Equine Lameness Vet & Chiropractic Care -
Yarra Valley
Core Equine provides mobile horse veterinary services across the Yarra Valley. We offer advanced patient assessment and treatment for horses at your home or yard.
We perform lameness, poor performance, spinal and general health assessments.
Our services combine veterinary diagnostics, objective gait analysis, spinal assessment, rehabilitation planning and performance-focused care, for both pleasure and sport horses throughout the region.
Care That Comes to You
The Yarra Valley is home to a diverse equestrian community, and we are proud to cater our services from the pleasure horse through to high-performance sport horse. Having access to advanced assessment and diagnostic services at your property allows your horse to be evaluated within their normal environment. This helps reduce transport stress while improving convenience for owners managing training, competition, and rehabilitation schedules.
Being based in Eltham, the Yarra Valley is on our door step and is our primary area where we provide services support horses with lameness concerns, poor performance, spinal discomfort, rehabilitation monitoring, and pre-purchase assessments.
Our approach combines detailed veterinary assessment with objective gait analysis, diagnostic imaging, and practical management strategies tailored to the individual horse. We provide a range of on-site therapies including: ultrasound guided injections, shockwave and regenerative medicine therapies.
When Should You Book an Assessment?
Subtle changes in movement, behaviour, or performance are often the earliest signs that a horse may not be functioning comfortably. Many horses compensate well, meaning problems may develop gradually before obvious lameness is seen. Owners commonly seek assessment when they notice:
Poor Performance Under Saddle
Loss of impulsion, difficulty maintaining collection, resistance in transitions, uneven contact, or reduced willingness to work.
Behaviour or Training Changes
Tail swishing, tension, bucking, reluctance to engage, difficulty bending, or changes in attitude during ridden work.
Subtle or Intermittent Lameness
Mild unevenness, inconsistent movement, stiffness on one rein, canter disuniting, or asymmetry that appears difficult to define.
Rehabilitation & Monitoring
Monitoring recovery following injury, tracking progress during rehabilitation, or assessing horses returning to work and competition.
