Anatomy

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Treating Soft-Tissue Injuries

Farriers play an important team role in preventing, treating and rehabilitating damages of this kind that lame numerous horses
Although farriery overtly deals with the structures of the hoof capsule, a farrier may be involved with soft tissue injuries of the limb at any stage — from identification through rehabilitation. The term “soft tissue” technically includes any tissue that is not bone or horn: nerve, blood vessels, skin, subcutis, muscle, tendon, ligament, joint capsule, bursa, cartilage or fat.
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Boning Up on Equine Anatomy

Students at Heartland Horseshoeing School put together an articulated horse skeleton under the direction of Walter Varcoe

 After several years of going to the International Hoof-Care Summit in Cincinnati and drooling over the articulated skeletons that Walter Varcoe makes, I finally decided to get him to come out to Missouri and do a clinic.  


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Study Finds Feral Hooves Are Far From Perfectly Healthy

Research from Australia calls into question the concept of using mustang-style hooves as a model for trimming domestic horses
The feral horse foot that more than a few people have pointed to as the ideal appearance for all horse hooves may not be that model of perfection after all.
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Addressing Hock and Stifle Issues

Three farriers share how they each approach the challenges presented by hind limb problems with athletic horses
Hock and stifle injuries in the equine athlete can hamper the animal's ability to perform. These issues don't appear as frequently as those related to the front end, which can lead to unfamiliarity on how to treat the problems.
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Veterinarians' Roundtable

Is there a way to tell the difference between a clubfoot situation that can be “fixed” and one that can only be managed?
A: It's difficult to "fix" a clubfoot, even with surgery, but they can be managed quite effectively depending on the severity.
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What About the Bony Column?

Proper alignment of angles, checking hoof-pastern axis are still seen as a critical foundation of good farriery.
Are farriers paying enough attention to aligning the bony column? Are they making enough of an effort to achieve an ideal hoof-pastern axis when possible? Or do some farriers overemphasize this concept as they work to balance hooves?
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