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interested in pursuing holistic medicine," Dr. Lundquist explained. "And Dr. Harmon was willing to share her knowledge and office space." Dr. Lundquist worked with Harmon until this summer when she opened her own ambulatory service from Washington.
"I wanted to concentrate entirely on holistic medicirte," she said. "There are plenty of established vets in this area who already offer the conventional treatments. But with my approach, I can offer the choices for horses who perhaps aren’t responding to traditional medicine."
A popular treatment during competition season for sport horses, she said, is chiropractics. "Lots of people have the concept that chiropractic medicine is hard and forceful," she said, "but you can work easily without force, I've found. There are a lot of techniques I use to relax the horse first, to take the tension away. I can then do a good adjustment easily. Most of the chiropractic techniques are extrapolated from human work.
"Most horses I see are getting chiropractics and acupuncture together,” she added. "Combined, these treatments are so much more effective. The acupuncture can be performed with needles, or if the horse objects, with a laser, I sometimes inject vitamin B-12 into the pressure points for a stronger stimulation. There are ways to combine treatments for maximum benefit."
Herbal remedies and homeopathics are a specialty of their own, according to Dr. Lundquist., Special tinctures and additives for a horse's regular ration can make the difference, she said, between a horse that is successful and one who is uncomfortable.
Arnica, for instance, is used to reduce swelling, while Calendula ointment is a topical treatment for a cut. Chinese herbs found in the Stress Free mixture or the herbals in Relax are used to calm a fractious animal, while Probiotics can help a horse digest his food more efficiently and avoid colic problems.
Though Dr. Lundquist's husband Todd Fortune commutes from Washington almost into the other Washington daily for his public relations job in Arlington, Dr. Lundquist said she has found everything she needs for her holistic practice in Rappahannock. "The range of performance horses out here is very wide," she said. And with such a variety of horses, there comes a like number of "unsolvable" problems — perfect prescription for Dr. Lundquist's alternative therapies, she said.
To contact Dr. Lundquist, call 675-2273.
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