Roger Meacock MRCVS
 

Horse magazine article excerpt

“Scenar has a serious place for sports horses”

Sorrel Warwick, a 56-year-old BHSAI and accredited eventing trainer, admits to being impressed by the speed at which scenar therapy helped one of her charges recover from a potentially serious leg problem.

Top National Hunt racehorse Avanti Express had pulled a superficial flexor tendon and the Thoroughbred’s owner agreed to Sorrel’s suggestion that Roger be called in. He arrived, along with another vet, on the day the injury was detected.

“Over a period of about three months, Roger treated Avanti Express twice a week for the first two weeks, followed by once a week, then once a fortnight and finally once a month,” explains Sorrel, who runs Wiltshire-based Cholderton Equestrian Centre.

“I expected the injury to have left a thicker tendon, but now you really have to look hard to see any evidence of it. The horse came back to win two races. “I had used scenar therapy with other horses and found the device helpful in speeding up recovery. I thought that it would trigger Avanti Express’s body into instigating its own healing process, which is what seems to have happened.”

Sorrel, who also found the treatment beneficial in easing an arthritic wrist, says that she is a great supporter of alternative therapies like scenar, although she firmly believes in combining a particular horse and problem with the right treatment.

“Scenar therapy has a serious place when it comes to sports horses,” she adds. “Especially due to the need for non-invasive treatments in order to comply with Jockey Club rules. ”

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WHEN SCENAR HELPS

Wide-ranging benefits include:

·       Pain relief

·       Normalising the immune system

·       Reducing inflammation

·       Reducing fever

·       Treating allergies

·       Improving blood circulation

·       Normalising the metabolic processes

·       Improving lymph drainage

·       Ensuring bodily processes work more efficiently

·       Improving sleep patterns and emotional wellbeing

There may also be an improvement in seemingly unrelated problems, such as appetite and stable vices, as well as sub-clinical conditions.