Equine Podiatry and Rehabilitation
Dr. Dick Mansmann works with farrier Kurt vom Orde and provides assessment and treatment for shoeing and chronic lameness problems. Veterinarians, farriers and trainers are always welcome to accompany their client.
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Faculty
Richard A. Mansmann, Clinical Professor, and Director of Podiatry and Rehabilitation Service
Email: dick_mansmann@ncsu.edu
Out-Patient Services include:
- Assessment and opinions to veterinarians and/or owners for cases that no longer respond to joint injections and other treatments or alternative options to surgery or joint injections.
- Assessment and opinions to veterinarians and/or owners who want an opinion regarding whether lameness issues are related to pain, behavioral resistance or a combination of each.
- Assessment -a new set of eyes - and possible new ideas for shoeing problems that have become frustrating for the owner, veterinarian and/or farrier. We can have the veterinarian, farrier and radiographic equipment present during the entire time of evaluation and shoeing.
- Second opinions for chronic laminitics, heel pain and/or foot conformation problems to possibly enhance soundness via increasing sole thickness or realigning the coffin bone to a more normal position. These “shoeings” can be accomplished via traditional nailing of a shoe and/or gluing.
- Assessment and treatment of chronic foot infections such as White Line Disease, Toe or Quarter cracks, thrush, or abscesses.
- Assessment of suckling, weanling and yearling foot and limb conformation including application of appropriate extension treatments.
- Preventive foot care evaluations-including standardized measurements and radiographs assessing bone alignment in the "normal" barefoot horse, or comparing bone alignment with the shoes in the "normal" shod horse. This provides baseline data and early problem identification in a particular horse and can be sent to your veterinarian and farrier.
- EponaTech Metron Report
- Pre-Purchase examinations
For case reports, go to Equine Health Information Center. Following the assessment and shoeing, we provide written, specific rehabilitation plans for the primary care veterinarian, farrier, and owner. This service is an integral part of the College of Veterinary Medicine's Sports Medicine Program.