Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Discuss about the Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

 

 

According to Ferguson, Klienman and Browning (2012), the horses need the help og the different treatment therapies to improve their health and the lavender therapy has developed to be one of the most important and the strong aspects of the equine wellbeing. The stressful environment in which the animals are being brought up in the different farms affect their overall abilities of performance and sustenance. The study is based on the analysis of the study of the aroma therapy on 7 horses. The use of the aroma therapy is said to have a strong influence on the overall development of the horses. The heart rate and the respiratory rate of the horses are said to be affected by the stressors in the different environments. The use of the aroma therapy on the horses has a positive effect in easing the Heart Rate and the respiratory rate thus making it easier for them to survive.

As pointed out by Sullivan, Hill and Haussler (2008), the back problems are one of the most common and persistent issues among the athletic and competitive horses. The back problems of the horses are the result of the stressful environments that the competitive horses have to cope in. one of the most important aspects relating to the overall performance of the competitive horses. The competitive horses’ stress levels and the different stress levels faced by the horses are to be mitigated using the chiropractic and massage therapies. The research takes into account the feedback from the treatment of 40 horses. The horses show a considerable level of development as the chiropractic and the massage therapies showed antinociceptive changes in the caudal vertebral column of the horses. The therapies help in the overall improvement in the strain felt by the horses relieving them of the additional stress.

As pointed out by Scott and Swenson (2009), the massage therapy which was initially used for the human athletes had to be used for the different equines to improve their performance in the different sectors of the athletic and pleasure activities. The different types of therapies such as stress point therapy, myofascial therapy and the point therapy are used for the different stress levels in the different equines. Stress can be induced in the horses due to different psychological and the physical activities among the different horses with the help of different essential oils in therapies. The therapeutic equine massage are increasingly used for the improvement of the health among the horses. The stress level which are the result of the different physical activities in which the horses are involved are helped by the improvement of the massage techniques among the horses further aiding in the improvement of their performance.

As pointed out by Buchner and Schildboeck (2006), a number of different types of physical therapies exist for the overall improvement of the health of the horses in the different tress induced scenarios. Physical therapy is one of the important treatment of the animals liven in the tamed and the stress induced environments. There are a number of alternate therapies being used for the treatment of the horses suffering from stress and physical exhaustion. The thermal therapy is one of the important alternate measures in the stress relief procedures of the different animals in the different scenarios. The different typed of therapy such as the thermal therapy, hydrotherapy and electrotherapy is seen to have an effect on the stress levels of the horses. On the other hand the therapies are also seen to affect the different performance levels in the horses. One of the important factors affecting the overall performance and the effectiveness of the therapies is the proficiency of their usage on the animals.

According to Lange et al. (2017), the different medical treatment of the horses focuses on the overall development of the health of the competitive horses based on their health patterns. The study is based on the analysis of 170 warm blood swiss horses. The alternative treatment methods are analyzed based on their capacity relating to the different situational scenarios which focus on the different treatment methodologies of the horses. In the majority of the cases alternative therapy methods were used for the treatment of the different issues that were plaguing the horses and affecting their stress levels. Osteopathy was one of the most accepted methods of the alternative treatment used on the horses. The different methods of the treatment of the horses in this case are not always done by veterinarians but a number of trained personnel. The alternative treatment methods have seen a considerable rise in the recent times.

References

Buchner, H.H.F. and Schildboeck, U., 2006. Physiotherapy applied to the horse: a review. Equine veterinary journal, 38(6), pp.574-580.

Ferguson, C.E., Kleinman, H.F. and Browning, J., 2013. Effect of lavender aromatherapy on acute-stressed horses. Journal of equine veterinary science, 33(1), pp.67-69.

Lange, C.D., Axiak Flammer, S., Gerber, V., Kindt, D. and Koch, C., 2017. Complementary and alternative medicine for the management of orthopaedic problems in Swiss Warmblood horses. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 3(3), pp.125-133.

Scott, M. and Swenson, L.A., 2009. Evaluating the benefits of equine massage therapy: a review of the evidence and current practices. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 29(9), pp.687-697.

Sullivan, K.A., Hill, A.E. and Haussler, K.K., 2008. The effects of chiropractic, massage and phenylbutazone on spinal mechanical nociceptive thresholds in horses without clinical signs. Equine Veterinary Journal, 40(1), pp.14-20.