Ruby:

Ruby was an 11 month old beautiful pure Arabian filly who had a tragic accident that almost cost her her life in 1996. Here is her story:

I received a frantic phone call from Ruby's owner Kay (she was a regular therapy client of mine at that time), who told me that her husband had come home from running errands to find Ruby lying in the pasture on her side unconscious with blood coming out of her ears and nostrils. He called their regular equine veterinarian, and by the time Kay got home the veterinarian was there attending to Ruby.

Ruby had regained consciousness by the time they arrived. Unfortunately, though, she presented with very traumatic neurological symptoms including extensive paralysis on her entire left side. She could not stand or move, and her head was traumatized. Her left ear was drooping down to her neck, her left eye was cloudy, her upper lip was twisted to the right, and her lower lip (on the left side) had a significant droop. She could not close her mouth at all.

After the veterinarian performed his full extensive examination, his diagnosis was that Ruby had received a tramatic head injury that had resulted in her also having a stroke. He recommended euthanasia immediately as he felt her prognosis was not good. At that time Kay asked him about having therapy work done on her, and his response was: " I really don't think it will do any good, but if you are willing to try it certainly won't hurt anything at this point. Just be smart and humane about it and if she doesn't show significant improvement in a reasonable amount of time, please don't prolong the inevitable".

When Kay called me and explained the situation, I told her to bring her over right away and we would be ready for her. Since Ruby was paralyzed on her left side, she could not walk or stand, so Kay and her whole ranch crew picked her up and carried her into the horse trailer. When they arrived at my rehabilitation center, they also had to carry her out of the horse trailer and lay her down in the stall.

The veterinarian had followed them to my rehab center, and he then administered some IV fluids to keep her from dehydrating. We received his permission to start giving her a liquid probiotic (DynaPro) at that time, to help with her gut flora. He also said that it would be good if we could try to get some other nourishment (food) into her as soon as possible. He told us that was really all that he could do at that point to help and wished us “good luck”.

The first thing we did was try and feed her a little mash made of Dynamite Complete Grain Ration (pelleted corn, oats and barley combined with some other nutrients), and bless her heart, she tried as best she could to eat. We had to sit on the floor with her and hand feed it to her - it's a little tough to chew when half of your mouth is paralyzed and your lower lip is drooping. It was a time consuming effort as whenever we would get some into her mouth and she would start chewing, half of it would fall down into her lower lip and fall out of her mouth. Somehow we got it done though.

We started microcurrent therapy work on her immediately with the Electro-Acuscope and Myopulse. The Acuscope works primarily through the central nervous system and helps the body to activate (or reactivate) neuropathways that have been damaged. This allows the body to start the nerve-regeneration process which was very important in this case. The Myopulse addresses the electro magnetic field generated by soft tissue, so therefore gives direct access (stimulation) to connective tissue.

At first, we primarily addressed treatment to her hoof capsules and frogs to stimulate the blood supply, which was very important in this case since she could not stand and had no frog pressure whatsoever to help with that issue. We also used the Acuscope on her poll and her spinal column to help activate the neuropathways and nerve roots along the brainstem and the spinal cord. Concentrated stimulation was applied down the entire length of the radial nerve and the ischiatic (sciatic) nerve. Our main goal to begin with was to get her to stand and walk around. The Myopulse was used to address the atrophy of the muscle tissue that was already starting to occur due to the paralysis.

Nutritionally, we supplemented her with natural products (made by Dynamite Specialty Products, Young Living Essential Oils and Developmental Natural Resources). We chose specific products from each product line that would help decrease inflammation and help increase blood supply, stimulate nerve regeneration and promote healing.

After a few days, we started to see some improvement in nerve function and a decrease in paralysis, and 5 days into this program, she stood several times per day/night and wobbled around. After 10 consecutive days of Electro-Acuscope and Myopulse Therapy, massage and nutritional supplementation, she stood and moved almost like a normal horse, and at the two week point, there was virtually no trace of the body paralysis.

We were now left with the head and facial paralysis issues. We started applying concentrated Electro-Acuscope and Myopulse treatments to these areas. All of the auricular nerves were addressed, as well as the facial nerves running down to the upper and lower lips. All of the nerves around the eye itself were also stimulated. The major muscles and connective tissue in the head area were treated with the Myopulse specifically. After 7 consecutive days of concentrated work on the head, the ear started to stand up on its’ own and the cloudiness started to clear from the eye. Her upper and lower lips started to move back into their normal positions.

Exactly one month after she came to my rehabilitation facility, her readings were up to normal (and stabilized) on the Electro-Acuscope, and the only symptom that she still exhibited was a minor drooping of her lower lip. She had complete control of the lower lip when she was concentrating, but at rest it still drooped slightly. At that time, we felt that Ruby could be released to go home with Kay. Since these microcurrent instruments do not do the healing but allow the self-healing mechanisms in the body to be activated, we felt that all she needed was a little more time for the body to catch up and complete the healing process.

30 days later, Kay brought Ruby back for a recheck, and all of her symptoms were completely gone – she had regained full use of her lower lip and had complete control of its functions, i.e., opening/closing, chewing, etc. Her readings were still stable, and there were no traces of her traumatic accident. She was re-examined by her regular veterinarian not long after, who released her with a clean bill of health.

**Footnote: Since her injury and rehabilitation, Ruby has since gone on to win many awards at the Arabian Nationals and World in Halter, English and Western classes. To this day, she has shown no traces or residual of her life threatening traumatic injuries.

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