather started using Cytowave to
see if that would have a positive impact
on Marcus’ health. It didn’t take long for
Heather to notice a few things shortly
after beginning a treatment regime with
Cytowave.
Heather noted that Marcus no longer
“danced” around in the cross ties while
being treated. He stood still, was quiet
and seemed much more relaxed than he
had been.
She also stated that “he no longer
tries to bite at my arm when girthing up
the saddle and he doesn’t grind his teeth
with saddling.” The changes were subtle
but cumulatively they added up to something
positive going on with Marcus.
When the farrier came out to work
on him, he noticed that Marcus was very
relaxed and stood nicely when he had to
reset his hind shoes. In the past, Marcus
was very sore and he didn’t want anyone
to lift his hind feet.
Since the onset of his lymphangitis/
lameness, they’d been resting Marcus
for long periods of time. He was sore
mostly, but since they began Cytowave
treatments on July 31st, he began to behave
much better and his soundness has
improved. While not 100%, Marcus has
been moving well since the onset of lymphangitis.
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Heather still marvels at the difference
she sees since they started treating
Marcus with Cytowave. “He’s 90% sound,
which is the best he’s been since the lymphangitis
started at the end of January.”
Cytowave is proving to be an excellent
tool in treating the major inflammation
based diseases such as cellulitis and
lymphangitis in particular.
For now, Heather is extremely happy
that she has gotten her horse back, something
that she didn’t think would happen.
“I am happy that I have my horse back and
training better than ever!”
Marcus continues healing and he’s
storming back to activity after more than
8 months of being lame.
Heather was extremely excited that
he had begun not only exercising again
,but he was now jumping - something
that he has only done a few times prior to
becoming lame.