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stifle pain in horses; Building Your Horse's Health Care Dream Team

Stifling the Pain in Horses

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc October 4, 2022

Find out how to get athletic horses with injuries to the large, complex stifle joint on the road to recovery.

How To Wrap a Horse’s Hock

Equus September 14, 2022

Wrapping a hock can be difficult, but these tips from a veterinarian can help.

Equine Joint Injections: Case by Case

Chris White, DVM August 10, 2022

Joint injections can be complicated by a horse’s age, purpose, and health. Here’s how veterinarians approach various scenarios.

Beyond the Stifle: Ultrasound and Hind-Limb Lameness in Horses

Lucile Vigouroux, MSc April 13, 2022

Pinpointing an injury’s location is important for not only an accurate diagnosis but also a proper treatment and successful outcome.

7 Conformation Flaws: Piecing Together What We Know

7 Horse Conformation Flaws: Piecing Together What We Know

Katie Navarra December 31, 2021

What impact do structural deviations really have on your horse’s soundness and performance? Here’s what you should know.

Epidural Opioids Before Hind-Limb Surgery Improve Recovery

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA April 14, 2021

Horses waking up from general anesthesia can injure themselves trying to stand. But those receiving epidural opioids beforehand generally make fewer efforts to stand and do so more calmly.

Managing Bone Lesions in the Stifle With an Absorbable Implant

Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director March 24, 2021

Researchers investigated how the novel surgical technique improved lameness and radiographic appearance in subchondral cystic lesions of the medial femoral condyle.

Getting Western Horses Back to Work After Stifle Surgery

Betsy Lynch December 11, 2019

Prevailing wisdom has been that Western disciplines are too physically demanding to allow athletes to return to work after arthroscopic stifle surgery. A study presented at the 2019 AAEP Convention found this isn’t necessarily the case.

Equine Pelvic Fracture Prognosis

Sarah Peters, VMD July 16, 2019

What’s the long-term prognosis for a horse diagnosed with a fractured pelvis?

Upward Fixation of the Patella in Horses

Maggie Peitzmeier, DVM, Dipl. ACVS-LA March 6, 2019

Learn about this stifle problem that can cause the hind limb to become locked in extension.

heat in a hock; suspensory injuries in horses

Hoof Conformation, Balance, and Hind-Limb Lameness in Horses

Erica Larson February 7, 2019

Researchers recently identified a link between hind-limb lameness and coffin bone angles, which they said has not been previously described in horses.

Do Western Saddles Distribute Pressure Evenly?

The Most Common Western Performance Horse Lamenesses

Erica Larson March 7, 2018

The more data vets have on the injuries Western horses experience, the more they can do to try to rehabilitate or prevent them, one practitioner says.

Rear Hoof Imbalance and Lameness

Alexandra Beckstett February 21, 2018

Instead of causing foot pain directly, rear hoof imbalances seem to cause more problems higher up the leg—to the hocks, stifles, glutes, and sacroiliac joint, one vet says.