Réhabilitation du cheval opèré de l’appareil locomoteur

“Rehabilitation” means “to get back to the initial condition”. For the surgeon and his team, this rehabilitation begins just before the surgery and its length of time depends on the type of surgery (arthroscopy, tendineous surgery, osteosynthesis), the anatomic and functionnal disturbances (minimal invasive surgery or major osteosynthesis), and the activity of the horse (race, sport or leizure). It depends also a lot on the horse behaviour and the time spent by the trainer or the owner to the various steps of rehabilitation, the equipment and materials which can be used. Means usable for rehabilitation of the horse operated for othopaedic affection include: immobilisation, stall rest, passive mobilisations, stretching, paddock, hand walking, riding, walking on treadmill, walking in water, swimming, controled exercices, shoeing, physical therapy such as heat and cold, electrostimulation, and medications ...