Equine Performance Medicine

Dylan Lutter - Equine Performance Medicine

What you get from the Equine Performance Medicine Service:

  • Gold standard care from board-certified clinicians
  • Cutting edge treatment options based on the most recent scientific evidence
  • Customized rehabilitation plans
  • Lameness diagnosis, advanced imaging, physical therapy, chiropractic treatments and regenerative medicine all under one roof!

To schedule an appointment please call 785-532-5700. Barn visits are available for certain instances.

Services

Exam & Diagnostics
  • Lameness localization
    • Lameness Locator
  • Axial skeleton biomechanical evaluation
    • Spine and Pelvis
  • Dynamic functional evaluation
    • Performance assessment of the horse’s movement
Diagnostic Imaging
  • Digital Radiography
  • Ultrasound
  • Endoscopy
  • Nuclear Scintigraphy -VHC
  • Computed Tomography (CT) – VHC
  • High Field MRI – VHC
Treatment & Aftercare
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Medical Therapeutics
  • Individualized Rehabilitation Plans
    • Therapeutic exercise
    • Core strengthening
    • Balance and proprioception
    • Mobilization and stretching
  • Shockwave therapy
  • Equine chiropractic

Support Services

Patients seen by the Performance Medicine Service have access to the board-certified clinicians on the specialty services of the VHC for consultation and treatment.

Equine clinicians Dr. Warren Beard, Dr. Elizabeth Santschi and Dr. Dylan Lutter provide services in the Equine Performance Testing Center.

Equine Performance Testing Center

Equine Performance Testing Center

Our Equine Performance Testing Center features a climate-controlled treatment and farrier areas with in-house imaging and a consultation room that overlooks our fully enclosed performance evaluation area.

Performance Medicine Veterinarians

Faculty Phone Email
Dr. Dylan Lutter Dylan Lutter
Clinical Assistant Professor
785-532-5700 dlutter@vet.k-state.edu

House Officers Veterinary Nurses
Avellar Haileigh Avellar
Resident		 Jami Maike Jami Maike
Veterinary Assistant
Pearce Sloan Pearce Sloan
Resident		 Bryon Nelson Bryon Nelson
Veterinary Nurse
Ashley VanMeter Ashley VanMeter
Veterinary Nursing Supervisor
Front Desk Staff
Barb Self Barb Self
Client Services Assistant		 Christian Anderson Christian Anderson
 Client Services Assistant