Author: Annica Nygren Thoresen

374 horses with poor performance were treated exclusively with osteopathic manipulations. The majority of the horses had been examined for lameness (92%) and many had also had intra-articular medical treatment without success (78%). A thorough knowledge of equine axial skeleton, sacroiliac-, hip joint and musculature anatomy, biomechanics and pathology is required to understand the principles and theories behind osteopathy and to apply the techniques properly. The most common primary finding was restriction of mobility in one or both hip joints (87%), followed by restriction of mobility in one or both sacroiliac joints (75%). The osteopathic primary lesions were very similar in all horses regardless of discipline. 316 horses received 3 or more treatments 2 – 4 weeks apart. 298 (80%) of these had a positive outcome; no lameness or gait asymmetry, no back pain or back stiffness, improved personal race time, race earnings and results for the trotters and race horses and the riding horses were training and competing at a higher level. Only 15 horses (4%) did not have a positive outcome.

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/201798894_Case_Reports_Effect_of_osteopathic_manipulations_on_performance_in_374_horses_with_suspected_sacroiliac_andor_hip_joint_dysfunction_and_back_pain_2006_-2007