Wellington Equestrian cover Feb - March

16 | Henry Schein Animal Health ph: (855) HSAH-EQ1 (472-4371) | fx: (888) 329-3861 | www.henryscheinvet.com
WELLINGTON EQUESTRIAN // FEBRUARY-MARCH
Developing
AN EQUINE MEDICAL DEVICE
Richard Parker developed a theory on what signals the
body produces when it heals itself.
In 2004, Richard Parker found himself surrounded
by the best and brighest minds in
electromagnetic research. He started to look
at the research from a physics perspective
and by going through the biophysics he developed
a theory about healing. “That thinking
resulted in a test and we theorized that a guiding
signal determines how the body repairs itself.”
Richard filed for the patent in 2006 and it
was granted in 2008. The patent office filed the
patent without any reservations and they did
not challenge any of the claims, which is unusual.
“The patent office went so far as to say that
this represents a new science which I was quite
pleased to see. And so therefore, there is only
one patent on this technology.”
The body generates certain electromagnet-
ic signals which are unique to either a healthy
tissue or an injury. Richard’s theory was that if
he took the difference between the healthy and
injured signals, it represented what the body was
producing to heal itself. “It’s a complex mathematical
process to derive this signal and it’s perfectly
logical. Remember the body operates on
the basis of electrochemical reactions and this
always involves ionic transfers through cellular
membranes. This generates a magnetic field by
pricinicples of electromagnetics. “ In laymans
terms, Richard found a way to detect, isolate,
store and then amplify the signal. To obtain
these signals, Richard had to utilize a SQUID machine,
which is capable of detecting electromagnetic
signals down to the cellular level. “Basically
we’re amplifying the signal to accelerate healing.”
OBSTACLES
THE BIGGEST HURDLE IS HUMAN NATURE
When a trainer or owner is asked why they use a certain modality,
one of the most common responses at the race track is “we’ve
been doing it this way for thirty years.” Which cuts right to the
heart of the matter - those who don’t evolve are typically left behind.
“It’s one thing not to embrace change - we get that,’ said Tina
Browne, “but to not even listen is what fascinates me. Here we
have a product that can change how equine injuries are treated.
But many times a trainer won’t take the time to listen because
they believe that there isn’t anything wrong with outdated thinking.”
Chalk this up to human nature. Humans don’t like to change
behaviors, even when it is demonstrated that that change can be
beneficial. “Ultimately, when everyone else is using Cytowave,
they’ll be forced to step up and give it a try.”
Special Feature • Cytowave
Cytowave – A new medical therapy technology
Reliably reduces recovery times from serious tendon and ligament injuries by 5 months
By Richard Parker, Chief Technical Officer, CytoWave
Cytowave is a patented,
non-invasive treatment based
on tissue specific signals.
While other devices in the
equine market use generic
electromagnetic waveforms,
Cytowave offers a tissue
specific analytic method
based on the biology of
the injury. The tissue signal
is derived based upon the
difference in biomagnetic
signals from normal and
injured tissues. This
proprietary SQUID Therapy
Signal (STS) is amplified and
delivered via a mild magnetic
field. This new technology
has been embraced by many
top veterinarians and is being
used as an adjunct to stem
cell therapy or PRP.
“We’ve used Cytowave
most effectively for
tendon injuries, some
suspensory branch
injuries, it’s been very
helpful.”
— Dr. Tim Ober,
United States Equestrian Team
http://bit.ly/EQS2015Summer
The Basics of CytoWave Technology
Equine tendon and ligament injuries occur frequently in both competitive and companion
animals. Unfortunately, this type of trauma does not lend itself to fast, non-invasive recovery
techniques. Disorders of these tendons often become chronic and are difficult to manage
successfully. In most cases, recovery is prolonged for many months and even years.
It is theorized that the mechanism for accelerating the closure of ligament and tendon lesions
is found in the nature of the electromagnetic signals impressed on the subject. The specific
and complex activity known as the “healing process” is an expression of the local activity of
electromagnetic fields, as their generation is spontaneous and inevitable due to ionic and
charged particle flow.
CytoWave Therapy technology takes
an actual electromagnetic signal
given off by the body at an injury site,
stores and then amplifies that signal
before re-admitting to the subject so
as to accelerate the healing process.
This “jump-start” occurs because
the signal applied to the injury is very
similar to the same signal the horse
produces. That signal, therefore, is
readily accepted on a cellular level
and processed in such a manner as Opposing coils held by a boot apparatus deliver
the CytoWave STSTM signal
to accelerate the recovery.
Thus, we have a targeted, tissue specific physical therapy which can be used for soft (muscle
and nerve), dense (tendons and ligaments) and hard (bone splinters or hairline fractures) tissue
injuries.
Cytowave derived signals contrasted with the much older PEMF technology.
Simple older PEMF signals
very common in the industry
Actual physiological waveform
which looks nothing like PEMF
Cytowave signals from actual
measurements accelerating repair
These signals have been reported to operate about four times faster than PEMF systems and
obtain consistent results in the 90% range; instead of the 60% range such as is the case with
other popular technologies. As Cytowave uses tissue-specific signals, it is able to achieve
consistent results unlike other technologies which treat every injury the same. In fact, we very
rarely have a failure to close a serious lesion, reduce deep tissue inflammation, relieve sore
back discomfort or accelerate bone fracture repair.
8