My horse has been diagnosed with navicular disease, will Formula4 Feet help his lameness?
A. True navicular disease results in irreparable changes to the navicular bone, navicular bursa and sometimes the deep digital flexor tendon. However, many horses seem to be diagnosed with navicular disease when they do not have these changes but go sound after a palmar digital nerve block. This block indicates that the seat of pain is in the back part of the foot but not necessarily in the navicular bone; even if there are “abnormalities” seen on this bone on X-ray examinations. Many of these animals have a long toe, collapsed heels type of foot conformation and the pain seems to be coming from chronic recurrent corns or excessive strain on the ligamentous structures in the back of the foot. These animals will often go sound when given Formula4 Feet in combination with a different style of foot dressing and shoeing. The prinicples to adopt are to shorten the toes, ease the breakover and provide more support to the heels from a fuller shoe. [Using a shoe which raises the heels, is usua
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