Heart Equine Video
Our Professional Philosophy
Welcome to Heart Equine. Our goal is to educate and inform people about a different way to address chronic performance problems in horses. There are too many situations where these problems limit the experience between horse and rider and allow neither to reach their potential. By changing the protocol of care for our equine athletes we can often experience miraculous changes in a horse's soundness and behavior.
The practice now consists of managing and rehabilitating equine athletes by using Western Sports Medicine combined with Animal Chiropractic techniques and Acupuncture. This integrated approach consists of dealing with both the actual injury and the entire horse. The latter being the key to fixing the underlying causes that are creating pathology and often preventing healing. Symptomatic treatment of injuries is too often treating compensation and does not provide the body with tools to heal itself. Horses were meant to be able to heal while in motion and stay off an injury without compensating the rest of the body.
By using techniques that restore optimal functioning of the body's own nervous and musculoskeletal systems the horse is better able to manage his injury and allow for complete restorative healing to begin... Read More
Rachel's News & Views
PROFESSIONAL INSIGHT FROM AN ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT
Animal Chiropractic and Chinese Veterinary Medicine for Horses: Getting to the "Heart" of the Matter
Finding the true matter of a problem to treat the equine athlete and their many ailments is the life’s work of Dr. Rachel Heart, whose specialty reaches far beyond the normal services of a large animal veterinarian... Full Story
Bridging the Gap Between Eastern and Western Medicine
At Heart Equine our goal is true healing for our patients. Our treatment protocol masterfully combines the practices and principles of both Eastern and Western Medicine. The synergistic effect of the two approaches is overwhelmingly successful in the treatment of horses. An understanding of the strengths of each form of medicine will show that it is the balance of both that will restore health over time... Full StoryProtecting Your Equine Investment - How to Recognize Compensation Before it Becomes Lameness
It happens all the time, your perfectly normal horse suddenly becomes an unsound horse or a resistant horse and nobody seems to know what happened. Sometimes your veterinarian can't even find the problem. Sometimes even the most advanced diagnostic techniques are not providing an answer as to why your horse is unsound or resistant. A lot of times the horse may show a good clinical response to certain therapies or rest but return to normal work and problems return as well... Full StoryView Full Archive
Horse of the month
It's easy to appreciate clients like Judy Lefferdink and her horse Gucci. At Heart Equine we are fortunate to work with many people that are very invested in their horse's care.
Judy says it best: "I believe that when you purchase a horse, you need to accept full responsibility for educating yourself as to his care, maintenance, conditioning, and general well being. I am fortunate to have a wonderful support team that helps educate me on my horse's needs."
