Equi-tech

29/05/2024

It’s been a bit quiet here on our social media lately, because as my clients know, I’ve been busy carrying my big belly around to your horses & ponies for the last months🤰🏼🐎 Last week we welcomed our baby Oliver 👶🏼💙 We’re all healthy and happy, just enjoying the baby bubble with our little prince, and the precious time together 🫶

I’ll be working part time, and clients are welcome to come to our stable for our services 🐎 I will keep doing my online teaching, and we ship out products every day as usual, but I will not be able to travel out for much work in the nearest future 🐎

Looking forward to this next chapter with our newest family member, and thank you for all your kind wishes, flowers and presents already received 🙏🏻💙

09/10/2023

Had the pleasure of teaching a dedicated group of equine therapists this weekend, from the association of approved equine therapists in Denmark. We covered electrotherapy and shockwave in both theoretical and practical sessions. Thanks for ine invitation, lots of good questions and a nice day of knowledge sharing together 🐎☺️

500 km tur/retur i går til en spændende dag i Foreningen for Godkendte Hesteterapeuter 😍

Dagens tema var elektroterapi og shockwave. Vi havde besøg af super dygtige Fiona fra Equi-Tech, som både gav teoretisk oplæg og demo.

Jeg har længe haft kig på elektroterapien og overvejet at indkøbt udstyr, så jeg har det med til jer… så kan I mon gætte, hvad der kommer nu?

Den form for elektroterapi, som vi arbejdede med i går hedder NMES - Neuromuskulær elektrisk stimulering. Det er videnskabeligt valideret, at anvendelse optimerer nervefunktion, muskelfunktion, blodcirkulation og blødvævet. Det har i mange år været bredt anvendt til mennesker - både topatleter og i genoptræning. Og heldigvis har bl.a. Fiona arbejdet med specifikke protokoller til heste.

Shockwave var også virkelig spændende at stifte bekendtskab med og på det område er jeg nu langt bedre klar til at kunne få samarbejde igang ved specifikke udfordringer, hvor det kan gøre en forskel. Det gælder fx seneskader! Og wow hvor sker der meget på det felt.

I det hele taget tog jeg fra dagen opløftet af mødet med en top-professionel fagperson, der i den grad taler for samarbejde og at bruge hinanden til gavn for heste og deres ejere ❤️

09/10/2023

Had the pleasure of teaching a dedicated group of equine therapists from the association of approved equine therapists in Denmark this weekend🐎 Thanks for the invitation, a nice day together, lots of good questions and nice feedback. We covered electrotherapy and shockwave in theory and practise.

22/09/2023

Vi glæder os til at afholde tema aften på Rideklubben Møllen ved Team Møllen 🐎 Temaet er hestens præstationsevne og skadeforebyggelse. Begrænset antal pladser. Det bliver en aften med både teoretisk og praktisk indhold. Del gerne 🐎

Så er der igen mulighed for en spændende og lærerig aften hos Rideklubben Møllen.

Den 14. november 2023 kl. 18-20 skal det handle om hestens præstationsevne samt forebyggelse af skader.

Der er adgang for alle, også ikke-medlemmer af klubben 😀

Tilmelding sker enten i tråden herunder eller på den ophængte tilmeldingsseddel i den store ridehal på Møllen.

Vel mødt 😀👏

10/03/2023

Would have liked to be in Herning to watch our clients in action these days, but busy preparing course material of upcoming teaching at 🐎👩‍💻

In collaboration with which is the distributor of Storz shockwave devices for Equine use, I look forward to teach veterinarians and equitherapists in the use of shockwave in horses. The field of research and development of shockwave is so interesting to follow, with continous developments and increased understanding of the mechanisms by how it stimulates the tissues we work with 🤓

Those who work with me, know that I’m practical and care about making good and lasting results, but also like to dig deep and understand what I’m working with. In my bachelor, masters and PhD, I learned a lot about biology and tissue regeneration, but also to understand the physics and mechanisms behind technologies like shockwave. Like with any efficient tool or method, you need to know how it works to get the most out of it. And we can always learn more 🤓

Fun fact of the day: Did you know that focused shockwave is now also being used on the brain of humans? 🧠 With significant improvements on Alzheimers patients memory and function after only two weeks of shockwave? Not saying we’re going to use it on the brain of horses any time soon, but still interesting to see and learn from the progressions and increased understanding in the human field 🧠

This is the first time we’re doing the courses. It will be hosted again throughout Scandinavia, so let us know if you are interested in attending in the future, and we can put you on the mailing list for upcoming courses ☺️

10/02/2023

We will try to get better at posting cases from our daily work 🐎 Here is an example of the talented dressage rider Dressurrytter Emma Skov and her lovely horse Cracker, which we have the big pleasure of working with 🐎💫. Read about Emmas experience here:

“Fiona from Equi-tech is an important part of our team. We got introduced to Fiona and 3D (UTC) scanning, when we got an injured horse who had been recommended box rest for several months. The diagnosis was not clear, and we felt a need to get a more clear mapping of the injury, which Fiona and her team could help with. The result of the 3D scanning revealed that we were lucky and ”only” had an injury and swelling from an external impact. We got a detailed plan for how to work Cracker, and focused shockwave therapy for 14 days before a control scan. The control scan was positive, we got a new plan and followed up with less frequent shockwave. A few weeks later we entered the U25 danish championships, was placed as number 5 and got selected to represent Denmark at the Nordic Championships later that summer.

We continued to optimize him with shockwave and monitor with control scans, to make sure we had tendons and ligaments under control. We made a detailed plan towards the championships. As we wanted to give him the best possible conditions to move and develop, we started using Equi-tech´s Electrotherapy, which activates the nerves and musculature. With this we could also activate his muscles without loading his legs with as much. We also learned some exersizes from Fiona, to supplement our training and improve his body. We could clearly see and feel an improvement in Crackers movements after starting with the electrotherapy and exersizes. This was also seen at competitions, where we got a markedly higher score in walk than ever before. The summer gave us a 5th place at the national championships, a double gold medal at the nordic baltic championships and a 4th place for teams at the Europeans. Cracker has not had a day with lameness since, and he keeps improving in his body every month, and there is no remnant swelling where the injury was.
Fiona has become an important part of our team and how we work.”

03/02/2023

Back to a busy week after a great trip to Holland last week 🐎🇳🇱

Still processing all the input, as it was a great combination of a 2 day congress in Amsterdam with very interesting topics, and the team meeting of Equinetendon.com in Utrecht 🤗 No complaints from the sports enthusiast here that Jumping Amsterdam was next door, so we could watch some of my favorite riders in action in the breaks and evenings 🐎💫

I am so grateful for being a part of the interdisciplinary and international network of equine professionals in Equinetendon.com. It was great to finally be able to get together, working and sparring, and as always sharing knowledge and learning from eachother 🇮🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴 🇫🇷 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Some of the topics in the congress were the suspensory ligaments of both the front and hindlimb, the neck and back, headshaking, regenerative therapies including updates on orthobiologics and exosomes, and also a lecture called “If I rest, I rust”. Several of the lectures emphasized the importance of good quality movement and exersize, which our clients know we very much agree with and nerd around with daily 🏋🏽‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️🐎

Always doing my best to keep learning. The horses sure have their way of making me stay curious and humble. It seems like the saying of the classical masters about horses is true; one life does not seem to be enough to learn it all 🐎🤓♥️

22/12/2022

We’re on our way to Christmas holidays today, and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏼🤶🏻♥️ We’re looking forwards to some quality time with family & friends, skiing and holidays, to charge up for another exciting year ahead with you and your horses & ponies 🐎♥️