Life Horse: Where Hope and Joy Abound

…and spiritual healing using the horse. This program is dedicated to serving children with illnesses versus disabilities as one would find at a traditional therapeutic riding center. Children faced with…

Letters: 11/01

…is not likely to be this cooperative. Therapeutic massage in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing and can put the horse at ease is likely to…

Pinpointing High-Tech Therapy Choices

…System 800/388-2712; Light Force Therapy 888/259-9996; Mettler Electronics 800/854-9305; Chi Animal Therapeutics 877/244-6942. Also With This Article Click here to view ”Choose The Appropriate Therapy By Problem.” Click here to…

Ask Horse Journal: 09/01

…has any significant effect on glucose or insulin levels at usual therapeutic doses. However, since the potential is there, we recommend that anyone who uses glucosamine in a horse with…

Back To Nature

…benefits to offer our horses, probably even deserving equal consideration with existing therapeutic approaches to some problems, but they are not a cure-all. A horse with a damaged section of…

Headshaking Mystery

…reportedly not shaking unless tired, irritated or frustrated. Periods of bad weather and unrelated setbacks interrupted any serious riding for a couple of weeks, but two patterns began to emerge:…

Ask Horse Journal: 09/00

…a therapeutic drug forbidden in competing horses. It is a diuretic that also relaxes smooth muscle (including muscles in the bronchi), stimulates the heart and is a vasodilator. Although theobromine…

Bulletin Board: 06/00

…implied a therapeutic effect, and supplements are not permitted to treat or alleviate a disease. Other changes on the label now list vitamin B12 as the “active ingredient,” and devil’s…