Common sports and exercise injuries
- Tendon and ligament injuries – particularly the suspensory ligament and flexor tendons
- Joint ‘sprain’ or repetitive loading injury – commonly high motion joints in the lower limb
- Acute bone ‘bruising’ – caused by direct trauma or abnormal loading
- Muscle strains – tears in muscle causing loss of function
- Stress fractures of the limbs and pelvis – frequently occur in racehorses
Treatment and management of sports and exercise-related injuries
Using a range of imaging techniques, including ultrasound, MRI, Scintigraphy, standing CT and GA CT, our clinicians can monitor healing and formulate tailored rehabilitation programmes to help return your horse to competition.
Joint medications and regional infiltrations
- Biologics (‘regenerative’) therapies: Stem Cells, IRAP®, PRP (Arthex ACP® or Restigen®), Pro-Stride®, Alpha-2 Macroglobulin (A2M) – Alpha2EQ®
- Bisphosphonates: Tildren® or Osphos®
For further information, please contact our sport horse clinicians at our Diagnostic Centre on 01638 577754, or email hospital@rossdales.com