Equine Lameness & Sports Medicine

Dr. Abby Matthaeus, DVM, and Dr. Shannon Kellish, DVM, veterinarian and certified equine chiropractor, both provide full-service equine care, including lameness and sports medicine. Our founder, Dr. Abby Matthaeus, has a special focus on lameness and sports medicine for performance and show horses.

With mobile digital radiography and ultrasound, we can perform most lameness workups at your barn, ranch, or arena. Haul-in appointments are also available at our Idaho Falls location.

Dr. Abby Matthaeus examining a horse’s hind leg in a covered arena.

Lameness evaluations

Lameness and soundness evaluations

Diagnostic nerve and joint blocks

Pre-purchase examinations

A veterinarian lifting a horse’s hind leg during an outdoor lameness exam.

Diagnostic imaging

Digital radiography and ultrasound

A veterinarian using ultrasound to examine a horse in a barn.

Treatment options

  • Joint injections

  • Regenerative therapies (PRP, Pro-Stride, IRAP, and A2M [alpha-2 macroglobulin])

  • Shockwave therapy

  • Therapeutic podiatry with your farrier

A veterinarian injects a horse's coffin joint.A veterinarian injecting a horse's back.
Dr. Abby Matthaeus performing shockwave therapy on a horse.

Dr. Abby Matthaeus performing shockwave therapy.

Working together

Dr. Abby Matthaeus works alongside Dr. Shannon Kellish, DVM, veterinarian and certified equine chiropractor, for horses that need both lameness and chiropractic care.

Where

Year round across eastern Idaho and western Wyoming, at our Idaho Falls location for haul-ins, and in the Wickenburg, Arizona area from December through April.

Book a lameness exam

Call or text (208) 881-7753.

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