Equine Sports Medicine in Scottsdale, AZ

Before you invest in a horse, it’s critical to arrange for a pre-purchase evaluation. These detailed exams provide potential buyers with valuable information about the horse’s health status and its suitability for competitive activities.

Our experts perform an in-depth physical check-up focusing on the condition of joints, possible ligament injuries, and general health. Advanced diagnostic tools,such as bone scans, are used to pinpoint any issues at an early stage.

Each examination is comprehensive, aimed at uncovering any hidden problems that may be causing the lameness. Once the specific cause has been identified, our sports medicine experts craft a personalized treatment plan for each horse.

This might involve therapies using growth factors, changes to nutrition and overall wellness programs for optimal health, or targeted exercises for better performance and conditioning.

Tailored performance enhancement and conditioning services are offered to keep equine athletes at their peak. Our sports medicine specialists focus on improving every horse’s strength, stamina, and overall performance through comprehensive exams and diagnostic imaging solutions.

It’s recognized that each horse is unique, requiring a personalized approach to boost their capabilities in the competition arena.

Complete examinations are conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of each horse, allowing for personalized plans that support both their performance in competitions and their recovery afterward.

Expert advice is offered on supplements, feeding schedules, and necessary lifestyle adjustments that are crucial for equine athletes. These efforts are not only about keeping horses competition-ready but also ensuring they enjoy long-term health benefits.

Addressing sports-related injuries in horses requires specialized knowledge and the newest technology. Our clinic provides all-encompassing treatment plans tailored to aid recovery while keeping the horse as comfortable as possible.

From personalized rehabilitation programs to innovative treatments, we are dedicated to ensuring equine athletes return to their top performance levels both safely and swiftly.

Sports Medicine / Lameness services at Southwest Equine focus on maintaining peak performance for your athlete. In-depth evaluations are performed to identify the source of acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems. Lameness exams may be conducted utilizing advanced diagnostic tools such as gait analysis software, peri-neural and intra-articular anesthesia, radiography, and digital ultrasound.

Our veterinarians believe in spending the time necessary to identify the source of lameness to provide specifically targeted therapeutic plans. Diagnosis may involve gait analysis, anesthesia, radiography, digital ultrasound, and, if needed, referral for nuclear scintigraphy (bone scan) or an MRI.

Our veterinarians at Southwest Equine are particularly interested in identifying the causes of poor performance. These evaluations are conducted for horses that have undergone extensive lameness evaluations and treatments but are still not working to their full potential. Our internal medicine specialists excel at pinpointing less common causes of poor performance, including dentition problems, spine issues, muscle disorders, neurologic disorders, and gastric ulcers.

A Pre-Purchase Examination is highly recommended before investing in a new horse. The examination involves a thorough physical examination from head to tail, observation for soundness and neurologic deficits, and suitability assessment for the intended use. Digital radiographs are encouraged to establish a baseline of skeletal changes. Additional exams such as reproductive exams, ultrasound exams, bloodwork, and upper airway endoscopy are available for more comprehensive evaluations.

Southwest Equine Veterinary offers a range of regenerative medicine therapies for musculoskeletal problems. This includes Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP), Autologous Protein Solution (ProStride), Alpha 2 Macroglobulin, Stem Cells, RenoVo, Arthramid, Noltrex, and Spryng. These therapies provide comfortable and healthy joints, treating injuries, inflammation, and providing long-lasting beneficial effects on joint health and comfort.

Shockwave therapy is highly successful in promoting the healing of soft tissue structures (tendons and ligaments) and remodeling bones (splints). It is a non-invasive treatment commonly used for both chronic and acute sport horse injuries, providing a temporary analgesic effect (pain relief) while stimulating new cell growth and improving circulation.

Laser therapy, also known as photobiomodulation, is a therapeutic option for treating various injuries in horses. It is particularly effective for inflammation in areas such as Superficial Digital Flexor Tendons, Deep Digital Flexor Tendons, Suspensory Ligaments, Sesamoiditis, bone bruising, and wounds. As technology evolves, laser treatment continues to offer new potential uses.

Mesotherapy is used to treat chronic back or neck pain by injecting pain-relieving substances into the mesoderm of the skin. It deactivates the pain cycle between pain, muscles, and the spinal cord in the affected region. Mesotherapy is often combined with joint injections, back injections, and shockwave therapy to provide pain control for chronically sore horses.