Natural Hoof Care Lisa Parlier

05/06/2025

Beautiful morning for a nap.

11/06/2022

02/22/2022

Did you know toe dragging, forging, over-reaching, difficulty performing precise actions could be signs of proprioceptive deficit?

Why does proprioception start to fail?

Although proprioceptive deficits are mainly a consequence of discomfort, it may also be due to a long list of neurological disorders. In the case of pain, compensations are created.

Studies suggest that horses have Central Pattern Generators. Basic rhythmic activity patterns that are generated by central circuits called central pattern generators (CPGs) (Bucher 2009). However, these CPG's become modified by feedback from peripheral proprioception.

We know that horses will adapt their gait in response to pain, when this adaption becomes chronic, this imprints onto the CPG,s (Rombach 2020) and they require rehabilitation to unlearn those movement patterns as although the foot (or any other anatomy) may not be giving the same nociceptive (pain) in put, the higher (wider) musculature has entered an automatic cyclic rhythm.

Read more at this link...Edward Busuttil DVM introduces you to proprioception

https://www.theequinedocumentalist.com/post/proprioception-how-do-our-hoses-know-how-to-put-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other

For a mind blowing webinar on proprioception and posture from Dr Gellman follow this link...

https://equineeducationhub.thinkific.com/courses/proandpos

02/07/2022

Navicular syndrome
Navicular disease
Pain in the back of the foot

So many names for such a worrying issue in our horses.

In this horse, I found the deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT) quite damaged with yellow brittle hard tissue where it should glide over the navicular bone. I also found adhesions (strands of tissue) between the DDFT and navicular bone.

The navicular bone was also damaged with yellow colour to the fibrocartilage surface where it meets the DDFT plus pitting and a rough feel.

Bet that hurt.

Horse was lame. I’ll be posting a video of this dissection with more detailed information, to my Patreon page.

http://www.patreon.com/hoof studies

Thank you to my small business supporters :

Melissa LaFlamme
Equine podiatrist and teacher
Quebec

Tiffani Radake
Owner at Hug Your Horse
US Hidalgo, Consultant
Illinois, US

12/31/2021

Part of the EponaShoe "How To" series of videos.