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    New Methods to Treat Sporthorse Injuries

    Oct 01, 2019 4 minutes

    Thanks to ground-breaking technologies and shifting equine rehabilitation protocols, there are now innumerable ways to treat sporthorse injuries and disorders. Even injuries that were previously thought to be career-ending or at least prevented the horse from competing for a substantial amount of time now have concrete treatment options. Some of those new technologies are reviewed here.

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    According to experts during the Carolina Equine Sports Medicine Symposium held in North Carolina, last summer, which Soft-Ride sponsored, a major factor of incidence in lameness comes from unhealthy hooves. Maintaining healthy, mechanically correct feet is incredibly important to ensure your horse’s health and soundness. Without addressing the horse’s feet first, the influence of

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