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Rehabilitation Information
PB Paddock Paradise Livery has extensive experience in managing and successfully rehabilitating horses with a variety of medical conditions and injuries, most commonly surrounding areas of their diet, environment and trim.
We specialise in the rehabilitation of Laminitis and EMS but frequently rehabilitate or manage equines struggling with the following:
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Grass affected issues - behavioural or physical
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Lack of muscle development or fitness levels
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Hoof pathologies or shoe to barefoot transitions
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Obesity or lack of weight
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Separation anxiety and resource guarding
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Intermittent lameness issues
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Soft tissue injuries and DDFT damage
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Navicular and heel pain
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Poor balance
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SI issues and stifle injuries
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Stiffness or tightness
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Arthritis
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Cushings
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Lack of teeth
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Ulcers and colic
To be accepted as a rehabilitation livery, the owner must be able to provide a similar environment for their horse to return home to. Some owners use the time their horse is in our care to find their own land and build a track system, whilst others find nearby track liveries or set up a track system where their horse was previously kept. However, we can accommodate horses long-term under a different package once rehabilitated.
Due to the nature of our set up and the peaceful environment we try to uphold here at PB, our rehabilitation packages are a minimum of 6 months. During those vital first 6 months:
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Your horse will have had at least 3-4 trim sessions with our ISNHCP practitioner.
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Your horse will have gone through a natural detoxing period after their diet has been stripped back down to basics and all grass eliminated.
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Your horse will have a supplement and feeding regime in place to support their individual needs.
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Your horse should have new, healthier hoof growth coming in after dietary changes have been made, putting them roughly half way through a cycle of growing a new hoof capsule, should they have a normal rate of growth.
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Your horse's body should have started to undergo some changes, be it weight loss, weight gain or muscle development with increased movement.
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We should begin to see unsolved problem areas arise with a more balanced hoof and more active, stronger body. This allows us to involve other treatments including body work and chiropractic sessions to relieve any tightness, soreness or low grade pain.
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We should have gained an understanding as to whether any behavioural issues are linked to diet or to past environments and stressful events, such as restricted feed and turnout.
Are we suitable for your horse?
Paying close attention to diet
Providing your horse with a species appropriate diet plays a crucial part in any horse's recovery, regardless of the reason for their rehabilitation. The diet of your horse is very much the foundation to building better equine health and is often an overlooked aspect of a healing horse's requirements. The residents of PB do not have access to grass and are instead fed netted, adlib meadow hay, providing a source of forage that aligns with their species dietary requirements and does not go on to cause inflammation across the body. In particular, it is incredibly important for horses susceptible to Laminitis, obesity, metabolic conditions and grass affected issues to live without the constant threat of grass. We generally aim to feed our residents a low sugar, low potassium and high fibre diet whilst fulfilling their need for salt and vitamins.
We have had great success with providing adlib netted meadow hay and strategically placing their hay points around the track to increase the distance between forage points, encouraging regular movement. Providing adlib hay not only greatly minimises the risk of ulcers and the likes of colic, but additionally reduces resource guarding and other stress or anxiety related behaviours linked to restricted feed. At PB, we promote movement to maintain or reach a healthy weight instead of restricting forage.
EMS reversal & weight loss
Weight gain & muscle development
Weight gain (no teeth)
EMS reversal
Weight gain & muscle development
Weight loss
PB Paddock Paradise Livery has extensive experience in managing and successfully rehabilitating horses with a variety of medical conditions and injuries, most commonly surrounding areas of their diet, environment and trim.
We specialise in the rehabilitation of Laminitis and EMS but frequently rehabilitate or manage equines struggling with the following:
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Grass affected issues - behavioural or physical
-
Lack of muscle development or fitness levels
-
Hoof pathologies or shoe to barefoot transitions
-
Obesity or lack of weight
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Separation anxiety and resource guarding
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Intermittent lameness issues
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Soft tissue injuries and DDFT damage
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Navicular and heel pain
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Poor balance
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SI issues and stifle injuries
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Stiffness or tightness
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Arthritis
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Cushings
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Lack of teeth
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Ulcers and colic
Encouraging free, daily movement
The importance of daily movement is often forgotten and yet it is a major contributing factor to managing ongoing lameness and injuries, and of course, the horse's overall wellbeing on a day to day basis.
Not only is it incredibly beneficial to the health of your horse's hooves, gut function, joint health, blood and lymphatic fluid circulation and body condition, but it also contributes greatly to the ongoing management of stiff or arthritic joints, and old or repairing injuries. The movement achieved on our track system encourages healthy muscle development and the maintenance of a good weight, further contributing to the healing of any problem areas, healthy joints and proper gut function. From metabolic conditions and Laminitis to hoof-related issues or intermittent lameness, movement to our horses is as essential as the air they breathe.
Soft tissue injury that could be seen in trot, approx. 10 months apart
Providing the natural trim
The residents of PB are also provided with a barefoot, natural trim, yet again playing a vital role in the rehabilitation of any horse.
'The natural trim' supports the horse's body from the hoof upwards and allows the hoof to function optimally, without restriction or man-made pathology.
The horse is trimmed to balance the hoof and remove what they would remove naturally themselves in nature. The natural trim respects the integrity of the hoof, allowing the horse to grow a hoof that support their bodies from the hoof up.
Our hoof care practitioner is trained by Jaime Jackson and the ISNHCP.
Rehab for chronic Laminitis
