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How should a horse with navicular be shod?
Corrective shoeing and hoof trimming can be as simple as balancing the foot, putting on a shoe with the correct amount of extension, backing up a toe, egg bar shoes with or without wedge pads and rocker toe shoes. Balance is the key to successfully shoeing a ‘navicular horse’.
Do horses with navicular need shoes?
There is no need for nerve blocking or special metal shoes that may help for a little while. Learn how going barefoot is used to rehabilitate navicular horses successfully all over the world. Until recently, most unidentified heel pain/caudal foot pain was diagnosed as navicular syndrome.
Do shoes help navicular?
It is concluded that shoes with heel wedges reduce the force on the navicular bone as a result of a decreased moment of force at the distal interphalangeal joint in combination with a decreased angle between the deep digital flexor tendon distally and proximally of the navicular bone.
What does navicular disease look like?
Clinical signs of navicular disease include a short, choppy stride with lameness that worsens when the horse is worked in a circle, as when longeing. Frequent stumbling may occur at all gaits, even the walk, or when horses are asked to step over short obstacles such as ground poles.
Should you ride a horse with navicular disease?
Can a horse with navicular be ridden? Depending on the severity of the disease, it is possible to ride a horse with navicular, as long as your vet okays it. Pharmaceutical agents which can help alleviate pain and control inflammation such as Previcox and Tildren can be administered.
Should you ride a horse with navicular?
How do you keep a horse with navicular comfortable?
Regular hoof trimming is important to establish and maintain the correct angle of the hooves and pasterns. Therapeutic shoeing can improve the horse’s comfort by improving balance and breakover. Some horses benefit from pain medications and/or corticosteroid injections to the coffin joint or the navicular bursa.
Why is my horse limping after farrier?
The shoe could be applying excessive pressure to the sole, or the angle changes that were made are more than the horse could handle. If the horse was trimmed, the problem could be excessive sole removed and sole bruising, or angle changes.