Achieving Full Mobility After Bone Chip Surgery
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/36891/achieving-full-mobility-after-bone-chip-surgery By Multiple Authors Dec 30, 2015 Don't just focus on healing the joint from which a bone chip is removed. Include the whole horse in your rehabilitation plans. Photo: The Horse Staff By Martha Rodgers, VMD, and three-day eventer Buck Davidson Q.My mare had a bone chip removed from (a joint in) her left front, and our focus has been on healing that area. She actually became short in (how she
The relationship between massage to the equine caudal hindlimb muscles and hindlimb protraction
http://onlinelibrarwiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00279.x/full C. HILL* and T. CROOK Article first published online: 8 NOV 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2010.00279.x Summary Reasons for performing study: Massage is widely used in physiotherapy, but there has been little previous research examining its effectiveness in increasing equine soft tissue length. Objectives: To determine the effect of massage on equine hindlimb protraction. We hypothesised that massage to the
How does toenail length change posture?
Cutting Your Dog’s Nails: How Important Is it Really? Posted on 08/19/13 http://susangarrettdogagility.com/2013/08/cutting-your-dogs-nails-how-important-is-it-really/ Today I have a guest blogger by way of an impromptu video. Dr. Leslie Woodcock DVM, is a long time friend of mine (for more than 20 years). She has been our Team Canada veterinarian at most of our international events (WAO, IFCS, FCI) for the past five years. Dr. Leslie is also the owner of Woodcock Veterinary
LICKING & CHEWING; WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN?
I was on a horse forum recently and somebody had asked about the licking-and-chewing motion that horses often display after they learn something or when they are relaxed. There were lots of opinions, some thinking it was a sign that the was horse 'reassuring himself' while others called it the sign of information processing. I love looking at the science behind a thing, so I did some research. Some of the following is still theoretical, but here is a summary of the most logi
Chiropractic: Modalitly of Movement
Chiropractors have been treating human patients on a professional basis in this country since before the turn of the century, but it has only been in recent years that this alternative form of therapy has been applied to a substantial number of horses and other animals.The word chiropractic is derived from the Greek words cheir meaning "hand" and praktike meaning "business or to practice." Thus chiropractic literally means to use the hands to diagnose, treat, and prevent dise
