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Cave Creek Equine is honored to collaborate with Equine Sports Medicine, Arizona Rehabilitation Division to offer specialist-prescribed and overseen professional rehabilitation for your horse. 

MEET DR. SHERRY JOHNSON

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Dr. Sherry Johnson attended veterinary school at Iowa State University, completed an equine internship at Equine Medical Center of Ocala and then completed a one-year equine diagnostic imaging fellowship at Colorado State University. She then transitioned into the collaborative Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation residency program through Colorado State University and Equine Sports Medicine, LLC. Following her residency training, she became a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (DACVSMR) in 2019. She then completed a PhD program at Colorado State University with specific research focus on orthopedic rehabilitation, specifically tendon healing and blood flow restriction training (2022). She is a senior partner & managing rehabilitation veterinarian of Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, LLC (ESMR) for which she oversees rehabilitation centers located in both Whitesboro, TX and Scottsdale, AZ.

Dr. Johnson is the recipient of the American Quarter Horse Foundation Young Investigator Award (2018), named the EQUUS Foundation Research Fellow (2019), and was most recently granted the Storm Cat Career Development Award (2020), Iowa State University’s 2020 Young Alumni Award and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP’s) President Award (2020). She is honored to serve as the Program Chair of AAEP’s Performance Horse Committee and is a 4-time Kester News Hour moderator. She also serves on the equine advisory board for Pulse Vet Technologies, LLC, as a key opinion leader (KOL) for American Regent Animal Health, on the external advisory committee for Texas A&M Institute for Equine Sciences and on Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine strategic advisory board. 

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Situated in the heart of Scottsdale horse country, board certified (DACVSMR) specialist and PhD recipient Dr. Sherry Johnson serves as the managing veterinarian with over 10 years of clinical experience in the professional rehabilitation of high end equine athletes. This rehabilitation facility features state-of-the-art equipment with recovery programs built custom for each patient based on their diagnosis, co-morbidities and athletic goal and timeline. When prescribing rehabilitation, Dr. Johnson considers not only the horse’s original injury, but any secondary functional weaknesses that may be present as well. Each rehabilitation plan incorporates the pillars of physical therapy, and involves strategies to improve balance, neuromotor control, flexibility, cardiovascular fitness and core stability.

ESM-Arizona is one of only three board-certified owned and operated professional rehabilitation centers in the country (the only one in the state of Arizona), and is the only facility in the world to offer blood flow restriction training.  Enrollment in this program is much more than stall rest, hand-walking and aquatred, but also features high-end physical therapy for the equine athlete that incorporates custom resistance band training, targeted strength training, balance pad work, core physiotherapeutic exercisse, retrograde lymphatic compression and proprioceptive stimulation all prescribed by a board-certified specialist.  Dr. Johnson also builds custom off-season strength training programs for the competing athlete and facilitates post-operative rehab care and recovery.

Equine Sports Medicine, Arizona Rehabilitation Division

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Dr. Johnson works closely with the veterinarians of Cave Creek Equine to ensure continuity of rehabilitative care following orthopedic injury diagnosis. Through continued collaboration and specialist oversight, our team is dedicated to getting your athlete back on the road to recovery as quickly as possible. Visit with us today to learn more about how these rehabilitative services may benefit your horse!

Our Rehab Address:
Equine Sports Medicine, Arizona Rehabilitation Division
29607 N Hayden Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85266
940-208-2607

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– Equine Rehabilitation Services