Equine Sports Medicine and Regenerative Therapies

Lameness and Poor Performance

Meddleton Equine Clinic offers advanced lameness & poor performance diagnosis and treatment options. Dr. Meddleton is equipped and trained to provide you with the latest advances to help you achieve your goals for your horse.

Your horse is an athlete

As all devotees of the many equestrian disciplines know, the horse is a versatile and gifted athlete. Just like their human counterparts, equine athletes often encounter performance limiting problems during their training and career.

Through a variety of performance services, Dr. Meddleton can help to optimize your horse’s athleticism, so he can comfortably perform at the peak of his ability and enjoy a long and successful career.

Possible Problem Areas

  • Lameness is the most common cause of performance problems
  • Problems of the foot, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles
  • Saddle Fit / Tack issues
  • Chiropractic
  • Neurologic
  • Cardiovascular
  • Respiratory
  • TTW/BAL and thoracic ultrasound to evaluate the lungs
  • Gastroscopy to rule out Gastric ulcer disease
  • Upper airway endoscopy to evaluate laryngeal function
  • Uterine/Ovarian evaluation in mares
  • Behavior

Diagnostic Imaging Exams

  • Digital Radiographs to look at bones and joints
  • Digital Ultrasound to look at soft tissue
  • Endoscopy / Gastroscopy

Some of the Leading-Edge Treatment Options We Offer

A Progressive Approach to Keeping Your Equine Athlete Sound

Dr. Meddleton has a long-standing commitment to keeping the equine athlete sound. We offer advanced diagnostics coupled with leading edge treatments. Our progressive approach to soundness often targets multiple systems as we work to bring the entire horse back into balance and peak performance.

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Written By

MARK MEDDLETON, DVM

Dr. Mark Meddleton, DVM is a 1991 graduate of Cornell University, and a 1992 graduate of a Medical and Surgical Internship at the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), the International Society of Equine Locomotor Pathology (ISELP), and the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA) and has been performing Animal Chiropractic since 1994. He has also extensively studied Equine Dentistry.