HEALING POWER
Microcurrent therapy delivered via a small ArcEquine device is leading to incredible results in horses, from the management of equine pain-related conditions to enhanced recovery following tissue damage
ARCEQUINE, AN EQUINE microcurrent device, is popular with thousands of horse owners and riders, including elite equestrians and members of Olympic teams worldwide, who rely on ArcEquine to help with the wellbeing of their horses. The ArcEquine device has helped customers to more effectively manage equine pain-related conditions and promote enhanced recovery following tissue damage. The device also offers a maintenance programme to support ongoing health and fitness.
Utilising well-evidenced microcurrent therapy, the ArcEquine is an all- encompassing piece of technology that delivers in excess of 4.6 million permutations of microcurrent sequences in one three-hour treatment period. Microcurrent therapy is a type of electrotherapy that introduces very low-level electrical currents into the body to support and aid its own natural healing process. Microcurrents are found naturally in the body and bioelectrical impulses are fundamental to all communications between cells, organs and tissues. The electrical currents are vital to good health- not only in horses, but in all animals.
The ArcEquine has numerous advantages over other devices on the market, relating to its ease of use, robustness and wearability. Not only are the devices rechargeable and so fully reusable, multiple iterations and refinements of the products over the last 15 years have helped it to evolve into a product that is compact and easy to use at the yard. ARC Microtech, the company behind ArcEquine, has been built on family values and it prides itself on its ethical, customer centric ethos. The team is passionate and every member has seen first hand the many benefits gained from using microcurrent therapy.
Jasmine Underwood is a 19-year-old event rider based in Worcestershire. She started riding at the age of 12, and always knew that eventing was what she wanted to do. She is now ArcEquine’s latest brand champion.
When Jasmine was 15 she started her competitive career alongside training her younger horses, and in 2022, at the age of 17, she enjoyed a successful season on Indian Girl G, earning good placing in OIu21 trials and finishing second at the British Junior National Championships at Belsay. She was then selected as part of the team representing Great Britain at the Junior European Championships at Hartpury, where Jasmine and Indian Girl G finished 12th individually and helped the team to win gold.
In 2023 she was again selected on Indian Girl G, to represent team GB at the Junior European Championships in Montelibretti, Italy. “We finished on our dressage score, contributing to the team winning the silver medal, just 0.4 of a penalty off the gold. We were 11th individually,” she explains. “Being a part of British teams has been such an amazing experience and a dream come true.
“I’m looking forward to seeing what the 2024 season will bring, with some exciting horses and big goals to work towards, the main aims being to step up to advanced/ four-star level and compete in the young rider trials on Indian Girl G,” says Jasmine. “It’s been a wet start to the season, but the horses have had good first runs at Poplar Park and Oasby. I also had a fantastic first with ArcEquine. “I think the units will be able to help with the prevention of injury, but they will also bring other health benefits. As the season progresses, things such as nerves, potential tying up and sore and tired tendons/muscles can all be treated by using the microcurrent therapy delivered in the three-hour programme. “The unit is so simple to use and I pop it on in the stable once the horses have done their daily exercise, while I also take it to stay-away competitions, which is so easy to do as it is so compact. In fact, it’s so easy to use and nonintrusive for the horse that you can forget it’s on. I’m excited to see continued benefits as we move further into the season with all my horses.”
Hannah Bailey purchased an ArcEquine when her horse, Rosewater Danny Boy, sustained a superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) injury while contesting the Badminton Grassroots Championship in 2022.
“There was no hole, just damaged fibres so he had a week of shockwave therapy followed by the ArcEquine use,” Hannah explains. “I was recommended the ArcEquine by the vet’s receptionist following her positive experience.
“My vet was pleasantly surprised by the improvement on the second scan six weeks later and so Danny was able to come back into work. Now, while this was amazing, the ArcEquine had its true value come into play last year when he sustained another SDFT injury last year. The scans (below) showed a decent sized hole with just a few millimetres top and bottom was before it fully ruptured, making it an incredibly worrying time.” Danny, meanwhile, isn’t a horse who will tolerate box rest, and he was eventing fit and suddenly out of work. “He created his own entertainment in the field — much to my vet’s horror when she drove in one day to visit another horse,” says Hannah. “Danny had been written off for at least six months with a guarded prognosis about returning to work, to the point that we did discuss putting him to sleep if further damage occured as he is not a horse who will retire to a field. As I didn’t have insurance cover I had to keep to a shoestring budget, therefore Danny had no extra treatment during this time. The repair between these six-week scans was solely from the ArcEquine. To say that we were all shocked is an understatement. My vets shared the scans with each other and couldn’t believe the repair. However, you can’t argue with what’s in a black and white scan image. I was given the go ahead to start walking and Danny is about to go and do his first intermediate, which is mad considering he should just be coming back into full work now and, was so close to completely ending his entire career if the tendon had blown. “However, you can’t argue with what’s in a black and white scan image. I was given the go ahead to start walking and Danny is about to go and do his first intermediate, which is mad considering he should just be coming back into full work now and, was so close to completely ending his entire career if the tendon had blown. “I have since sent the images to two friends who have both subsequently purchased an ArcEquine for their horses,” concludes Hannah.
