REHABILITATING THE ATHLETIC HORSE -- REHABILITATING THE ATHLETIC HORSE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DEDICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- OVERALL PHILOSOPHY OF TOTAL REHABILITATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IMPLEMENTATION -- STAFFING -- Job Description Medical Director Nycart -- Job Description - Super Tech, Nycart -- Job Description, Veterinary Technicians, Nycart -- FACILITIES -- DISCHARGE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, POOR PERFORMANCE, OVERTRAINING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SHORT-TERM ADAPTATIONS - THE TRANSITION FROM REST TO STRENUOUS EXERCISE DEMANDS OF MUSCULAR WORK -- Substrate Delivery -- Conversion of Chemical to Mechanical Energy -- Removal of Wastes -- Regulation and Rapid Adaptation -- LONG-TERM ADAPTATIONS - THE EFFECTS OF CONDITIONING -- Skeletal -- Tendon -- Cartilage -- Muscle -- Cardiovascular -- Respiratory -- Deconditioning -- PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF POOR PERFORMANCE - FAILURE OF ADAPTATION -- ADDITIONAL READING -- REGIONAL THERAPY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- RANGE OF MOTION EXERCISES -- Hot - Cold Therapy -- Ultrasound -- POST-SURGICAL THERAPY -- Exercise Prescriptions -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- STEM CELL THERAPY. SHOCK WAVE THERAPY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STEM CELLS -- What are Stem Cells? -- Embryonic Stem Cells -- Neonatal Stem Cells -- Adult Stem Cells -- How are Stem Cells Used? -- How to Inject -- SHOCKWAVE THERAPY -- How Shock Waves Work -- Indications for use of ESWT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PHYSICS OF PRESSURE -- Terminology -- Gas Laws -- Boyles Law -- Dalton's Law -- Graham's Law -- Henry's Law -- PHYSIOLOGY OF PRESSURE -- The Direct Effects of Pressure -- The Indirect Effects of Pressure -- TISSUE OXYGENATION -- The Physiologic and Therapeutic Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Infection -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Wound Healing -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Ischemia and Reperfusion Disease -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Neurologic Disease and Head Trauma -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Bone Repair and Osteomyelitis -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Athletic Injuries -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Blood Loss -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Carbon Monoxide Toxicity -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Protocols -- Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers and Operation -- CONCLUSION -- SUGGESTED READING -- EQUINE INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- JOINT INFLAMMATION AND OSTOEARTHRITIS -- MECHANISMS FOR THE CONTROL OF JOINT INFLAMMATION -- MEDICATIONS UTILIZED FOR INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION -- Mepivacaine (Carbocaine) -- Morphine -- Hyaluronic Acid (HA) -- Low Versus High Molecular Weight HA -- Combination Therapy with Corticosteroid and Hyaluronic Acid -- POLYSULFATED GLYSOSAMINOGLYCAN (PSGAG) -- INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN (IRAP) -- CORTICOSTEROIDS -- The Steroid Stigma -- Corticosteroid Mechanisms and Duration of Action -- Triamcinolone Acetonide (Vetalog, Kenalog) -- Methylprednisolone Acetate (Depomedrol) -- Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate/ Betamethasone Acetate (Celestone Soluspan, Betasone) -- Isoflupredone Acetate (Predef 2X) -- Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate -- SYSTEMIC BLOOD AND URINE DRUG LEVELS FOLLOWING INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY -- NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROIDS -- INTRA-ARTICULAR SILICONE -- TILDURONATE (TILDREN) -- PLATELET-RICH PLASMA (PRP) -- JOINT INJECTION OF THE AXIAL SEKELETON -- INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION TECHNIQUE -- INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION AFTERCARE -- DETERMINING IF INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION IS INDICATED -- JOINT BIOMARKERS -- COMPLICATIONS OF EQUINE JOINT INJECTION -- Infection.

Masking Pain/ Facilitating Continued Exercise -- Broken Needles -- Reactive Synovitis (Joint Flare) -- Cartilage Damage -- Laminitis -- Diagnosis and Differentiation of Joint Flare (Reactive Synovitis) from Joint Sepsis -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EXTRA-ARTICULAR THERAPIES USED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LAMENESS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DISEASE MODIFYING OSTEOARTHRITIS DRUGS AND SYMPTOM MODIFYING OSTEOARTHRITIS DRUGS -- NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) -- Aspirin -- Phenylbutazone -- Dipyrone -- Flunixin Meglumine -- Meclofenamic Acid -- Ketoprofen -- Firocoxib (Equioxx) -- Topical NSAID (Diclofenac Sodium) -- DRUGS USED SPECIFICALLY FOR NAVICULAR SYNDROME (ISOXUPRINE, METRENPERONE, PENTOXFYLLINE, ASPIRIN, WARFARIN) -- MUSCLE RELAXERS -- CORTICOSTEROIDS -- Topical Capsaicin -- Tiludronic Acid (Tildren) -- INTRAMUSCULAR AND INTRAVENOUS JOINT SUPPLEMENTS CHONDROPROTECTIVE DRUGS -- Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan -- "GENERIC" HYALURONIC ACID AND POLYSUFATED GLYCOSAMINOGLYAN TYPE DRUGS (HYCOAT, CHONDROPROTECT, POLYGLYCAN, MAP-5, ETC) -- Nutraceuticals - Chondroitin Sulfates/Glucosamines -- Dimethylglyeine (DMG) and Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) -- REST/ REDUCTION IN EXERCISE INTENSITY -- ICE/ HYDROTHERAPY/SUPPORT WRAPS -- Leg Sweats/ Poultice -- Proper Bandaging Techniques -- Internal Blister -- PROLOTHERAPY (REGENERATIVE INJECTION THERAPY, RIT) -- MESOTHERAPY -- ACUPUNCTURE -- CHIROPRACTIC THERAPY -- DIGITAL NEURECTOMY -- RADIOFREQUENCY THERAPY (RADIO FREQUENCY TREATMENT) -- PLANTAR FASCIOTOMY AND NEURECTOMY OF THE DEEP BRANCH OF THE LATERAL PLANTAR NERVE -- EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY (ESWT) -- STEM CELL THERAPY / BONE MARROW THERAPY -- A-CELL -- PLATELET RICH PLASMA (PRP) -- HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY (HBOT) -- MAGNETIC/ PULSED MAGNETIC THERAPY -- PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC MODALITIES.

SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC THERAPIES (ZEEL, TRAUMEEL, INJEEL) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONTROLLED EXERCISE STRATEGIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STRATEGY FOR BASIC CONDITIONING -- Foundation -- Level One -- Level 2 -- Level 3 -- STRATEGY FOR CONDITIONING TO BEGIN COMPETITION -- STRATEGY FOR RECONDITIONING TO RETURN TO COMPETITION AFTER AN INJURY -- ADVANCED CONDITIONING: STRENGTH, SPEED, ENDURANCE, AND PLYOMETRICS (SEE FIGURE 10). -- Strength -- Hills -- Steps -- Sand -- Speed -- Stamina -- Plyometrics -- MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICAL CONDITION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF REHABILITATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE HISTORY ZIP: CASSIE SMITH -- WHY DO HORSES MAKE SUCH DIFFICULT PATIENTS? ROBERT M. MILLER DVM -- MY THOUGHTS ON POSTSURGICAL REHAB ROBERT M. MILLER, DVM -- BICEPS CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY DR. HANK JANN DVM CASSIE SMITH -- MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF REHABILITATION PAT PARELLI -- Boredom -- Isolation -- Confinement -- Environment and Experiences -- Pain -- Staff -- SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS OF BICEPS CASSIE SMITH -- Boredom -- Isolation -- Confinement -- Environment and Experiences -- Pain -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDED STUDY -- INDEX.