Horse Topline-Building Tips
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
May 26, 2025
These 6 steps can help transform your horse’s topline from underdeveloped to well-toned.
Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of leg lameness
These 6 steps can help transform your horse’s topline from underdeveloped to well-toned.
Researchers have defined the significance of suspensory ligament abnormalities and their impact on racehorse performance.
In this Ask TheHorse Live podcast episode an equine surgeon answers listener questions about joint care in young horses. Sponsored by Dechra.
Researchers are exploring CBD’s potential to reduce joint pain in horses through a multiphase study on its efficacy.
Researchers described the most common abnormalities seen on imaging in nonlame show jumpers—problems that could lead to lameness in the horses’ future.
Alternative joint injections to corticosteroids can keep horses comfortable and offer a chance at healing rather than simply masking pain.
Find out how veterinarians diagnose and treat this complex condition.
In this episode we discuss osteoarthritis in horses with Dr. Kara Brown and how early diagnosis and regenerative therapies can improve equine joint health and performance.
Laminitis in horses involves multiple pain pathways. Here’s how veterinarians can effectively address them using targeted treatment strategies.
How can horse owners keep their animals fit and active without accelerating the joint degeneration process? Dr. Katie Ellis weighs in.
Find out how Dr. Katie Ellis manages joint pain in a horse with degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis in this excerpt from Ask TheHorse Live.
Researchers now understand how 7 types of shoeing combinations affect movement in each area of the horse’s neck and back.
Dr. Katie Ellis and Dr. Howland Mansfield discuss what imaging modalities veterinarians might use to accurately diagnose joint disease in horses.
Dr. Katie Ellis describes how equine veterinarians select orthobiologics to treat osteoarthritis in horses, and the pros and cons of using each type.
Bone remodeling in horses can heal the bone back to its original strength.
Horse owners need to learn to identify subtle signs of pain in horses. Then owners and veterinarians can help them live more comfortably. Sponsored by Dechra.
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