Qi Performance, Integrative Veterinary Care

03/22/2023

Woohoo! My abstract was accepted to the International Conference of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Conference in Bali Indonesia!! Excited!

03/22/2023

Here is a nice article about me!

https://ekico.fr/en/blog/tendiboots-en/managing-race-and-western-riding-horses-with-dr-kerry-pride/?fbclid=IwAR2NPGtAI-HLbhnhcQZgvW9QS3_dJ0dmEPPYLWURSQO83XQsf1qqIdzgzjs

For the competition season, monitoring the horse locomotion is essential to ensure its performance. Find out how with Tendiboots™!

03/05/2023

Excited and humbled to serve on the Board of Directors for the World Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine with exceptional practitioners from all over the world!

03/04/2023

Moxibustion! This is a technique that applies heat therapy on or over a acupoint or an affected area. Mugwort or Artemsia argyi is the main ingredient used for moxibustion.

With the cold long winter we have had, this technique helps to warm, enhance cell-mediated and humoral immunity, and strengthen the body’s resistance to pathogens. Moxibustion is also used for arthritis, pain, gastrointestinal disease, heart failure, infertility, brain-injury and dementia, and for overall quality of life

01/06/2023

Just as a reminder to all my horse owning friends, check out Stride Animal Health’s products. They have some great ones! If you use KPRIDE you get a 5% discount too!

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03/10/2022

Woohoo! I’m super excited to have my abstracts selected for the 2022 Annual WATCVM Conference this fall!

01/13/2022

12/31/2021

Happy New Year Everyone! Looking forward to 2022 and keeping horses sound and competing at their highest level!

09/09/2021

Yes!! Joint injections have a place but are often the first thing done today without a diagnosis.

As Dr Jean Marie Denoix said, “I think we have to do something else besides injecting joints. I’m quite tired of seeing horses that have been injected in the fetlock, hock, stifle and were not improved and are now coming to see me. We have to change our approach to first make a diagnosis rather that just injecting. Then when a diagnosis is reached treat appropriately.”

https://www.doctorramey.com/hock-injections/?fbclid=IwAR2mp0dsx6knnAkvTPJZQK8LBHZ7Rn0clVCsSkaI5CtzIWo3hPBXUYCh5z0

Your horse’s piaffes have pfizzled. His slides have slid. His rollbacks have rolled back. His leads aren’t changing. Almost reflexively, someone will say, “Maybe he needs his hocks injected.” Maybe he does. But maybe it’s a lot more complicated than that. At least it should be. FIRST ASIDE...

08/17/2021

By using my TCVM acupuncture scan on performance horses, I can find areas of soreness and address them with acupuncture and spinal manipulation. With many of my race horse clients we do twice monthly exams and treatments. I sometimes do additional diagnostics which includes thermal imaging and TendiBoots. The Tendiboots measure how evenly a horse is landing and how much time each leg stays on the ground. By using all of the above routinely on horses, I have been able to detect subtle changes and address those before the horse has changes in performance.

Example case: 4 year old race horse clinically sound. This horse was reactive on left front foot on the acupuncture scan. The Tendiboots were placed in him which showed unequal loading, with more load on the right front. The thermal imager also showed unequal loading and increased heat in the left front. The horse was radiographed which showed nothing abnormal. Acupuncture was performed and slight changes in shoeing. The repeat exam was normal in 24 hours for the acupuncture scan, Tendiboots, and thermal scan. This was detected before the horse demonstrated a change in performance. He went on the run third in a Grade 3 stakes race! Focusing on prevention with full exams when horses are in training is key to keep these horses performing at their best!

07/11/2021

Adding another certification to my toolbox. This time in Veterinary Medical Manipulation, commonly called chiropractic. Veterinary Medical Manipultors bring many benefits to the table when working on your horse, including an understanding of anatomy, biomechanics, and disease processes. The whole picture allows the veterinarian to work with you and your horse to develop the appropriate treatment plan to keep your horse happy, healthy, and sound!

07/10/2021

What do you see when you look at these feet?

07/09/2021

Motion palpating stifles and hips. Adjusting withers.

07/08/2021

Motion palpating a sacrum!

06/11/2021

Brimmy loving her spinal manipulation!

06/11/2021

Helpers this morning !

06/07/2021

Acupuncture isn’t just for horses! This old chicken was about on deaths door step (first video). She wasn’t eating and couldn’t lift her head. I did acupuncture on her and the second video (in the comments is her now.

06/06/2021

Happy horse!

06/06/2021

What a great day! Worked on 12 horses today for acupuncture and spinal manipulation. Thermal imaged and did laser therapy on some as well! Helping keep horses sound so they can perform at their peak! Nothing like prevention!

06/05/2021

This stud horse loves his acupuncture!

06/04/2021

Prairie Meadows bound!

06/04/2021

Headed to Prairie Meadows tomorrow to go do acupuncture and spinal manipulation on thoroughbred and quarter horse race horses! Always nice to get back to the track!

05/11/2021

Good couple of days working on thoroughbreds at Prairie Meadows! Looking forward to coming back in a couple week.

04/25/2021

Last morning in Florida!

If you wish to change the bones, change the tension along balance of the soft tissue, the bones will rearrange themselves — Tom Meyers in Anatomy Trains

04/24/2021

Adjusting and ultrasounding horses!

04/23/2021

The hoof is an elastic, ever-changing capsule filled with sensitive structures, blood, and bone. It supports the large mass through a series of checks and balances. — Derin Floor in Equine Podiatry

No foot no horse!

04/11/2021

This 2 year old filly loved her acupuncture!

04/06/2021

A U.S. Equestrian Team veterinarian who has overseen the shipping of horses to six Olympic Games shares what steps to take before, during, and after a long-distance trailer ride.

04/04/2021

The wound is healing perfectly and won’t leave much of a scar with laser therapy!

04/01/2021

Finish researchers found more horses with bit-related lesions than horses without—and most of the riders had no idea.

03/31/2021

Excited to add the ability to take digital radiographs! This system has amazing capabilities and 100% portable!

03/29/2021

Laser therapy!

03/25/2021

https://thehorse.com/198248/complementary-therapies-for-horses-2/?utm_medium=Lameness+enews&utm_source=Newsletter

Learn about reasons to use complementary therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic for your horse and the research behind them.

03/24/2021

Acupuncture isn’t just for horses! Buddy loves his acupuncture!

03/23/2021

Acupuncture time!

03/12/2021

Love this class 4 laser from Pegasus. This laser can deliver up to 15 watts of power and has two different wavelengths to ensure treatment is delivered when lots of melanin is present in the skin and hair. Many laser systems don’t have enough watts or correct wavelengths to deliver a therapeutic dose to patients.

03/09/2021

Researchers: A newly published “catalog” of equine discomfort behaviors could help veterinarians, researchers, stable managers, and owners “speak the same language” when it comes to recognizing possible signs of discomfort in horses.

03/08/2021

Adjusting some horses in Florida!

03/07/2021

Jessie feeling relaxed after getting adjusted!