E4-Boarder & Trainer, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9, 2003 Back On Track (Continued from Page El) of equine patients with cardiac arrhythmias. An exercise physiol ogy lab with a high-resolution electron microscope, a conference room, reception area and offices complete the facility. After groundbreaking on March 31, 2001, the building named after supporters Almira and Hardie Scott, was dedicated June 29, 2002 and has been in operation ever since. The facility includes four doc tors performing ultrasound and cardiology, two working in exer cise physiology and several tech nicians. Additionally, residents and students rotate through the facility to learn the procedures performed there. More than 6,000 horses are treated every year by the sports medicine department at the New Bolton Center approximately 2,200-2,4000 in ultrasound and cardiology in the sports medicine facility. 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The veterinarian will watch closely for tendon enlarge ment, an abnormal shape, and dark regions within tendons or ligaments that indicate fiber dis ruption. 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Over training or the horse simply taking a “funny step,” according to Jesty, can cause injury or ten donitis, inflammation of the ten don. The most conservative treat ment, and one advised often, is simply rest, said Jesty. If the in jury is more severe, there are sev eral medical or surgical treat ments that may improve healing. One surgical treatment for more severe cases is “tendon splitting,” putting small holes in the center of the tendon to allow the hema toma within the tendon to drain, a procedure that the veterinar ians perform at the center. A new less invasive treatment modality that is performed at the center, with pretty good results for certain injuries, is high en ex tractorporal shock wave therapy. However “of all of the options, the cornerstone of treatment is rest,” she said. Since the proce dure is not painful to the horse, they are only sedated “based on temperament,” said Jesty. “The ultrasound doesn’t bother them but sometimes they get impa tient.” An ultrasound just of the ten don may take only 15-20 min utes, however, if the case is more complicated an ultrasound may take a few hours. 1,100 of the best horses and riders from the U.S., Canada and beyond compete for $340,000 ift prize money and 11 National Championships This horse stands quietly, lightly sedated, as Dr. Sophy Jesty performs an ultrasound of the horse’s tendon, a typical procedure at the equine sports medicine center. As she ultrasounds, Seco turns the ultrasound transducer to view the fibers longitudinally to check for healing. After evaluating the horse based on ultrasound re sults, she may recommend put ting the horse slowly back into training. “The horses start very slowly, jogging five minutes every day for a month,” she said. 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