Dr. Kerry Ridgway Passed Away

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Dr. Kerry Ridgway passed away on 3 January 2016. Kerry was a remarkable man, horseman, and veterinarian; an indefatigable researcher with a passion for horse welfare and wellness.

"My dad officially crossed over this morning but he's been flying out of body for a few days. I took him scuba diving today. Now he knows, now he's free and finally back home in the sea of all life," Kerry's son Reid announed the passing of his father.

Dr. Ridgway was a graduate of Colorado State University and operated a holistically based veterinary practice in Aiken, SC. He was a founding member and officer for the "Association for Equine Sports Medicine," now a large international association. After practicing conventional medicine for over 20 years, and as a result of personal health issues that were helped greatly with alternative medicine, Dr. Ridgway decided to direct his focus toward chiropractic and acupuncture.

Dressage trainer Manolo Mendez, who regularly conducted clinics with Dr. Ridgway, described Kerry as "a man with an elegant, agile mind and a great sense of humor. A kind man. A man with a strong social conscience who cared deeply for Earth and its future. A man engaged in life with intelligence, gusto and with age, imbued with a wisdom born out of experience, pain but also joy."

According to Mendez, he was "a veterinarian that understood training and management induced lameness like no one else and developed what can truly be termed revolutionary assessments and treatment protocols for issues ranging from ulcers to psoas to hyoids, to high heel/low heel syndrome, to crooked horse syndrome and more."

Kerry leaves behind his wife Christine, sons Blake, Reid and Todd, daughter Yevonne and grandchildren.