Stem Cell Therapy has dramatically improved the outcome for many musculoskeletal injuries, especially tendon and ligament injuries. This is a field exploding with new information and innovations every year.
Dramatically Improve Healing
This is a very exciting time in Equine Medicine. There are many new and exciting therapies available to effectively treat devastating musculoskeletal injuries in horses. Veterinarians are now able to offer a variety of treatment options within a range of affordability. This is a very active area of research and new treatment modalities are emerging every year.
How It Works
Adult (mesenchymal as opposed to embryonic) stem cells are primitive, non-differentiated, pluripotent cells located in the bone marrow, adipose (fat) tissue and the circulatory system.
When normal tissue is diseased or injured, stem cells are signaled to migrate to the area of damage. There, under the influence of the local growth factors and signals, these stem cells can direct the damaged tissue to heal and regenerate into the natural architecture of the original tissue.
Stem cell researchers have demonstrated that the major mechanism of action of stem cells is not only through differentiation, but that stem cells coordinate healing by influencing other cells through a variety of bioactive proteins such as growth factors, cytokines, and chemotactic agents.
Improve the Outcome of a Bowed Tendon or Torn Ligament
Stem cells have been used to treat tendon and ligament tears, muscle injuries, bone cysts, bone fractures, OCD, arthritis and even heart muscle damage.
Its primary use in the horse has been with tendon and ligament injuries.
Using Stem Cell Therapy in torn tendons or ligaments significantly improves the outcome. Stem cells deliver site appropriate regeneration (tendon cells or ligament cells) minimizing scarring.
When tendon and ligament injuries heal with scar tissue, they never heal as strong or as elastic as the original structure, are more prone to re-injury and heal very slowly. In some cases, they may never heal completely. Stem cell therapy can significantly reduce the onset of scar tissue.
Meddleton Equine Clinic offers a number of options for Stem Cell Therapy including the following:
AniCell products AniMatrX and AniMotion
Help Assure a Full Recovery With Stem Cell Therapy
Using stem cell therapy can dramatically improve the quality and rate of healing, reduce scarring, reduce time off and the likelihood of re-injury, and help get your horse back to your previous level of work. Call Meddleton Equine Clinic if your horse has an injury and you want the best chance at returning to full work!
