Complementary Therapies to Help Maintain Performance Horses
Katie Navarra
April 29, 2026
Read about how veterinarians incorporate therapies such as acupuncture and PEMF to help your horse feel his best.
Read about how veterinarians incorporate therapies such as acupuncture and PEMF to help your horse feel his best.
Veterinarians use complementary therapies alongside conventional care to ease pain, aid recovery, and support performance. Read more in The Horse‘s Winter 2025 issue.
See what science has revealed about chiropractic care for horses in this article from the Fall 2025 issue of The Horse.
How to prepare for your horse’s chiropractic adjustment and what to do after it’s complete.
Learn about 5 reasons to use complementary therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic for your horse and the research behind them.
Two veterinarians share how they diagnose, treat, and rehab back-sore horses.
An equine veterinarian describes approaches for treating kissing spines, arthritis, and other spinal issues.
Researcher: Chiropractic care might help address the compensatory pain and dysfunction that result from a primary lameness.
This therapy is proving to be an essential part of the horse’s routine health and well-being.
The 2 goals of an equine back treatment plan are breaking the pain cycle and increasing strength, function, and stability.
Find out how to keep your middle-aged horse’s teeth, feet, joints, and more healthy.
Veterinarians are using chiropractic techniques more frequently to evaluate and treat back disorders in horses. Here, a CSU professor and researcher outlines basic principles.
In the first of this two-part series, we’ll explore full-body rehabilitation options, from the horse’s head to tail.
Horse health care often requires teamwork. Use these tips to find the right equine health professionals for your team.
Learn how the all-important equine back functions and how to prevent problems from developing.
Of the 665 respondents, 220 (33%) said their horses receive chiropractic care on a routine basis.
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