Diamond K Equine Therapy

09/25/2025

✨ 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙏𝙬𝙤: 𝙁𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 ✨

𝘖𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵-𝘜𝘱 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝟥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.

09/17/2025

✨ 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 = 𝙉𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙎𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙩 ✨

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 — 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘰𝘯” 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. ⚡️

✨ 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩-𝙐𝙥 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 — 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙨𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧, 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨. ✨

𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯:
🌿 𝘙𝘦-𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥
🌿 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
🌿 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
🌿 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
🌿 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱

𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠. 💜

09/15/2025

⚡ 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝟯 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨! ⚡ 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝟯 𝘼𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨—𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝟳𝟮 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨—𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑠—𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑦:
✨ 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚
✨ 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 & 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
✨ 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
✨ 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤
✨ 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔
✨ 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

💡 𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜?
𝙀𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙭𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧, 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨—𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪!

𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 = 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟-𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠.

08/02/2025

Really good reminder!

Between the hauling and the runs themselves, our horses’ bodies are constantly absorbing impact and compensating for fatigue. Just because they aren’t visibly lame does not mean they might not be on the edge of a problem.

Your horse’s body will keep going — until it can’t. Horses are masters of compensation.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀:
• Up to 77% of horses presented for poor performance are found to have musculoskeletal issues — often with no clear signs of lameness. Only 15% are due to internal medicine issues like respiratory or GI problems. (Kidd et al.)
• Soft tissue injuries (tendons and ligaments) are found to be the most common in rodeo, often caused by repetitive strain. Unless due to direct trauma, these injuries build on itself before officially injuring. Soft tissue injury offer requires 6–12+ months to heal and frequently reoccur if underlying mechanics aren’t addressed.
• A study showed that forelimb lameness accounted for over 70% of performance-limiting issues, particularly in horses competing in barrel racing and roping.
• Insufficient conditioning and too-rapid increases in workload can lead to stress fractures in bones like the humerus and tibia — especially in horses that sit off-season and then return to competition.

The goal isn’t just to win today. It’s to keep your horse healthy, competitive, and sound over the long haul. Training for soundness is what takes a horse from good to great — and keeps them there.

You don’t have to wait until something breaks to make a change.

Ask yourself:
What’s next for your horse — 𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆?




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