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Navicular Rehab
Success Story sent in by Teresa Ruth
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I bought a navicular rehab last spring, a big handsome breeding stock paint.
He had been barefoot out running on a huge ranch so I thought "piece of cake!"
Turns out his trimming was not so good - his heels were run under at least
an inch on all fours and his bars were overgrown almost to the sole and
mashed into the sole material so it was hard to tell what was bar and what
was sole. After his first trim, circulation was restored to his poor
feet, and very soon his feet became as flat as the bottom of a flatiron! I
couldn't BELIEVE it. Added to this, he was exquisitely tender. As I
understand it now, his entire foot (all 4 feet) were inflammed, his
laminar connection was very poor and his coffin bone couldn't be suspended in the
hoof capsule so he was walking right on solar corium which was also
inflamed. He was one sore horse!
I just kept trimmin' and trimmin' and last August during my Hoof Groom
course with Martha Olivo, I became aware of concavity 'happening'! It is
not much, but noticeable. Along with this, he is much less lame. I rode
him for the first time for any length of time in August, and in September I took
him to a Parelli Playday where we walked and trotted - I let a trainer
ride him (a little lightweight guy) and Scribbles offered a nice fluid canter
complete with flying changes. He now turns around like a 'normal' horse -
I don't have to wait while he carefully hobbles around. He is well on his
way.
Reason he is better? As new, healthy hoof grew down, a new healthy
laminar connection began to replace the old diseased one. When sufficient healthy
lamina was present, his coffin bone began to rise in the hoof capsule,
giving concavity and allowing the soles to begin to heal.
We still have a long way to go, but when I bought him I really didn't
think I would be able to ride him at a trot until next spring. He is in a
pasture (mostly dirt) that is firm. He is comfortable moving around and he's
with my Arab...they are ALWAYS on the go!
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