Hydrotherapy to Rehabilitate Injuries in Horses (AAEP 2011)
Christy M. West
January 30, 2012
Veterinarians can prescribe aquatic therapy in the form of swimming pools or underwater treadmills.
Veterinarians can prescribe aquatic therapy in the form of swimming pools or underwater treadmills.
In the current study most horses successfully returned to their prior athletic function after colic surgery.
Kissing spines are more likely to cause clinical problems in certain breeds, disciplines, and age groups.
A thorough physical examination and tailored therapeutic approach can help relieve equine neck and back pain.
Attendees discussed the horse’s overall work program, assessment, conditioning strategies, and more.
Horses do not have the same drive to drink while competing as humans, one researcher explained.
One common training method might not be as effective at conditioning racehorses as once thought.
Farriers can help devise a hoof care plan to helps a performance horse return to work as soon as possible.
In the right hands, these physical therapy methods can help rehabilitate injured horses.
You can greatly improve the health and productivity of your pastures by creating and using a winter paddock or “sacrifice area” to confine your horses.
Meg Sleeper, VMD, a cardiologist at Penn Vet will be competing in endurance at this year’s Pan Am Games.
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute will participate in this year’s NTRA Professional Education Seminar.
The first day of the Thoroughbred Genetics, Pedigree, and Performance Conference provided informative sessions
The second year of a horse’s life brings significant changes not only in his development but also his use.
While swimming-induced colic does occur, it doesn’t happen as frequently as some might have thought.
Researchers determined that few injuries occur to horses during treadmill exercise.
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