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The Horse First: A Veterinary Sport Horse Podcast

Dec 29, 2020

In this episode, Dr. Audrey DeClue provides an 8-step process of elimination to address causes and solutions to contact issues with your horse. This is an important episode if you struggle with bridal or contact issues.


Oct 30, 2020

Straightness is one of the most common issues owners and trainers have with their horses. It's also a very common topic in publications, no matter what discipline of the horse. 

In this episode, Dr. Audrey DeClue explains that if you can ride your horse in a straight and balanced manner, your lameness  issues go down...


Oct 16, 2020

Whether it's from a known or unknown injury, tension is the enemy of every lameness. The perfect horse can become lame due to tension and a lame horse come back to life when tension is addressed.

In today's episode, Dr. Audrey DeClue discusses cases where lameness has either improved or declined based on discovering...


Oct 16, 2020

It's among the most common muscular skeletal injuries seen in sport dogs and human athletes. Iliopsoas is also the number one reason people have back pain. Yet there's very little research about it in sport horses.

In this episode, Dr. Audrey DeClue discusses her research on the iliopsoas muscle, which is responsible...


Sep 29, 2020

After recently suffering an injury of her own, Dr. Audrey DeClue takes this episode to discuss what you need to look for - and possibly act on - if your horse is injured.