WASHINGTON (September 12, 2019) – The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund have called for immediate passage of the Horseracing Integrity Act, and for an investigation by an independent authority regarding claims alleging that 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify failed a drug test after winning a 2018 Santa Anita […]
MicroPlus w/ Back Pad (MP-BP) BVIII w/ Back Pad (BVIII-BP) Bemer Blanket Price $748 $2,084 $5,000 Frequency Selections 5 40* 2 Ability to add leg wraps for whole body integration Yes Yes No Ability to switch to hands-on tools Yes Yes No Biofeedback with Tissue Assessment […]
2nd Edition MicroCurrent for Horses (and other vital therapies you should know) By Deborah A. Powell MicroCurrent for Horses (and Other Vital Therapies You Should Know) by Deborah Powell focuses on low level electrical stimulation and other complementary therapies for improving injury recovery, reducing the injury recovery costs, injury prevention, and optimizing performance. It is a […]
For more information, contact: Pamela Miller, Volunteer Reports Manager Email: [email protected] PH: 864-449-1965 Vet Student at Tuskegee University in Alabama Leaves Horse Victims in Her Wake Across Multiple States A 3rd year veterinary student at Tuskegee University in the State of Alabama, Fallon Blackwood, 23; has left many horse victims in her wake across multiple […]
By: Nikki Alvin-Smith There are many drugs that come to market every year and as a horse owner their arrival can provide a barrage of overwhelming complex medical data that encourages us to simply defer our decision on their use to our trusted vet. One of the most common bony changes that occur in our horses […]
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.