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The Continued Relevance Of Poultices

July 2, 2014 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Source: Dr. Eleanor Kellon, Staff Veterinary Specialist for Uckele Health Nutrition
Poultices have been in use as long as horses have been domesticated. In fact, they used to be a very common human remedy as well. With the long history of their use, you might expect good research would be available to support their use, but this isn't the case. The medical literature is actually pretty scarce, but it does support the ability of clays in poultices to draw out harmful minerals as well as proteins that would accumulate in areas of inflammation.
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Corrective Shoeing Can Alleviate Locking Stifles

May 14, 2014 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Source: Equinews
The stifle joint in a horse's hind leg corresponds anatomically to the knee joint in the human leg. However, instead of appearing halfway down the limb like the human knee, the horse's stifle doesn't even look like a joint because it is hidden within the structure of the horse's upper hind leg.
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Shoeing for a Living

True to Fundamentals, Forward Thinking

A day with Minnesota farrier Mark Thorkildson delivered a mixed bag of horses and a consistent approach to quality work
May 1, 2014 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Ramsey, Minn., farrier Mark Thorkildson grew up around horses. During his youth, the work by the farriers who shod his family's horses didn’t spark Thorkildson's interest in footcare. It wasn't necessarily that their work was bad, but these shoers were in-and-out backyard practitioners. Nothing stood out about their work with horses that would catch the eye of a novice.
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Hoof Beats: On Their Toes

By Steve Stanley posted on April 16, 2014 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Source: Hoof Beats Magazine
When the hoof is injured during a race, it is usually the hind foot striking the front and nearly always involves the rear third of the affected hoof. Of course, there are many other ways a horse might incur a hoof, but this particular injury involves the most critical area of racehorse shoeing.
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Farrier Tips

Need Sole Support? Raid The Toy Box

By Jeff Cota posted on March 27, 2014 | Posted in Therapeutic Shoeing
Shoeing international sport horses often forces a farrier to use some creativity to solve problems. If a horse you're shoeing needs a little extra support, U.S. Olympic team farrier Steve Teichman suggests raiding your child's toy box.
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Common Problems to Look for When You First See a Horse

Farriers share the most common foot problems they find when taking on a new account — and how to improve the situations
By Red Renchin posted on March 1, 2014 | Posted in Education, Therapeutic Shoeing
A common scenario is for a new horse to show up on your mat with instructions to "just shoe it." Very often that horse does not come with a shoeing or soundness history, but does arrive with the assumption from the person paying the bill that there are no foot problems.
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