Comments on: CAN THE THERAPLATE HELP TESS?… https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/ Exploring the bond between equines and their people. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:05:58 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Sandra Lingwall https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/#comment-38205 Sandra Lingwall Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:32:22 +0000 http://www.horseandman.com/?p=27928#comment-38205 Good Luck Dawn…..I’m so hoping you find some relief for Mama Tess and for Yourself as well…I wish I was there to help you to navigate through this process…You are such a strong woman…through your struggles/worry, you continue to inform all of us…Thank-You…

]]> By: Paula Esposito https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/#comment-38175 Paula Esposito Tue, 17 Sep 2013 02:26:57 +0000 http://www.horseandman.com/?p=27928#comment-38175 Hi,
I am not about to be negative, but factual and dealing in reality as I always have about this mare Dawn. I do hope that when she does cross the rainbow bridge, whenever that may be, you have no regrets. I know you feel she is happy and she does look fantastic, but do you ever look at the pictures of the way she used to move and now? It is very sad. Anyway, I agree with this ;post that I found on chronofthehorse. When i saw that they are claiming to fix EPM and OCD’s that kind of let me know that this is quackery. If you know what causes EPM (a protazoa migrating up the spine) please explain how vibrations can rid a horse of that. And as far as ocd’s, they are fissures in the cartilage in the joint that need surgery to clean up the fragments and the fissure. If that is not done, the horse will continue to have pain and more fragments will continue to break off. And I would love to understand how vibrating a horse help with bleeding.

This is another quick fix scheme to make money (similar to what was being sold by vets – KESMARC – in FL about hyperbaric oxygen until the chamber exploded, killing the horse and an operator).

I was involved with the NASA work 20 years ago. There is a reason the technology never was applied, it only works in very specific cases and instances. I know many here will chime in with anecdotes, however, the medical and scientific literature tells a very different story. For example, the vibration rates touted by the manufacturer has little effect on bone and tendon. We found that low frequencies (20Hz) can help bone mass and tendon thickness but there has to be shock loading involved. Otherwise it is no different than trying to leg up a horse tooling around a groomed arena.

There is absolutely no evidence that this can help with cartilage, etc. When a company promises the list they present (over 28 things listed on the website) it becomes apparent that they have no idea how or why or if their device works. The company is simply trying to sell snake oil. And their list of literature, is limited with all the studies listed stating that WBV is only effective if used in conjunction with conventional therapies. None prove the bone mineral density claim made by the manufacturer.
Last edited by RAyers; Jul. 21, 2013 at 11:55 PM.o be negative but I don’t want you to get your hopes too high Dawn. Here is a post I found on Chronofthehorse.

Good luck to you, with this mare and I think it is great that you are sharing this experience (yours is the first email I open up every morning, I really enjoy your blog) but I am concerned about the mare’s pain. Lying down is not from tiredness in foundered horses, it is from some relief from the relentless pain. However, her appetite is a good sign and if she does pull out of the feed tub or hay rack I hope that you will do right by her;. My Mom had an Arabian that she raised that was 23 years old and she had a big bump on her knee with degenerative joint disease;. When I went to see my parents 5 years ago the mar was sound (I rode her). However, she got progressively lame and my mom wanted to wait to euthanize her until I came to visit (she is in NY I am in fl). However, the mare pulled out of the feed tub and that was the sign, so I told mom she could not wait for me so the was put to sleep then.

]]> By: Arliss https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/#comment-38103 Arliss Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:53:40 +0000 http://www.horseandman.com/?p=27928#comment-38103 This looks wonderful — indeed like a godsend!! Sending prayers and good thoughts for it to work for Tess!

]]> By: MARY https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/#comment-38097 MARY Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:31:03 +0000 http://www.horseandman.com/?p=27928#comment-38097 I think the next couple of posts are going to be really interesting!

BTW, How is Gwen? Hope she is healing too. I’m assuming the Theraplate can help her too???

]]> By: Peggy spiezio https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/#comment-38094 Peggy spiezio Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:18:05 +0000 http://www.horseandman.com/?p=27928#comment-38094 http://www.equinechronicle.com/health/first-injectable-treatment-for-laminitis-successful-in-stopping-the-disease-in-80-of-horses-in-clinical-trials-more-cases-needed.html

This may be of subject but may help one of your readers.

]]> By: Debra Weber https://www.horseandman.com/medical/can-theraplate-help-tess/09/15/2013/#comment-38089 Debra Weber Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:27:07 +0000 http://www.horseandman.com/?p=27928#comment-38089 I meant that I am glad you think it might help and were able to get it. Prayers that it works! :)
Debra

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