Kissing Spines: Life After Kissing Spines - Long Term Management & Success (Trilogy pt. 3)

Life After Kissing Spines: Long-Term Management & Success

Volume III of The Kissing Spine Trilogy

A diagnosis of kissing spines is not the end of the story.

For many horses, the real challenge begins after treatment, rehabilitation, or returning to work. Owners are often left wondering how to maintain progress, prevent setbacks, and support their horse for the months and years ahead.

This guide focuses on life beyond the diagnosis.

Life After Kissing Spines: Long-Term Management & Success explores the practical realities of long-term management, helping owners understand how to support their horse’s body, monitor progress, adapt expectations, and build a sustainable future following a diagnosis of kissing spines.

Designed to provide realistic, owner-friendly guidance, this guide helps owners move beyond fear and uncertainty and focus on building confidence, function, and long-term wellbeing.

Inside this guide:

✓ Understanding life after diagnosis

✓ Setting realistic expectations

✓ What long-term success can look like

✓ Monitoring your horse’s progress

✓ Recognising signs of improvement

✓ Identifying potential setbacks early

✓ Exercise and workload considerations

✓ Maintaining strength and function

✓ Management strategies for long-term support

✓ The importance of regular reassessment

✓ Building a sustainable support team

✓ Common owner concerns and FAQs

✓ Confidence, mindset and moving forward

✓ Supporting the horse as an individual

Perfect for:

• Owners of horses with a previous kissing spines diagnosis

• Horses returning to work after rehabilitation

• Horses managed conservatively

• Horses following surgical intervention

• Owners wanting practical long-term guidance

• Anyone seeking realistic, evidence-informed education

Educational resource only. This guide does not replace veterinary diagnosis, treatment or professional advice.

Created by The Honest Equine

Written by Fran Leach, DipHE MSK & Rehabilitation Practitioner, this guide combines practical experience, rehabilitation principles and owner-friendly education to help bridge the gap between what owners see and what their horses may be trying to communicate.

Because the more you understand the body, the better you can support the horse.

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