In 2020, Dr. Putt’s first kid, a Hanoverian horse named Carpe Luna (affectionately known as ‘kid’) that she has had since he was six month old, developed neurologic symptoms and was diagnosed with EPM (Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis). Despite aggressive treatment for four months with Western medication, he did not improve. At this point, Dr. Putt discontinued Western treatment and started Traditional Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture and Chinese herbals. Within three weeks of switching to strictly TCM, Dr. Putt received calls from four separate new clients with horses in the same situation as Kid. Through committed and aggressive TCM treatments, all four horses are back to competing and riding difficult technical trails in the backcountry, and yet Kid failed to fully resolve. This drove Dr. Putt to further her education and skill set and get Certified in Veterinary Spinal Manipulative Therapy (CVSMT aka chiropractic) at the Healing Oasis Wellness Center (HOWC), followed immediately by becoming Certified in Veterinary Massage and Rehabilitation Therapy (CVMRT) through HOWC. It was during the year of learning and becoming certified in these modalities that Dr. Putt found her true passion of sports medicine and rehabilitation therapy.