CM Equine Solutions

04/14/2025

Me going to the barrel race 😂

04/02/2025

Share your mare stares 😂😂

Gracie thought I was the devil for making her work 😂

03/31/2025

LAST CHANCE TO GET IN ON THE SPRING GIVEAWAY!!!

🌼 SPRING INTO 2025 🌼

What’s being given away?👇🏼
🌺 $150 CM Equine Gift Card
🌼 $50 CM Equine Gift Card
🌺 Multiple 25% off Cryotherapy Coupons
🌼 Multiple Other Coupons

How to get in the Giveaway? 👇🏼
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Cut off?👇🏼
You have till 5 pm on Monday, March 31st!

03/26/2025

🌼 SPRING INTO 2025 🌼

What’s being given away?👇🏼
🌺 $150 CM Equine Gift Card
🌼 $50 CM Equine Gift Card
🌺 Multiple 25% off Cryotherapy Coupons
🌼 Multiple Other Coupons

How to get in the Giveaway? 👇🏼
🌺 Tag 2 friends in this post
🌼 Share this post
🌺 Like & Follow CM Equine

Cut off?👇🏼
You have till 5 pm on Monday, March 31st!

03/25/2025

Hold the phone!

Starting tomorrow you have the chance to win a $150 gift card from me, a $50 gift card from me, 25% off cryotherapy coupons, and much more!!!!

Who’s excited to see what I have up my sleeve for 2025!?

03/24/2025

Who has a horse like that’s human food!? What is it they like to eat???

03/23/2025

Referring my business to a friend is one of the highest compliments you can give.

Signed: small businesses everywhere

03/21/2025

🫵🏼Myofascial Release🫵🏼

Today's topic is one of my favorites that I always like to talk to my clients about. I am certified in Myofascial Release and 90% of horses I work on are restricted in one or more areas of their body--especially performance horses. Take a look below at some of the info this awesome website has!

👉🏼Understanding Myofascial Release👈🏼

The equine body is composed of many systems, each with its own function. Recently, one of these systems has been receiving great deal of attention, and rightfully so. It’s the fascial system – a web-like, continuous structure composed of collagen, elastin and a ground substance – that surrounds, connects and protects everything within the body. Myofascial release (MFR) is a manual therapy technique that directly targets this system and the problems associated with fascial restriction. (See picture)

👉🏼What Can Go Wrong with Facia?👈🏼

Fascial tissue can become restricted as result of trauma or inflammation. As it restricts, the fascia begins to change. The elastin component is overstretched and loses its resilience. Collagen can become too dense and fibrous, while the ground substance within the fascial system begins to dehydrate and harden, which places enormous pressure on the surrounding structures. Since fascia is a single system, the pulling caused by restriction begins to affect remote areas of the body, which can lead to numbness or pain from nerves being stretched or compressed; ischemia from decreased blood flow; decreased strength and endurance of the muscle; and an altered structural alignment.

👉🏼What Causes Fascial Restriction? 👈🏼

Fascial restriction can result from many equine issues. The most common include:

Trauma (physical or emotional)
Inflammation
Overuse
Repetitive training
Poor saddle fit
Mirrored dysfunction of the horse and rider
Surgery
Direct injury
Stress and strain of athletic activities
Poor nutrition
Bad footing

👉🏼More info: https://equinewellnessmagazine.com/understanding-myofascial-release-for-horses/👈🏼

03/20/2025

🤜🏼 Laminitis in horses and ponies 🤛🏼

I absolutely love research. I have been working on a few horses lately that have laminitis. When I was in school, I learned a few different things help horses who have this: controlled diets, great farrier care, and another thing that can help: cryotherapy.

With scientific study, it has shown that cryotherapy is potentially an effective prophylactic strategy in horses at risk of developing acute laminitis.

Conclusions of study: Cryotherapy, when applied to one foot, markedly reduced the severity of acute laminitis in this study. We propose that vasoconstriction (preventing delivery of haematogenous trigger factors) and hypometabolism (reduction in lamellar MMP activity) were the primary therapeutic mechanisms.

Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15147134/

Cryotherapy also helps reduce pain and inflammation!

03/19/2025

Shedding season is always fun 😂😂

03/18/2025

There are so many benefits for cryotherapy! Adding to your body work session with increase benefits and over all health for your horse!

✅ Analgesia

Session brings an immediate reduction in pain caused by joint, ligament and tendon issues, allowing horses to recover from acute and chronic lameness faster. This is perfect to use on locations horses require injections.

✅ Anti-Inflammatory

Swelling decreases rapidly, while associated increases in blood flow enables faster healing of damaged soft tissue, especially with laminitic horses.

✅ Muscular

Rapid resolution of post-exercise tension and pain from microtears reduces the risk of further tissue damage.

✅ Cardiovascular

Blood vessels dilate leading to improve circulation, minimizing the possibility of further damage caused by poor blood flow to injury sites.

03/17/2025

What are you favorite things to do in spring time to get your horses back in shape for the season?

Some of mine:
-Long trotting
-Walk/Trot over poles
-Long walks through the cornfield
-When ready: Breezing in the field

Clearly Hank the donkey needs all the ideas to get back in shape. He’s been pregnant for 8 years.

03/10/2025

Bahahhaha happy Monday!

03/04/2025

Fort Dodge and people along the way:

I’m heading your way tomorrow!! Let know if you’d like on the schedule!!

Get free red light therapy!!!

BENEFITS OF EQUINE BODY WORK
🐴Remove muscle spasms and adhesions
🐴Enhance muscle tone and increase range of motion
🐴Increase circulation, which speeds healing and removes toxins
🐴Improve digestion, reduce ulcers and preventing colic
🐴Improve joint health with increase of synovial fluid
🐴Restore mobility to injured muscle tissue
🐴Reduce stress
🐴Increase flexibility
🐴Prevent muscle pulls and laminitis
🐴Behavioral & Physical Problems
🐴Help arthritis issues and Freon getting work

BODY WORK CAN ADDRESS:
🐴Head tossing
🐴Stiffness
🐴Trouble picking up leads
🐴Trouble bending
🐴Girthiness and trouble tacking
🐴Aggression (to people and horses)
🐴Chronic laminitis
🐴Ulcers
🐴Cribbing
🐴Pawing
🐴Shoulder issues at barrels
🐴Gate issues

RED LIGHT THERAPY BENEFITS
🐴Significant increases in wound healing with less formation of scar tissue
🐴Reduction in edema
🐴Helps reduce inflammation which helps reduce pain
🐴Helps increase range of motion
🐴Helps improve immune cell production
🐴Relaxation of muscles
🐴Stimulation of collagen production
🐴Relief of minor aches and pains
🐴Increases RNA and DNA synthesis
🐴Stimulation of trigger and acupuncture points
🐴Help with pain and discomfort from arthritis, especially in the winter

BENEFITS OF CRYOTHERAPY
🐴Inflammation reduction
🐴Reduces pain within seconds
🐴Prevention of sport injuries
🐴Reduction in swelling
🐴Helps with range of motion in major joints like hocks, stifles, SIs, pasterns, and fetlocks
🐴Rapid resolution of post-exercise tension and pain from microtears reduces the risk of further tissue damage
🐴Blood vessels dilate leading to improve circulation, minimizing the possibility of further damage caused by poor blood flow to injury sites
🐴Pain decrease with laminitis horses
🐴Works at a much deeper level then regular icing

03/03/2025

Just want to tell all my clients thank you ❤️

I know life is already incredibly expensive and I just want to say a big thank you for choosing me to work on your horses and keep them feeling good and working their best for you.

Y’all rock ❤️

02/27/2025

Southern IA I am your way tomorrow! (Friday) with a few openings!!!

Free red light since it’s such a late notice!!!

02/21/2025

One of the best things you can do for your horse is having a great partnership with your vet.

Specifically a performance vet for those who do performance sports with their horses: barrel racing, roping, reining, jumping, etc.

Why? Performances vets know a lot when it comes to the injury prevention, lameness, and the well roundness a performance horse needs. And so much more! They know what to look for and also have the tools to do in-depth investigation for mystery issues.

Here is my boy getting looked at my Dr. Lee.

I am a huge lover of Dr. Don Lee at Double X in Texas.