Lameness Diagnosis and Treatment

Board-certified experts at the Equine Medical Center have extensive experience in evaluating and treating equine lameness. A full lameness workup for your horse consists of an exam, including limb palpation, flexion tests, and trotting or lunging, followed by specialty diagnostic tests.

Lameness evaluation

Our comprehensive suite of diagnostic imaging modalities includes digital ultrasound, digital radiography, nuclear scintigraphy, and computed tomography (CT scan).
Our in-house low-field MRI can evaluate lower limbs while a horse is sedated and standing.
Our in-house Pegaso CT scanner can evaluate lower limbs for bone and soft tissue damage while a horse is under sedation.
Joint blocks and nerve blocks are used to localize an area causing pain and lameness.
Lameness locator, a wireless motion analysis system, aids in evaluation.

Lameness treatment

A full spectrum of specialty services for treating even the most complex lameness is available.

Regenerative medicine, including stem cell treatments and platelet rich plasma developed in our state-of-the-art, fully-equipped molecular research laboratory
Arthroscopy and tenoscopy
On-site farrier team
Ultrasound- and MRI-guided therapy
Surgical fracture repair