Exactly. One way to tell these units apart is that a static magnetic blanket (which is of questionable effectiveness) costs a couple of hundred dollars. My Respond PEMF blanket cost $5000 and took me 18 months to pay off.
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Exactly. One way to tell these units apart is that a static magnetic blanket (which is of questionable effectiveness) costs a couple of hundred dollars. My Respond PEMF blanket cost $5000 and took me 18 months to pay off.[/QUOTE]
Er, plenty of snake oil is expensive. Iām not sure itās fair to judge efficacy by cost
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Er, plenty of snake oil is expensive. Iām not sure itās fair to judge efficacy by cost[/QUOTE]
Where exactly did I judge efficacy? I simply suggested price as a way to tell PEMF blankets apart from static magnetic blankets.
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Where exactly did I judge efficacy? I simply suggested price as a way to tell PEMF blankets apart from static magnetic blankets.[/QUOTE]
Then I misunderstood your post
My horse has bad arthritis in her neck. Can no longer be ridden (been 3 years since sheās been ridden). Very unsound at the trot. Off at the walk.
2 treatments on her neck and she almost walks 100% sound now. I donāt expect her to ever trot sound again, but the difference in the walk - AMAZING. So much so, I am going to start giving her exersice at the walk while on her!
Actually, I had a battery and an electrode implanted in my leg to emit a PEMF to stimulate a bone graft to heal - that was 18 years ago. I had a non-union fracture in my fibula; the first bone graft attempted failed. I honestly have no idea if the battery stim and the PEMF was responsible for the second graft being successful; but it was and I am grateful. The orthopedic surgeon who recommended this treatment and implanted the thing in my leg was very conservative/traditional. I donāt know if this treatment was a āhail maryā on his part or something he routinely did. I do remember that I did a lot of research before I had it done; actually went to a college library and had the library staff access a lot of medical and research journals for me.
At the time, I thought the research was pretty solid.
So I do think PEMF has some legitimate medical and veterinary uses. Does that I mean I think all the OTC devices that claim to use magnets externally are legit? No, I donāt. I find the claims of placing bandages with magnets in them on peopleās and horseās bodies to relieve muscle soreness or heal injuries a little sketchy. The difference in the treatment I received was that there was a battery attached that actually emitted an electrical charge, and that the electrode was actually imbedded in the bone graft material.
YMMV, and of course, do your research with your critical thinking faculties fully engaged.
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I have also used TENS and found them wonderful, but the mechanism of a TENS is different than PEMF. Your are sending a electrical, not electromagnetic, charge through the body to scramble the neuro-electrical signal from the body part in pain to the brain.
Itās purely palliative; it is not therapeutic. That said, it can be a godsend to people in physical therapy and people with chronic pain.
Another feature of TENS is that the effect doesnāt last long after you remove the device. Your nerves start sending unscrambled pain signals again shortly after the device is removed.
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I was introduced to PEMF in 2012 by my vet. The barn where I worked had all sorts of gadgets and the owner/trainer was willing to try anything once. The vet went to a couple seminars and met with one of the lameness specialist in the area to do more training and ended up investing in a machine. I saw it done a few times but wasnāt sold until I had her use it on my Arab/QH, and then myself. It felt amazing on my back and really helped with tightness. My horse was significantly looser over his topline after a treatment. While we were in CA I had her regularly work on both horses.
I hadnāt heard of anyone local to me with a PEMF machine until a few weeks ago. My horse had been feeling funky behind and I was suspecting a bit of SI and topline soreness since we had been working hard. He was VERY reactive when she placed it over his left hock. I rode him the day after and his back felt great but he still wasnāt tracking up behind. I had the vet out the following day and he was very positive to hock flexions, specifically on the left. His reaction to the left hock was very telling, and honestly if I hadnāt had that done I would have waited longer (thus creating more issues) to have him injected.
Iām a fan. I wish I had 16k to invest in a machine as I feel itās one of the useful contraptions.
My friendās moms Standardbred show horse had pretty bad kissing spine for a while until he got surgery and was not in pain anymore. They managed to find a man who volunteers around their area for people to use his electromagnetic blanket. The horse has been using it for maybe 2 times after surgery and heās already back in the show ring almost every weekend without any pain from his kissing spine. The surgery helped but the blanket really helped him relax and make a full recovery.
I have a respond, and I canāt say that it does anything more than make my horses warm and relaxed before work. But, since thatās what I bought it for, Iām happy. Iāve had TENS done in me, and I donāt believe the Respond works the same way. Not an expertā¦
I know this thread is older and Iāve already commented on this once, but PEMF is NOT the same as using a generic static magnet blanket. Even though it has been addressed there is a difference, there still seems to be some lingering misconceptions.
Since my initial posts on this thread, my horses have received PEMF. Iām still highly skeptical of how the science behind it is presented. However, it definitely elicits a physical response from the animal.
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I have had the treatment done on both of my TB mares a couple of times. They both seem to enjoy it. You can see pulsing of the tissues in the areas that are tight or painful. In other areas, virtually minimal to no pulsing noticed. AM I going to do it frequently? Probably not, but if something makes my horses feel good, I will probably do it a few times a year.
Anyone used PEMF (not magnetic blankets) to relieve pain related to bone chips?
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Old thread dragged up by spam but Magnawave works for me. Old broken foot Iād limp on every night for months until I had a Magnawave treatmentāmade me sound and kept me sound for an entire calendar year. I then repeated the treatment when the soreness crept back in to the point of lameness. I now get a Magnawave treatment as needed, sometimes twice a year at most. Keeps me sound. Itās great on my old navicular fractures and I know it works on horses as well. Especially old foot/hoof capsule pain. I take nothing and believe in nothing but this thing is a miracle. Non-believers, if they are in some sort of old chronic pain, are seriously missing out.
Ps. My experience/understanding indicates it simply increases bloodflow to the affected area which helps the body heal itself. Similar to an old fashioned blister agent, which absolutely did work to speed healing from injury.
If the problem/pain source is from chiropractic type issue, Magnawave will do nothing. It does soften tissue/make it more elastic, and could be useful prior to chiro adjustment for that reason. But too much and could cause secondary injury. Ask me how I know!
