How MRI Helps Manage Hock, Suspensory Ligament Injuries
These tools allow the practitioner to see under your horse’s skin to help diagnose injuries, select appropriate treatments, monitor healing progress, and determine prognosis
Category: Bone Injury
Delay OCD Surgery for Optimal Racehorse Performance
While equine surgeons enjoy sharing the mantra “if in doubt, cut it out,”
Study: Vets Disagree on Equine Neurologic Assessments
Researchers noted, this could lead to an “inaccurate or unreliable assessment of an underlying problem (which) might lead to misdiagnosis or inappropriate further testing and treatments.”
Sesamoid Injuries
Two little bones sitting at the back of the fetlock both amaze and confound veterinarians.
Underwater Treadmill Exercise’s Effects on Horses’ Backs
Back pain is often implicated as a cause of poor performance, so how can veterinarians and owners help a horse’s back return to health?
Diagnosing Unusual Hock Lameness
With six bones articulating in close range and multiple tendons and ligaments controlling extension and flexion, the hock, or the horse equivalent of the human ankle, has many moving and shock-absorbing parts
Equine Lameness 101
With the Chinese New Year beginning on Jan. 31, it is time we recognize the New Year’s Chinese Zodiac: the horse, symbolizing character traits such as intelligence, energy, and strength.
Low Heel/High Heel Syndrome
We need to decide what that means and whether it is normal—and thus an inconsequential finding.