Lameness

Lameness and loss of performance ability are some of the most frustrating and common problems horse owners encounter. Whether your horse performs at an elite level or lives a quiet life, lameness limits activity and effects quality of life. Key elements for avoiding discomfort and decreased performance due to lameness are:

Accurate Diagnosis Treatment Prevention

We understand that your goals and expectations are important considerations when dealing with any horse health issue. We work closely you when developing a treatment approach.

As veterinarians, our goal is to return the horse to soundness. Having an accurate diagnosis is important to developing an appropriate plan to help your horse recover. To accomplish this, we offer lameness evaluations and advanced-diagnostics including digital radiography, digital ultrasound, and gene analysis for muscle disorders.

For your horse's recovery, we work with you to establish a detailed rehabilitation plan. When appropriate, we utilize advanced therapeutic care such as IRAP (Interleukin Receptor Antagonist Protein), PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma), and stem cell therapy, or our state-of-the-art cold therapy Game Ready Equine system. All these care methods can be done on the farm.

Evergreen Equine Veterinary Practice has excellent relationships with regional equine health care practices and hospitals that offer procedures that cannot be done on farm. These include MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), nuclear scintigraphy (bone scan), orthopedic surgery, and intense rehabilitation such as swimming and hyperbaric medicine.

We also support local veterinarians who provide complementary services such as equine chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage therapy. We work closely with horse owners and the referral center to coordinate these procedures to ensure the highest quality rehabilitation care once the horse is back home.

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“Our 3 year old colt severely cut his hind leg. Of course it was late on a Friday evening. Mike made a special trip to the barn putting his plans on hold to come look at him.

The leg was too swollen to stitch at the time so he pressure wrapped it and gave us some antibiotics. A few days later he came back to stitch it.

Every other day after that Mike would call or e-mail or stop by just to check on the horse. He genuinely cared how the horse was doing and wanted him to recover fully.

Still to this day, 7 months later, Mike will just check in and ask for a picture to make sure the leg is healing OK. We really love how he cares for the animals. He is very compassionate for his patients and their owners!”
~Krista & Greg Baker, Owners & Trainers

 

"We can count on Evergreen Equine to diagnose and treat lameness and health concerns to get our horses back on track and competing at their highest level."
~Kip and Christine Larsen, Owners of Larsen Performance Horses in Arlington, WA

 

Primary Regional Referral Practices

Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital
Washington State University
Dr. Mark Revenaugh - Equine Performance
Institute