Rehabilitation Cases

Founder Rehabilitation on Pony

Note the severe amount of rotation and separation, as well as the degree of bone loss at the tip of P3

Note the change in horn tubule orientation and straightness (orange) and the much straighter coronet (green)

Acute Laminitis with Founder – 3 months period

Club Foot Correction

This horse is clearly standing under, i.e. unloading his painful heels.
Deformed boxy front hoof, long heels, curved coronet and short toes.
8 months later – square stance
same foot – 8 months later.

Excessively Overgrown with P3 Separation

before trim
after first trim
5 months later
contracted and uneven
uneven heel length
symmetrical again
re-suspended and ready to go

“Reverse Cone Shape” Hoof

2 months old with reverse-cone-shape hooves
coronet is wider than base
underslung heels
5 months later – much wider at base
no longer reverse-cone-shaped
underrun heels have disappeared

Pedal Bone Protrusion in a 5 year-old

before trim with shoes on
3 months later
7 months later
volar view with shoe on
volar view 3 months later
posterior view
posterior view 3 months later
lateral view
lateral view 3 months later
lateral view 7 months later
X-Ray before trimming
X-Ray 3 months later
8 months later – winning Best Pace class