Can You Recognize a Horse in Pain?
Integrative veterinarian Dr. Joanna Robson releases her new book and DVD: "Recognizing the Horse in Pain...And What You Can Do About It!"
NAPA, CA, August 20, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Integrative veterinarian Dr. Joanna Robson, owner of Inspiritus Equine, Inc. (www.InspiritusEquine.com) and founder of Integrated Soundness Solutions is pleased to announce the release of her long anticipated book and DVD: "Recognizing the Horse in Pain...And What You Can Do About It!" The book and DVD were published to highlight the many horses suffering due to misunderstanding, harsh training methods, and ill-fitting equipment.
The number of young performance horses sustaining significant injuries, or being retired from competition, is on the rise. As horses are pushed at earlier ages to jump higher, spin faster, or collect tighter, their bodies are sustaining significant or career-ending injuries, or are requiring frequent joint injections and medications to continue their training. Many of these horses are demonstrating signs of pain that are ignored because they don't fall into the category of a traditional, head-nodding lameness. Others simply endure imbalanced riders, pinching saddles, damaging training, and harsh bits, until they suffer torn tendons and ligaments, spinal changes, and behavioral transformations. Dr. Robson states, "Too many horses are blamed for being bad, or intentionally trying to anger their owners. We must learn to take a step back and listen to what the horse is trying to tell us. Most behavioral and training issues are merely the horse's expression of pain." Many of these horses require lengthy and expensive rehabilitations, while some are merely sold, retired, slaughtered, or humanely destroyed.
What are a few of these signs of pain and non-traditional lameness? Examples include: trouble with canter leads, leaning on the bit, bucking under saddle, head-tossing, difficulty with bending or lateral work, balking at hills, biting when saddled or girthed, uneven muscle development or atrophy, choppy strides, a hollow or stiff back, and much more. Sadly, the rider's answer to these problems is frequently harsher bits, martingales or draw-reins, expensive saddle-pads, unnecessary joint injections, a new trainer, or selling their horse.
Dr. Robson encounters clients on a daily basis who either fail to recognize these signs of equine pain, or who understand that their horse hurts but cannot localize the problem. She has written a 140-page, full-color book, and completed a 75-minute DVD. "Recognizing the Horse in Pain...And What You Can Do About It!" Both the book and DVD are designed to educate horsemen and women about basic anatomy, saddle-fitting, behavioral and training issues resulting from equine pain, hoof balance, stretching exercises, training equipment, understanding alternative medicine modalities and treatment options, and much more.
Dr. Robson is the owner of Inspiritus Equine, Inc., and the founder of Integrated Soundness Solutions . She specializes in veterinary acupuncture, veterinary spinal manipulative therapy, saddle-fitting, and thermography. She is a sought-after lecturer both nationally and internationally, and works closely with world-class leaders in saddlery, farriery, training, and veterinary medicine. For more information, or to contact Dr. Robson, please visit www.inspiritusequine.com, www.recognizingthehorseinpain.com, or phone directly at 707-738-7110.
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