Whole-Horse Equine Protocols: Taping, Rehab & Nutrition – EquiTecs

A tendon diagnosis stops everything. Stall rest, hand walking, ultrasounds, and a long uncertain road ahead. The questions that follow are always t...

Back pain questions come in constantly — kissing spine, sacroiliac dysfunction, muscle strain, the horse that’s girthy, sore to groom, won’t round ...

Head tossing. Bit resistance. Won’t flex at the poll. Ear sensitivity. Jaw tension. Teeth grinding. Headshaker’s Syndrome. Poll and TMJ questions c...

Navicular. Laminitis. Chronic abscesses. White line disease. Hoof cracks. A horse that’s never quite right despite good farriery. Hoof questions ar...

A suspensory diagnosis is one of the most feared in equine sport — and one of the most common questions I get. What do I do now? What tape, which a...

Locking stifle. Catching stifle. Stifle injections every few months. A horse that drags a hind toe, won’t go downhill, or loses hind end push. Stif...

Hock questions are some of the most common I get — arthritis, bone spavin, capped hock, thoroughpin, OCD, the horse that’s always a little stiff un...

Heaves. RAO. IAD. Chronic cough. A horse that’s been on Ventipulmin for years with no real improvement in quality of life. Respiratory questions co...

A horse that colics repeatedly with no clear cause. One that’s been scoped and confirmed for ulcers but isn’t responding to omeprazole the way you ...

A foal born with contracted tendons. A young horse toe-walking or knuckling over. An older horse whose tendons have tightened from injury or compen...

A hind leg that slaps the ground. A horse with a characteristic goose-stepping gait that gets worse with speed or downhill work. Fibrotic myopathy ...

A muscle injury that happened fast but heals slowly. Heat, swelling, and pain in the acute phase. Then the long middle stretch of remodeling where ...

Arthritis. DJD. DSLD. A horse that’s been on joint injections for years with diminishing returns. One that’s stiff every morning, struggles on hard...

Intermittent lameness that comes and goes. Lameness that blocks but doesn’t fix. A navicular diagnosis handed out without a prior X-ray to show rot...

Every time someone messaged me about a horse that was cross cantering, picking up the wrong lead, bucking, crow hopping, or just feeling weak and u...

Lameness (General/Undiagnosed) Protocol (For horses with unexplained, intermittent, or shifting lameness where a clear diagnosis is not yet establi...

A swollen eye after a kick or impact. Uveitis flare-up. Allergic eye reaction with swelling and discharge. Eye injuries in horses are urgent — the ...

EPM. Wobbler syndrome. Nerve damage from a toxic plant. EHM recovery. A horse that’s ataxic, stumbling, dragging toes, or losing coordination. Neur...

A hot, puffy joint. Synovitis after a hard day of work. Joint effusion that keeps coming back. A horse that’s sound but the joint is always a littl...

The lower leg takes more load than any other part of the horse’s body — and in performance horses, that load accumulates fast. Suspensory strain, t...

A foal or young horse with toes that turn in. A conformation fault that farriers trim around but can’t fully correct. A horse that’s been told it w...

A wound on a horse’s leg is one of the most stressful things an owner can deal with — especially when the bandage won’t stay on, the wound keeps ge...

The best injury is the one that never happens. Injury prevention questions come in from owners of performance horses, horses returning to work afte...

A bone bruise from a kick or impact. A stress fracture confirmed on imaging. A hairline fracture with a long, careful rehab ahead. Bone injuries re...

Laminitis is one of the most feared diagnoses in horse ownership — and one of the most complex to manage. Acute founder. Chronic laminitis. A horse...