Wrenched Hock and Torn Hindquarter Muscles

A yearling wrenched his hock, resulting in a lot of swelling and heat. He was already in 5 days when I was called. After the second treatment, there was no more heat.

The second was his mate, brought in for company and got cast in the box, panicked and badly tore the muscles of his hindquarter. He was in great pain.

The vet had said that both would take many weeks to heal and they should both remain in their boxes.

I used indigo, orange, blue and Bioptron and within 3 days they were very restless and dying to get out, so we took them out to eat grass for a bit each day thereafter, even though the mate hobbled a bit.

After two weeks they were hard to hold, playing up on the end of the rope in their joy of being outside. We kept them in so I could treat them easily. The two were put back out in the paddock after being stable-bound for 3 weeks.

Time and again Bioptron heals in one-third the usual time, which is great for box-bound horses who hate being inside.

Heidi Dobbie
Bioptron Therapist
Works on a polo farm