Lindsay Cotterell DAEP, Dip.IAZ
NAVICULAR SYNDROME TREATED USING HEART BAR SHOES
ARAB X SUFFERING FROM NAVICULAR ISSUES. SHOD WITH HEART BARS AND LAME IN BOTH FRONTS AND SUFFERING FROM CONSIDERABLE BACK PAIN, ESPECIALLY THE LUMBER AND HAMSTRING AREA.
REPORTED TO BE STUMBLING AND HAD FALLEN SEVERAL TIMES
DISPLAYING STRONG DIAGONAL ASYMMETRY.
SENSITIVE AROUND EXTENSOR TENDON AREA, UP BOTH FRONT SHINS. DISCOMFORT AND MILD SWELLING BOTH KNEES. RESPONDED SIGNIFICANTLY TO GAUGED HOOF TESTERS ON THE NAVICULAR AREA, RIGHT FRONT WORSE THAN LEFT
HORSE LYING DOWN REGULARLY DURING DAY TIME AND WHOLE DEAMEANOUR MISERABLE AND DISPLAYING AGITATED AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR.
SPECTRUM OF USABILITY SCORE - 3
TREATMENT
Fungal Infection treated using Clean Trax
Followed up using Spectrasan
Poly Flex Wraps used on fronts for two trim cycles
'SOS' Therapeutic Hoof Pads and Boots
Progressive exercise program
Visited regularly by Chiropractor
Concrete turnout utilised
AFTER FIRST TRIM CYCLE IMPROVEMENT WAS CONSIDERABLE. IN SIX MONTHS HORSE ABLE TO PERFORM AT ALL PACES AND TERRAIN. OVERALL WELL BEING DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR STOPPED ALONG WITH LYING DOWN DURING DAY
10 WEEKS LATER