I just skimmed through this discussion and feel your pain @fivestrideline Long story short with us, 7yo fjord gelding who this year, we discovered a mineralization deposit at his poll and some degenerative changes in the lower cervical spine that appear to be the culprit in a knee buckling issue. Here is our saga:We Have a Tripping Problem - Acupuncture Update + We have a big splint now :(
Initially thought it was laminitis (we don’t think that anymore), treated for EPM off a moderate titer pull, and then started electroacupuncture at the local rehab vets place. We started doing weekly acupuncture which he showed amazing results with. As we extended the time between sessions, the tripping/buckling would start to creep back in. This last time, we started on him Equioxx, and while I fear jinxing us, he is on currently on day 21 with no trips/stumbles/buckles. We go back for our next session this Friday. I’m anxious to get the vets thoughts; it seems clear to me that there is an inflammation component as evidenced through the Equioxx trial.
I do have the BEMER horse set and use it regularly, but he REALLY likes the posture prep brush in his spots and LOVES the massage/percussion gun. I get so much more feedback from those two tools than anything else. He even likes the massage gun up at the poll, and more recently on the corners of his mouth where a bit would sit…I wouldn’t have pegged that as a spot to try, but he was insistent about getting it in that spot 
Im not looking forward to whenever QOL starts to slip with us; Im sure it will be sooner than I would hope. I myself have several chronic conditions, including degenerative disc disease in about the same spot as Charlie, so I do have a good appreciation and the ups and downs of managing conditions like that. Also how important and beneficial PT type work can be which is how Im approaching groundwork and limited riding right now.
