Our Story
At Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, we provide the highest quality care for your equine athlete.
What makes Equine Sports Medicine Rehabilitation different from other practices?
We specialize in performance programs to develop speed, endurance, agility and strength.
Alan Donnell and Dave Frisbie founded Equine Sports Medicine with the goal of providing the highest quality care to equine athletes. Keeping that tradition going is still the purpose of this growing business.
Nephew of Alan Donnell and co-owner of Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Dr. Josh Donnell, says, “We’re here for the horse and to provide quality service as seamlessly as possible.” Dr. Josh and his fellow co-owners, Dr. Cameron Stoudt and Dr. Sherry Johnson, work hard to maintain the two founder’s original mission.
The three co-owners came together to achieve a common goal – to provide the best quality surgery and sports medicine services to the equine athlete. Donnell says they bought Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation to continue a tradition of excellence. “It is our mission to continue to develop this business devoted to the western performance equine athlete.”
The care we provide you equine athelete in our state of the art facility is second to none.
Services
While on the road, ESMR takes a global approach to assess the equine athlete. Dr. Stoudt explained, “Our job is to provide a service that covers all sports medicine services, surgeries and general health care for the equine athlete.”
Most of their business consists of lameness exams, pre-purchase exams, colic cases, lacerations, performance evaluations, and advanced imaging, including x-rays and ultrasound. “Our goal is to support the equine athlete while competing, when and where they need it most,” explains Dr. Johnson.
At the home-base of ESMR in northern Texas – the practice is expanding to include both surgery and rehabilitation services. The fully equipped rehabilitation center offers customized plans for a spectrum of both healthy and injured athletic horses. Services include aquatic therapy and all aspects of physical therapy tailored for a horse’s specific rehabilitation goal.
The surgical center is still under construction but is expected to be complete by Fall 2019. With the mobile sports medicine practice, surgical facility and rehabilitation center, ESMR is poised to provide the highest quality care for your equine athlete from injury to recovery.
Dr. Johnson explains, “Rehabilitation isn’t one size fits all. Each horse’s road to recovery is different – and their rehabilitation plan should reflect that.”