With the popularity and availability of the equine water treadmill growing globally, it is worth taking a moment to look at the research available (so far) for this modality, and at established protocols or standards of practice that ensure the safety of horse and...
Equine Navicular Syndrome is known by many different names, but no matter what we have called it in the past, the prognosis has remained poor. An improved understanding of navicular syndrome has highlighted the involvement of multiple anatomical structures, forcing...
Have you found during your work that a dysfunction or asymmetry in the jaw is reflected in the shoulder and again in the pelvis? That when the sacro-illiac is out, so is the jaw? Today, we pick apart one anatomical aspect of this connection, and reflect on how the...
Over the last few years, I have found myself more and more strongly believing that horses should not be in work before they achieve skeletal maturity. Like you, I pride myself on being evidence based in my approach to life. And so when I set out to write this article,...
Poor performance in the equine means a loss of performance or the inability of the horse to perform at previous levels or to the degree that might be expected. In a recent webinar with Dr Melanie Perrier, we discussed this presentation in our equines. The cause of...
In this week’s podcast with Francisco Maia from K9PT, Francisco shares some of the many reasons and advantages, from a business, outcome, patient and client perspective, of minimising the number of modalities one works with in a practice, and how this has turned out...
