What to Expect from an Equine Chiropractic Appointment
Grace Buchanan, DVM, CVA, CVC
July 21, 2026
How to prepare for your horse’s chiropractic adjustment and what to do after it’s complete.
How to prepare for your horse’s chiropractic adjustment and what to do after it’s complete.
Read about how veterinarians incorporate therapies such as acupuncture and PEMF to help your horse feel his best.
Veterinarians use complementary therapies alongside conventional care to ease pain, aid recovery, and support performance. Read more in The Horse‘s Winter 2025 issue.
See what science has revealed about chiropractic care for horses in this article from the Fall 2025 issue of The Horse.
Learn about 5 reasons to use complementary therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic for your horse and the research behind them.
Two veterinarians share how they diagnose, treat, and rehab back-sore horses.
New research suggests low PEMF treatment settings might not have many physical effects on performance horses.
It is important for veterinarians and horse owners to understand the medication rules at high-level competitions when managing pain in equine athletes.
Read about some of the trending and emerging treatments for keeping performance horses feeling their best.
An equine veterinarian describes approaches for treating kissing spines, arthritis, and other spinal issues.
Researcher: Chiropractic care might help address the compensatory pain and dysfunction that result from a primary lameness.
This therapy is proving to be an essential part of the horse’s routine health and well-being.
Survey: Owners generally like trying out complementary and alternative therapies on their horses. But they don’t always tell their veterinarians about it.
Dr. Gina Tranquillo-Shade and Michele Haman of Equilibrium Therapy LLC discuss regulations around who can perform massage on 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.
Dr. Gina Tranquillo-Shade and Michele Haman of Equi-Librium Therapy LLC talk about whether massage can help or hurt horses with polysaccharide storage myopathy.
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