How To Create a Successful Equine Rehabilitation Plan
Shoshana Rudski
September 22, 2022
A veterinarian describes how he formulates a rehabilitation plan for a horse recovering from an injury.
A veterinarian describes how he formulates a rehabilitation plan for a horse recovering from an injury.
Controlled exercise, as discussed with your veterinarian, can be part of a successful rehabilitation program.
Young horses in work have different nutritional needs than their adult counterparts.
As tough as steamy summers can be on humans, they can be even harder on horses. Two veterinarians share tips on how to help your horse beat the heat this summer.
Feeding hard-working endurance horses is as much art as it is science. Our sources walk you through an endurance horse’s diet, from conditioning to post-race.
Here’s what to know about horse inspections, which are designed to evaluate the horse’s fitness to compete.
Measure and understand your horse’s unique exercise heat patterns so you can promote recovery and prevent heat stroke.
Learn about exhausted horse syndrome, its clinical signs and causes, and how to prevent and treat it.
Placing elastic therapeutic tape strategically on the skin might stimulate the underlying muscles and help horses recovering from back pain or injury.
Training horses in the spring and summer can present some challenges. Learn how your horse’s body adapts to exercise training, how he acclimates to spring and summer weather conditions, and what you can do to help him perform at his best.
Horses lose large quantities of sodium, potassium, and chloride, as well as smaller amounts of magnesium and calcium, through their sweat. Supplementation before work might help.
Researchers: Understanding the impact of early exercise on growing horses could help prevent bone fractures in the future.
Researchers found extra body fat causes movement asymmetries and affects horses’ performance on a chemical level.
Study: Working horses in moderately low-oxygen conditions—typical of slightly higher altitudes—could lead to more endurance and better race times for Thoroughbreds.
Researchers found an inverse relationship between length of paddock turnout and risk of soft tissue injuries in nonelite horses.
Should a horse get turnout after a massage? A warm bath and liniment rub? Rest or exercise? Dr. Gina Tranquillo-Shade and Michele Haman of Equi-Librium Therapy LLC talk about what care a horse should receive immediately after a massage.
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