Topline Animal Services and Rehab

06/19/2026

Love love love me some sweet Winston!

In my memories today is the most impressive taping job I've ever done, sealed with my never ending love for him and my job.

Winston is still one of my very favorite to see on my rotation, love him so.

Non invasive healing allows me to weave a little more love into th application...

Designed with purpose, this unique taping application was created to prevent muscle atrophy and support the development of correct, functional musculature. Every strip is placed with intention to assist in movement, alignment, and long-term recovery.

Still have a few select travel appointments between now and September, but there is always haul in availability by appointment only.

Still aiming at a July facility opening...more on that later.

I'll get back to EPM post 7 in just a little bit.

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06/18/2026

Hey Y'all! I wanted to share some collaborative things that make me happy and proud, since the last few weeks have been a little rocky. I don't know about you, but I know that being able to help people truly makes me happy.

Sal. He's had a journey, both with his owners and me. It's been an amazing time for him to wind up on my schedule.

Sal's owners contacted me in February to set up an appointment to see if I could help him. He is a mustang, and they believe he was hurt before they owned him. He has an old injury to his left rear leg that left his femur, stifle, and subsequently his foot turned away from his body. He was able to carry riders and appeared sound and then a few years ago he fell split eagled in the snow, making his pronation worse. The local veterinarians and the university all said his leg would just permanently be turned or crooked and just to keep him comfortable.

Yall, watch out because I'm about to say a cuss word again (SOY!!). I drove out to see Sal in February and immediately launched into, "What does he eat?" "Soy? Get him off that feed ASAP."

The whole nine. I asked them to paddle his diet away from soy, add Culbac (remember, I'm a distributor. I'll make another post later about my supplementation), send a hair sample to one of my sweetest friends, Nicole with equine/K9 GA, and set about scheduling specialized rehab programs.

I took several pictures that first day, and every time I've seen him afterwards.

By the second appointment (a week later), they had removed soy from his diet, sent off the hair sample and started those supplements, and he had been on TransAgra Pre/Pro/Postbiotic for several days. The decrease in his inflammation was immediately noticed, and we began seeing global changes in his body.

In April, I suggested we ask their veterinarian for approval for muscle stimulation and I sent them the approval. Dr Fulton immediately approved and we began his protocol.

I am so happy and proud of his progress, and kudos to having such dedicated owners because we are still about a month away from completing his full rehab. His feet are now rebalanced and he will be able to hold a chiropractic adjustment in the next week or so.

My next post will be about the muscle stimulation, the whole process, what it does, what it doesn't do, myth busting, and why it is my favorite rehab tool that is not my hands. We will talk about that next, and then I'll dive back into the diaphragm posts. After that I'll take you on a tour of my own supplementation program

Check out the physical changes in the pictures below; I'm very happy with his progress, and so are his owners.

The first two collages are from the first session, time stamped for each change in posture. The next three are of his progress over the next 3 months, and the last one is of him open mouth snoozing on the panel.

I keep telling people that I have to travel many lanes to get through each rehab, maybe this will help illustrate it. From nutrition to inflammation, to the body, to the feet, and now the bones. How blessed am I to be busy doing the things I used to pray I'd be able to do! Enjoy!

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06/16/2026

Ok. Here goes, things are getting a little more comfortable to discuss. Thank god, because it's been a rough season.

Update: After extensive testing, my stepson has an 8 inch in diameter (think full grown ripe cantalope) mass that is attached to a back muscle and the front abdominal wall. All scans show no other involvement and his heart/lungs/other organs are clear. We are waiting on the pathology/biopsy results, so until those come in it's business as usual. Once they let us know what the results and plans are moving forward, I can move everyone affected around. As of right now, it doesn't appear anyone will have to change anything else last minute.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and most of all the kindness of everyone I have already spoken to. It's been a really rough season, and I appreciate all of you for allowing me to continue to work on your animals when life is full on lifing.

While I'm still trying to reel myself back in (he's only 17. We have no health insurance. Grateful for Children's Hospital of Atlanta. All of the dang things), the facility build has been delayed again in the midst of everything and I'm hopeful to be back on track soon.

Love yall.

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06/13/2026

Hey everyone!

Travis and I have gotten some pretty heavy news on the family side, so anyone that has an appointment this weekend and next week are subject to need to be rescheduled based on the day to day outcomes.

Its personal, so if you have an appointment I'll fill you in on details when I call or see you.

Thank you all again for your help and support as we navigate some rough waters.

06/11/2026

Special Update: Alyssa and I are gearing up for our trip just a little north of us with our friends at Saddle Ridge Farms and Rock Quarry Stables Equestrian Facility, July 9 and 10 respectfully.

This time, we are teaming up with Synetta Harlan and Grace Ambrose for some collaborative appointments to better serve your four legged friends!

Message here, pm or call any of us for more information!

July 9 is almost full, with only 2 appointments left to fill.

July 10 is filling up quick, so be sure and reserve your appointment time as quick as you can.

Grace can also take an appointment for training rides and consults, so please be sure and call her if you are interested in that as well.

Collaboration only happens at the top; Horses don't have to choose between members of their care team, and you shouldn't have to either. We are all so excited and so proud of all of the potential for all of you along the way!

We are discussing keeping this programming on a rotation every 6 weeks with a good solid clinic in the fall, so feel free to show us some love.

We leave from west central Georgia and head through Tennessee and Kentucky, and then cut through the corner of West Virginia on our way to Ohio. If anyone along the way would like to get on the dockett, please contact me and let's chat about it!

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06/09/2026

🔥 Hot Topic Tuesday 🔥
A day early, but I had a second 😂

What if I told you that one of the most traumatic things your horse will ever experience is being born?

Sounds dramatic, doesn't it?

But think about it. A foal goes from floating comfortably in a fluid-filled environment to being compressed, twisted, squeezed, and pushed through the birth canal—all in a matter of minutes. That's a lot for a brand-new body.

Being born is a natural process and foals are designed to handle it. But "natural" doesn't always mean "without physical stress."

I've worked on enough horses over the years to wonder how many of the compensation patterns we see later in life actually started much earlier than we think. Tight polls, rib restrictions, difficulty bending one direction, postural asymmetries—sometimes I can't help but wonder if some of those stories began on Day One.

Yet most horse owners don't think about body maintenance until a horse is older, in training, or already having a problem.

What if we flipped that mindset?

What if we started evaluating movement, posture, breathing, nursing mechanics, and overall comfort when horses are babies instead of waiting until they're 10 years old and struggling?

I'm a big believer that maintenance shouldn't start when something goes wrong. It should start when everything appears to be going right.

Because the sooner we support healthy movement and healthy development, the better chance that horse has of carrying those patterns forward into adulthood.

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06/05/2026

---RARE LAST MINUTE OPENINGS AVAILABLE FOR NEW AND EXISTING CLIENTS---

It’s rare that I have openings in the travel schedule anymore…

Occasionally the calendar shifts in a way that opens a few unexpected spots.

A couple of my regular barns had to move their June appointments, which means I now have three full days next week. I added an Ohio rotation and then my South Carolina barns shifted a bit. That gives me a few rare opportunities this month for new clients to jump into the rotation or for the established ones to get any extra tweaks in for those competitive schedules.

There is always a number of horses who could benefit from a full performance and recovery session. These appointments always include:
• Movement and compensation pattern evaluation
• Bodywork and sport program adjustments
• Conditioning and recovery planning
• Optional cryotherapy sessions for inflammation, soreness, and tissue recovery

These sessions are ideal for horses that: • feel “off” but aren’t clearly lame
• have plateaued in training or rehab
• are starting their spring conditioning program
• need a deeper reevaluation before summer competition gets heavier

Available dates:
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 16
June 17

Since it's so hot, I’ll only be taking a limited number of horses at each stop.

Most of my schedule is already packed through September and heading into October so these will likely be the only new client openings for a while.

If you'd like details on one of the openings or want to see if your horse would be a good fit for one of these sessions, feel free to call, text, or peruse the website online.

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(404) 877-8571

06/04/2026

In my memories today. I think this is a good and important visual for everyone.

In no way am I advocating for anything other than good solid hoof care.

06/01/2026

Headed back to Chesapeake, Ohio July 9 or 10 for a few days turnaround.

Edit to add: Synetta Harlan, Grace Ambrose, and I are working on a really cool collaborative couple of days. Aaannnnddddd, those of you who have been missing intern Alyssa...im roping her back in!!! Stay tuned as we work together to get it all pinned down! We are so excited!

Anyone in the area that would be interested in services, please set your appointment asap. Limited spots will fill up soon.

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404.877.8571

05/31/2026

Don't mind me, I'm just over here adding images to my collection of healthy patterns....

Diaphragmatic Dysfunction: The horse that doesn't engage may not be resisting.

Post 2: Pelvic Floors. This topic has never been limited solely to humans, but somehow we rarely talk about it in rehab. I would like to add to this, and change the tone of rehab evaluations.

The pelvic floor works in conjunction with the diaphragm, core abdominal muscles, spinal stabilizers, the ribcage, and the thoracic sling. All of these systems constantly communicate and coordinate with many global effects.

In post one, we talked about the diaphragm being responsible for keeping the body's pressure system in correct balance. One of the first things that happens when pressure isn't properly maintained is obvious: their breathing becomes shallow or even guarded. This will cause the pelvic floor to lose coordination.

When the pelvic floor loses coordination, you will see:
Weak hind end-collapsing, not engaging
Inability to lift through the back
Chronic sacro-iliac stress
Lumbar (lower back) tightness
Struggling to collect, or maintain collection
Rear toe dragging
Unstable transitions
Decreased tail tone
Difficulty backing
Bracing/compensation

It's important for me to backtrack here and remind everyone that yes, these are common problems we see but they are not limited to diaphragm disfunction or weak pelvic floor.

Not every horse exhibiting these things has a weak pelvic floor. Some have a stabilization system that has decreased communication to the rest of their system.

Those are very different issues, and very different protocols to discuss.

Sometimes you can try to strengthen them forever, but the nervous system needs to feel stable in order to stop guarding and truly engage their whole body.

This is why the pressure system has to be properly investigated and maintained. Breathing mechanics, mobility/range of motion of the ribs posture, and relaxation are primary concerns in rehab.

The body does not seperate movement from oxygen intake, and neither should we.

Do you know that I can immediately identify a weak pelvic floor in any horse? I lift their tail and take a peek at their God Gave Me's. I've put three pictures here; one of them has some dysfunction. Can you tell the difference?

Feel free to comment on this post for healthy discussion anytime, or to ask any questions you see fit.

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404.877.8571