Inspiritus Equine, Inc.

06/14/2025

Have questions about acupuncture? Let me know below!

05/22/2025

This course is coming up soon and is open to all animal care professionals! We welcome you to learn about being present with the emotional challenges we face in our animal industries and how to support our clients and ourselves!

Update: This session is being rescheduled for September 2025. More information coming soon!

We are offering a virtual, animal related professionals focused Emotional CPR course June 5, 6, and 7 from 12-4pm Eastern. Sign up now!
https://vetmed-ut.pdx.catalog.canvaslms.com/courses/emotional-cpr

05/05/2025

Hello amazing page followers and friends! I am nearing completion of my Master's in Science in Health Communications and I am working on developing my thesis/capstone project idea. I would appreciate if you would consider answering this very short (10 questions, approx 5-10 minutes) survey about communication from your veterinarian/staff. I am interested in health literacy, accessibility, and whether there is a need (or not) for improved communication materials to support both provider well-being and client/patient well-being, compliance and positive health outcomes. If you have a pet/horse/cow/goldfish...animal of any kind, I would love to hear feedback on whether your experience of veterinary communication is an issue...or a success...and what kind of materials (if any) would be most useful. Thank you for your time and input!

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05/01/2025

Preview 😍

04/20/2025

I’ve been tracking Nevan’s rehab. 2024 was a rough year, two bad splint injuries, not a whole lot of riding (some saddlefit issues), and zero showing. Lots of time off and some nutritional problems to a bit of a toll on his condition. Bottom pic is December 2024, middle February 2025, top April 2025. I’m really pleased with the changes. He’s nearly 18 so overall neck set, scapular angles etc. won’t change, but positive muscle development, a better hindquarters angle (from camped under to straight), and improved neck, traps, and gluteal muscling means we’re going in the right direction. And thats natural shine, he’s not wet. It is never too late to improve our horses, and every day with them we should consider what’s in their best interest- body and mind.

03/27/2025

For my dog-owning and loving friends, Leptospirosis vaccination can help your pup avoid serious disease and possible death. Leptospirosis is also transmissible to people, and horses can get it too! The AVMA has more I information about Lepto on their link.

Spring is here! And with that comes a warning about Leptospirosis, a disease caused by infection with Leptospira bacteria.

All dogs are at risk of leptospirosis, regardless of age, breed, lifestyle, geographic location, time of year, and other factors. The following situations can increase that risk:

➡Exposure to or drinking from slow-moving or stagnant water sources, like ponds, rivers, lakes, or streams
➡ Roaming on rural properties (because of exposure to potentially infected wildlife or farm animals or urine-contaminated water sources)
➡ Exposure to wild animals (especially rodents) or farm animals, even if in the backyard
➡ Contact with other dogs (such as in urban areas, dog parks, or boarding or training facilities)

For more information on the signs of leptospirosis, how to prevent it, and more visit: https://bit.ly/4l4VuOn

03/25/2025

Apparently as an 8yo, my primary concern was already . Though my spelling and artistry have improved, the messages need no update.

03/24/2025

From Dr. Benjamin Sykes:

“Clinically relevant take homes from the January Havemeyer EGUS meeting;

- Initial treatment choice (other than not choosing oral omeprazole monotherapy) does not influence healing/non-responder rates. That's from over 3000 cases!

- Lameness and back pain are risk factors for pharmacologically refractory EGGD. Pain is inherently central to these diseases.

- Pasture turnout does not protect against ESGD per se. It's a complex, multifactorial disease and needs to be managed as such.

- Even the experts can't agree on what a clinically significant lesion is, or at which point an EGGD lesions is "healed" (so don't feel bad road warriors - you'rer not alone).

- EGUS is not "solved" and there is a real need for more research funding in this important disease.”

TITLE Report from the 2025 Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation meeting on Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS): Advances in the field. AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS Benjamin W. Sykes; [email protected]; BW Sykes Consultancy, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.

03/20/2025

2025 DATES: June 5-7th, 9am-1pm, 10 CE hours through University of Tennessee CVM. Link shows incorrect dates but is correct for signing up, or send interest to [email protected]

What is Emotional CPR?“eCPR is an educational program designed to teach anyone to assist another person through an emotional crisis by three simple steps of C=Connecting, P=emPowering, and R=Revitalizing. The Connecting section of eCPR involves deepening listening skills. The emPowering section he...

03/19/2025

Hmmm, I haven’t been asked to fit one of these yet…. Tree angle wide, treble a little too sharp. Needs base adjustment 😂

https://fb.watch/yqBjWmYQp8/?mibextid=wwXIfr

03/19/2025

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1202939851228828&id=100045384742980&mibextid=wwXIfr

Unlike humans, horses don’t have collarbones. Their shoulders are held to the rest of their skeleton via a sling of muscles and ligaments instead, often referred to as the “thoracic sling.”

Why is this important? We often ask our equine athletes to perform complex movements that require tremendous strength and coordination, and horses carry the majority of their weight in their front end. Therefore, it is imperative that the bulk of the muscles that support the front end are kept healthy and conditioned, and the horse is trained to use their “motor” — that is, engaging the large hind end muscles as much as possible to avoid excessive weight bearing on the front end.

If the front end of the horse is consistently overweighted or not at an appropriate level of fitness, repetitive biomechanical stresses get transferred down the leg to the smaller ligaments and tendons that were not designed to bear this weight, which can then lead to injury.

Brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee.

03/18/2025

https://askanimalweb.com/new-study-highlights-electroacupuncture-as-a-promising-treatment-for-equine-headshaking/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3O_HorBo4YO6t1TASBLVPYrjZagQR3c1wug92qDwcyS6PQhxBttseH2HU_aem_TtSVljjSXQDO_ZfzIdt23g

A new study conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has shed light on the potential benefits of electroacupuncture for treating equine trigeminal nerve-mediated headshaking (TMHS). This painful and often debilitating condition causes affected horses to experience uncontrollable head shaking....