While watching the 2018 Kentucky Derby I found myself studying the horses bodies. Partly because it is becoming a habit from assisting Bambi Dorè in her body work courses, and partly because when we do microcurrent therapy with Matrix Best-Vet our eyes learn to recognize subtle distortions. It is a totally unfair screening as the […]
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the comment that I donated my horse to a therapeutic riding center and felt this was a win/win situation. They envision their horse with the simple job of packing around a disabled rider at the walk. This is a far harder job than most people realize. […]
At our last Microcurrent class we had the pleasure of working with the staff of a local horse therapy (hippotherapy) program that uses horses to help disabled children. It was refreshing to see that they recognized the toll this type of work takes on the horses not only physically but mentally, and that they knew […]
The list of usual suspects for heavy metals are aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead. These can be found in the environment, hay, supplements, water and soil. As the toxicity of the sources grow, so does the potential of accumulation in the body. The symptoms can range from lack of focus in training, liver pain […]
Django is a thoroughbred gelding that was purchased about a year ago as a rehabilitation project, he has been very untrusting and nervous about being touched or worked with. It was obvious by the severe “S” curve in his body that he was in some sort of accident.
I have owned CJ for the better part of 16 years and his right hind has always been his “problem” leg. A few years ago, he got a cut on his right hind that I kept clean and wrapped but also treated with light therapy and microcurrent. Once the wound fully healed, his leg swelled […]
One woman’s struggles to become legitimate: Langley Equine Studies Massage College in WA Langley Equine Studies is a state approved equine massage college that offers a full 300 hour on-campus, supervised one on one class in Eastern Washington. There is also an on-line and long distance study for out of State residents at LangleyEquineStudies.com. […]
This spring has been the perfect recipe for hoof abscesses due to the excessive rain and mud. I knew as soon as CJ walked in from the pasture, dead lame on his right front when he had been fine earlier, the likely culprit was an abscess. Our farrier was scheduled to come to the barn […]
My daughter heard our vet comment to his new assistant on dental day, “Yeah, we only come to this barn once a year.” He’s pretty correct. I pulled our ONE vet file, started in 1992, that includes all bills for all horses and took a peak. The bills are for sheath cleanings, vaccines, diagnosis of sustained […]
Thermotex infrared/heat therapy sessions.