My horse has had head shaking throughout his show career. He has been through 5 professional trainers. We left he show world last year. As I looked back I started to see a significant pattern. He was always “behavioral and unpredictable with trainers who had open air arenas. He was always perfect when the trainer had a covered arena. I reviewed many of his videos. Always the same; head tossing, constant nose rubbing while training the sun. Always comfortable and calm in the shade. We now board at an open air arena but I have full control. Now I notice him lunge and always stop with his face away from the sun. I am going to buy some of the 99%UV goggles. He always is eager to get back into the shade of the barn and let’s put a big sigh. He has had TMJ issues and pain and has been injected 3 times over the past 3 years. We have started acupuncture but have yet to see results since it’s only been 1sesion. We are on 30 Grams of Magnesium a day and this seems to help a bit. The nose net is not consistent, some days sneezes with it other days his nose wrinkles under it and rubs his nose often. He is calm when walking but does have the vertical head shock flick. Trying everything. Exhausted.

I’m a 49 year old Caucasian woman with this disorder. I am German descent and this disorder is caused by too many mast cells activating. These pain attacks are anaphylaxis. Too much histamine. It takes weeks to shed the cell burden. Any horse with this should not be rode or shown at a show. This is a inflammatory response. The horse(s) should be kept in a calm controlled area and given necessary vitamins and medications and supervised. Fed the right food and drink plenty of water to flush those cells.

Hi I've seen a couple of horses (equine therapist) that have started with head shaking 2 weeks post using the theraplate. Have you seen any such correlation? Do you ask this question as part of history taking at all? Many thanks Helen Thornton Equine musculoskeletal therapist

Hi my friend has a horse that Is badly head flicking and been diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia. They have suggested it be euthanized as little is know about successful treatment. I just cant let this go and I'm looking for ansers and advice on what to try or do.