Our Teams – The Horses

Our Team

Practical

Frances Smelser Warson

My mother, Frances Smelser Warson – I guess, she would be proud if we said she had worked her way through college, Texas Tech University, as a wrangler on sheep ranches. She would want Tech mentioned as it has a relationship with the Comanches.

Preventive

James S. Warson

Dr. James Warson’s remarkable journey began in 1974 as a neurosurgeon in Lexington, Kentucky, where he fine-tuned his skills. In 1978, he made his mark in Fort Collins, Colorado, founding Front Range Brain and Spine Surgery. With over 6,000 spine surgeries under his belt, Dr. Warson became a luminary in the field, specializing in ailments that afflict equestrians due to or exacerbated by their passion for riding.

Progressive

Elizabeth A. Warson

Elizabeth Warson PhD is a board certified art therapist who uses equine subjects in her therapy programs.

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Book

Dr. James Warson—a neurosurgeon and lifelong horseman—says that over 90 percent of the population seeks help for back pain at one point or another during the course of life. If you’re a horseperson, back pain is of particular concern since everything you do on and around horses demands a supple, strong, healthy back: riding itself, grooming, tacking up, stacking hay bales, even pushing a wheelbarrow. This book provides all the practical information needed to understand the diagnosis, treatment, and pain management related to a rider’s back problems, whether they are inherited, or caused by riding, trauma, illness, posture, pregnancy, or aging.