Diagnosis and Assessment

Welcome to your clinical toolkit. This page is designed to sharpen your evaluation skills and enhance your diagnostic accuracy. We welcome you to explore our evidence-based approaches to assessing everything from the sacroiliac joint to cranial nerve function. Our goal is to empower you with the assessment techniques and critical thinking skills necessary to determine what is truly clinically relevant for the horse in front of you.

Equine Spinal Pathology
Introduction to Veterinary Chiropractic Spinal Evaluation Techniques
Equine Cranial Health: From Assessment to Therapy
The Language of Pain: Behavioral & Neurological Mapping
Equine Axial Skeleton Disorders
— Review of Current Scientific Literature
Stifle Pain and Dysfunction
– Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
The Distal Limb
– Hoof, Bone, and Soft Tissue Interactions
Equine Osteoarthritis
– Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Diagnosis and Management
Cranial Nerve Function and Disorders

– Assessment and Management
Equine Muscle Disorders
Diagnosis and Management
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Understanding Neurologic Disorders in Horses
Diagnosis and Management
Outcome Measures for Manual Therapy
ECVM and Other Congenital Spinal Anomalies 
Assessing Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Dysfunction
Spinous Process Impingement in Horses
How Can We Know if Clinically Relevant?
Assessing Pain and Behavioral Cues
Intervertebral Disk Degeneration & Cervical Rehabilitation Approaches
Sternum and Rib Issues
Determining Clinical Relevance
Hyoid Apparatus
Connections Throughout the Body
Laterality or Is It Just Asymmetry?

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