Sep 29, 2026 · 47 min · 8 segments
Orthobiologics are becoming an increasingly important part of equine sports medicine—but effective treatment starts long before the injection. Dr. Kent Allen is joined by Dr. Mark Revenaugh, President…
Kent AllenHostWe will talk about it, but one of the things that really has had a huge impact is I've tried to surround myself with people that are very knowledgeable in it, meaning basic sciences folks, but then also human experts.
They're able to, A, MRI the neck, which we're not able to do, but they're also able to actually get strategic on tracking outcomes on a lot of different therapeutic options.
And, you know, for us, it can be very, very difficult to know how much pain a horse has, let's say, related to the neck, where the pain's coming from, how it responds.
Those are all really, really challenging for us because, you know, it's one thing if the horse limps and you can see if it stops limping.
But, you know, certainly some horses with neck pain limp, but a lot of them don't.
So it makes it really, really difficult to be, you know, scientific and objective about whether something is working or not.
It's an inherent challenge to our profession, but we have to move past it because it's not going to change.
And we can't just throw our hands in the air and say, oh, well, I don't know.
Yeah, I have a, in this talk I was giving on the back the other day, I was at a horse show and my wife was competing.
And so I was just standing there waiting for her to go in and I was watching who was in the ring and I start watching this horse and I go, I'm scrambling to get my phone out so I can start videoing it because I go, this is a classic horse.
horribly painful backhorse i mean would not bend its back to save its life would launch itself with all four feet over the jump rather than bend its back and so i thought surely they know what's going on but i've learned over the years uh you know of course keep my opinions to myself uh because i'm I'm there as a glorified groom, not as a veterinarian.
But I do walk out to where I could hear what the girl said to her trainer coming out of the ring because I wanted to hear it.
We will talk about it, but one of the things that really has had a huge impact is I've tried to surround myself with people that are very knowledgeable in it, meaning basic sciences folks, but then also human experts.
They're able to, A, MRI the neck, which we're not able to do, but they're also able to actually get strategic on tracking outcomes on a lot of different therapeutic options.
And, you know, for us, it can be very, very difficult to know how much pain a horse has, let's say, related to the neck, where the pain's coming from, how it responds.
Those are all really, really challenging for us because, you know, it's one thing if the horse limps and you can see if it stops limping.
But, you know, certainly some horses with neck pain limp, but a lot of them don't.
So it makes it really, really difficult to be, you know, scientific and objective about whether something is working or not.
It's an inherent challenge to our profession, but we have to move past it because it's not going to change.
And we can't just throw our hands in the air and say, oh, well, I don't know.
Yeah, I have a, in this talk I was giving on the back the other day, I was at a horse show and my wife was competing.
And so I was just standing there waiting for her to go in and I was watching who was in the ring and I start watching this horse and I go, I'm scrambling to get my phone out so I can start videoing it because I go, this is a classic horse.
horribly painful backhorse i mean would not bend its back to save its life would launch itself with all four feet over the jump rather than bend its back and so i thought surely they know what's going on but i've learned over the years uh you know of course keep my opinions to myself uh because i'm I'm there as a glorified groom, not as a veterinarian.
But I do walk out to where I could hear what the girl said to her trainer coming out of the ring because I wanted to hear it.
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