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Nancy Hall was featured in the 2001 issue of California Riding Magazine
Electro-Acuscope Myopulse Therapy: A Valuable Player on Horse Care Team
In the sea of alternative therapies being touted for horses these days, it can be difficult to identify which techniques and which practitioners are the wisest to pursue. Claims of miracle cures are one distinct red flag. Nancy Hall, a certified Equine Therapist in Beaumont, makes no such claims. While she describes the results of the Electro-Acusope Myopulse Therapy System she uses as “phenomenal,” Nancy says it’s all about the unique and sophisticated computer circuitry of the medial instruments and their ability to increase normality in the soft tissue, so the body can heal itself faster. Reported case studies show increases in healing time by as much as 50 to 70%.
Nancy has been certified in Electro-Acuscope/Myopulse for three years and has been a distributor of Dynamite Supplements and Specialty Products for the past nine years. A lifelong horseman, Nancy has come to embrace many alternative ways of healing horses. Above all, she advocates a team approach to horse care that involves owner, veterinarian, trainer, farrier, and therapist. Equipped with biofeedback, the Acuscope & Myoplulse establish a two-way communication between their own circuitry and the electrical signals from the area of the patient’s body being treated.
Using brass electrodes similar to those used in an EKG, the instruments measure tissue conductivity. Generally, readings are low in areas of chronic pain and high in areas of acute pain or inflammation. The treatment introduces gentle currents in waveforms similar to the body’s own electrical signals and treats in millionths of an amp, which are very small but natural to the body. Energy flows through the path of least resistance. So, if your horse had a knot in the shoulder, the knot would be considered resistance and the energy would flow around the knot but not through it.
The brain would be unable to send self-repair messages to the area. The treatments would help improve the tissue by replacing the conductivity in the cells until the resistance was gone. Then the brain can kick in and finish the healing process. While providing beneficial electrical current, the treatment causes the body to improve circulation, range of motion, and also generate natural chemicals called “endorphins,” which suppress pain.
Before a treatment begins, an evaluation of the body’s base reading is done. Each horse’s base body range will be different. This range gives a base to work from, so as we read problem areas, we know how they compare to the rest of the body.
The Acuscope treats neuromuscular, while the Myopulse works on connective tissues, joints, tendons, and muscle. Applied to “high conductive point” similar to acupuncture points, treatments reduce spasms, inflammation and strengthen tissue damaged by traumatic injury. Nancy says this form of therapy has gained wide acceptance in both the human and quine world in the last decade.
Nancy first learned about the Electro-Acuscope Myopulse Therapy System ten years ago at a Dynamite meeting. She was impressed by the instant improvements experienced by several demonstration horses there, and became convinced of the treatment’s ability to stimulate long-lasting recovery. Since then, she’s been very happy with the horses she’s helped. One extreme case was a beautiful rope horse that had a lameness problem on all fours. He would come up lame after each event and point various feet.
Unlike the rest of his shiny body, his coat from the fetlock to the coronary band was thick and curly. X-rays showed he had navicular and ringbone in the left front while the rest of his feet were clean. Yet the coat was the same on all fours. Upon his evaluation, all four feet read (000) from the fetlocks to the coronary band. His base body range was 105-115. Nancy treated him for 10 days, and we went back to work. Two weeks later, he placed first in a competition and showed no lameness thereafter. The next season, his coat grew straight, and his feet returned to within his base body range.
The Acuscope/Myopulse has proven effective on a wide variety of equine problems, says Nancy. They include arthritis, body soreness, pulled muscle spasms, pinched nerves, suspensory issues, laminitis, spinal damage, back problems, trauma, and more.
Nancy also administers treatments as part of a maintenance regimen for healthy horses, such as pre-performance, general well-being treatments, and a “body wash” which stimulates the major meridians in the body. “I’ve worked on some horses that, during the body wash, do amazing stretches that often make it look like they are having an out-of-body experience. After pre-performance treatments, I'm told how much better they performed.”
In treating any problem, Nancy advocates the team approach that starts with a referral from a veterinarian. By working together, the horse’s care team has the best chance of determining the most important aspect of the healing process: an accurate diagnosis. Nancy adheres to the veterinary motto that a “treatment is only as good as the diagnosis,” and that diagnosis can only come from a licensed veterinarian. Nancy is the first to say that this technology complements traditional therapy, rather than replaces it.
In her role as distributor of Dynamite Supplements & Specialty Products, Nancy feels she offers the best of both worlds. Dynamite offers a well-established line that ranges from overall performance enhancers and joint and muscle supplements, homeopathic relaxants and a “friendly gut bacteria,” to wound balms and hoof growth support.
For more information on Electro-Acuscope/Myopulse Therapy and/or Dynamite products, please contact Nancy Hall at Equine Wellness Services at 909-769-3774; or visit www.equinewellness.com. If you attend Equine Affaire this month in Pomona, please visit Nancy at booth #753.