Some of the most debilitating athletic injuries for any athlete involve the tendons and ligaments of the body. Areas that are especially stressed are often those of the lower legs. This is true in both human and equine athletes.
Recognizing, treatment, and most important of all, prevention of these problems can be a daunting task.
Along with the recovery time frame of these injuries, tendons and ligaments take longer to heal than bone injuries, these sprains and strains often create debilitation and distress long after the initial problem occurred if not properly treated initially.
Unfortunately this is often the case with the majority of these injuries. Dedicating a skilled hand through the daily recovery process can be a time consuming and expensive proposition and not an option for the majority of stables or individual horse owners.
Now however Microlief® microcurrent offers an economical way to address these equine tendon/ligament problems while bringing 21st century therapy within the grasp of every horse person.
Microlief® microcurrent works at the cellular level to increase oxygenation, and absorption of nutrients. This increases production of ATP, the cellular energy molecule, directly in the cell. These actions help to increase cellular efficiency and slow cellular aging.
Recent research into how equine tendons age has found that the cellular material between tendon fiber bundles, the interfascicular matrix or IFM, stiffens and loses its flexibility as the individual gets older. IFM enables the fiber bundles to slide past each other and stretch independently.
While the IFM is more elastic in younger horses, recovering better after loading in the Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon (SDFT), it is more prone to injury in older age horses because of the greater strain it is put under, and the stiffening and decreased ability to recover that results in injury.
The research suggests that this is responsible for older athletes being more susceptible to tendon injuries. Previous experiments have shown that the stiffening in aging tendons contributes to increased injuries in the older horses tendons. This new research shows that it is specifically the stiffening and decreased resistance to repetitive loading of the tissue which holds tendon fiber bundles in place that is responsible.
By utilizing Microlief® microcurrent in the horse’s daily training protocol the factors of reducing stress, delaying tendon age degeneration, and injury recovery and prevention can be all be addressed with a simple economical solution.
Small enough to fit under a bandage or wrap, Microlief® offers up to 24 hour a day therapy for every horse. The 21st century of tendon/ligament care is now available for every stable and horse and its name is Microlief®!
