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08/06/2025

🐴 Can MagnaWave PEMF Really Help Horses with Osteoarthritis?
A recent study says yes, and the results speak for themselves!

👇 Check out the graphic below to see how MagnaWave PEMF made a difference in just one session.

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08/06/2025

🐎 I’ve said it many times — HORSES DO GET HEADACHES!!

And I’ll keep saying it, because too many still ignore the signs.

It is NOT normal if your horse hates to have ONE or BOTH ears touched 🚩
Let’s talk about WHY ⬇️

The general term head shyness refers to a horse that moves its head away when touched in certain areas — especially the ears, poll, face, or upper neck.

Yes, rough handling can create this behaviour. But I’m talking about the horses that give a clear pain response — and we MUST pay attention to the 🚩 red flags 🚩

Let’s break it down with some anatomy — including cranial nerves — and real-life examples:

🔺 If you have to take your bridle apart to get it on — this is NOT normal.
🚩 It’s a pain response! Likely involving the poll, the occipital bone, or surrounding soft tissues like the nuchal ligament and suboccipital muscles.

🔺 Soreness around C1 and the upper neck? 🚩
The atlas (C1) supports the skull and sits in close proximity to the brainstem — where cranial nerves originate. If there’s tension, compression, or trauma in this area, horses can experience headaches, vision changes, coordination issues, and hypersensitivity.

🔺 Ear shyness – Behind the ears lies a complex neural and muscular region. Structures here include:

CN VII (Facial Nerve) – controls facial expression; dysfunction can lead to twitching or hypersensitivity.

CN V (Trigeminal Nerve) – especially its mandibular and ophthalmic branches, which are often involved in facial pain and head-shyness.

CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear Nerve) – important for balance; tension near the inner ear can affect proprioception and make head movement uncomfortable.

🔺 Horse is poor to catch?
Many are not trying to be 'difficult’ — they’re avoiding the discomfort of the halter going on, which may stimulate the trigeminal nerve or cause tension in the TMJ area. 🚩

🔺 Can be brushed on one side but not the other? 🚩
Could be unilateral cranial nerve irritation, often stemming from fascial pulls, past trauma, or misalignment.

🔺 Foaming at the mouth under bit pressure? 🚩
This isn’t always “submission.” Bit pressure can impact:

the mandibular branch of CN V (trigeminal nerve)

the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) — which controls tongue movement

the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) — associated with the throat and swallowing
All of these nerves can be compromised by poor dental balance, bitting, or cranial dysfunction.

Summary

Refusal to touch the ears, poll, or head is NOT just “bad behaviour.”
It’s communication.

Horses with myofascial pain, C1 restrictions, cranial nerve irritation, or TMJ dysfunction will naturally protect themselves — pulling away, raising the head, tensing the jaw, or shutting down altogether.

💡 Signs of stress you may see when touching the head area:

Elevated heart rate or subtle sweating

Holding the head unnaturally high

Tight nostrils or pinched expression

Squinting or avoiding eye contact

Rushing to the back of the stable when a rug is taken from the door almost in a panic

Don’t ignore these changes. Don’t write them off as “just being difficult.”
Think about pull-back injuries, rope accidents, or even long-standing bridle or bit pressure. These can have lasting effects on the cranial nerves, cervical vertebrae, fascia, and overall comfort.

Not to forget the cranial sacral connections, got a a horse with SI joint issues ? Could be related all the way to the skull!

🧠 Pain is real.
🐴 Headaches are real.
🎯 And your horse is telling you — are you listening?

Reposting because it’s THAT important.
Let’s do better for them.

07/30/2025

07/17/2025

"I think it's in the shoulder doc!"

Picture this: You notice your horse has a lameness in the front end.
Two scenarios - it has come on over time or it has shown up overnight. In either case, it is often in the foot!

The most common cause of lameness in horses is in the foot, despite the way your horse may present the pain to you. For example, foot abscesses are capable of causing acute pain and three-legged lameness in a very short period of time. Other common instances of lameness in the front end that may be less acute are a result of changes to the navicular bone or surrounding soft tissue, changes to the coffin bone or joint, thin soles, etc.

As the old adage goes, "no foot, no horse!" and now you know why!

Additional resource: https://open.lib.umn.edu/largeanimalsurgery/chapter/lameness-diagnosis/

Thank you to the Horse Owner Education Committee for providing this information.

07/15/2025

Here's some fun facts about the equine heart from Dr. Barrow and Dr. Connelly of Barrow Veterinary Service:

"Let’s talk HEART — the powerhouse of your horse! 🐎

💡 Did you know?
A horse’s heart typically weighs 9–10 pounds, but in elite athletes like racehorses, it can weigh up to 13–14 pounds!

At rest, a horse’s heart beats 28–44 times per minute, but during exercise, it can soar to 240 beats per minute.

The heart pumps roughly 10 gallons of blood per minute at rest—and up to 75 gallons per minute during strenuous activity!

Horses have a very efficient cardiovascular system, which helps explain their incredible stamina and athleticism.

The legendary racehorse Secretariat’s heart was estimated at 22 pounds—more than twice the normal size! 🏆

Regular physical exams and fitness assessments help us monitor your horse’s heart health—especially in performance horses."

05/29/2025

Vitamin E isn’t just another line item on your supplement bill. It’s a cornerstone of your horse’s muscle and nerve health. Thanks to ongoing research in nutrigenomics, we now understand that one-size-fits-all nutrition doesn’t always work.

05/14/2025

Protect your horse on and off the farm with the down and dirty of biosecurity!

Next Tuesday, join AAEP member veterinarians Drs. Elizabeth Gorrell and Nikki Scherrer for a webinar discussion that will help you reduce your horse's risk of exposure to infectious diseases when traveling off the farm - and how to prevent bringing those risks back home.

Registration is FREE but required. A recording of the webinar will be available if you miss the live event.

Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/Amr5b5WbvVA3csrVdx-tEuBwA0ZyKuQMZVQ5rWTff7jEHRW3Dwq9~AtDnhD9gYDSqbj3DVwxvS_WSZ1hC9ZCDBxkNtFYtp-BO7sH9__0xyZ5H9A

This informative session is brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

05/09/2025

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05/05/2025

Fascia & Emotions: The Mind-Body Web You Can’t Ignore
Fascia is often misunderstood as just the “packing material” of the body—a passive tissue that holds everything in place. But in reality, fascia is a dynamic, intelligent, and emotionally expressive system—a true mind-body connector.

It doesn’t just wrap the body—it communicates within it, responding to movement, posture, injury, stress, and emotional trauma.

🧠 What Is Fascia?
Fascia is a continuous web of connective tissue that surrounds every muscle, organ, bone, and nerve. It keeps the body structurally sound, yet fluid. But fascia is far more than just physical support:

🔹 It contains a rich network of sensory nerves—even more than muscle tissue.
🔹 It is fascia, not muscle, that first reacts to stress and trauma.
🔹 It’s innervated by the autonomic nervous system, linking it directly to fight, flight, freeze, and rest responses.
🔹 It stores biochemical and emotional memories, often long after the mind has "moved on."

💥 How Does Fascia Store Emotions?
When an animal (or human) experiences emotional trauma or prolonged stress, the body often responds by tightening, bracing, or withdrawing. This tension—if not resolved—becomes embedded in the fascial matrix.

Why? Because fascia is viscoelastic. It adapts to the body’s habitual patterns and holds them. So when a horse flinches every time a rider approaches from the left, or a dog reacts strongly to being touched on one hip, it might not just be about pain—it could be about unprocessed emotional stress stored in the fascia.

🧬 These unresolved tensions lead to:
Restrictions in movement
Chronic pain or discomfort
Compensatory gait patterns
Behavioral changes or reactivity
“Shutdown” or “spaced out” states

🌬️ Releasing Fascia = Releasing Emotions
Fascial release—whether through myofascial techniques, acupressure, light massage, cupping, or kinesiology tape—can result in visible emotional responses:
Deep sighs or yawns
Muscle twitching or shaking
Licking/chewing, blinking, or tail swishing
Emotional releases such as sudden alertness, restlessness, or softness
A complete shift in demeanor and connection

This is not coincidence—this is the body letting go of stored trauma.

🐴 🐶 Why It Matters in Animal Wellness
Animals can’t verbalize stress the way humans can. So their bodies become the canvas for their life experiences. When we begin to address the emotional component of fascia, we aren’t just improving flexibility or posture—we’re supporting deep nervous system regulation and healing.

Animals that once carried tension or fear often become:
More relaxed
More emotionally present
Easier to handle and train
Less reactive and more trusting

This is why holistic practitioners are increasingly turning to fascial work to address both body and behavior.

https://holistic-animal-studies-by-angels-animals-llc.thinkific.com/courses/advanced-myofascial-certification

04/25/2025

Unlike humans, horses don’t have collarbones. Their shoulders are held to the rest of their skeleton via a sling of muscles and ligaments instead, often referred to as the “thoracic sling.”

Why is this important? We often ask our equine athletes to perform complex movements that require tremendous strength and coordination, and horses carry the majority of their weight in their front end. Therefore, it is imperative that the bulk of the muscles that support the front end are kept healthy and conditioned, and the horse is trained to use their “motor” — that is, engaging the large hind end muscles as much as possible to avoid excessive weight bearing on the front end.

If the front end of the horse is consistently overweighted or not at an appropriate level of fitness, repetitive biomechanical stresses get transferred down the leg to the smaller ligaments and tendons that were not designed to bear this weight, which can then lead to injury.

Brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

04/04/2025

03/29/2025

An equine vet discusses pain based behaviors and his holistic approach to rehabilitation ….

Podcast Episode · StallSide Podcast · 03/12/2025 · 33m