EQUICAST

I’ve used EVA/leather clogs on about a dozen laminitic horses since spring of this year, the purpose and rationale behind this method resulted in immediate improvement in pain levels in all cases, the application is low impact mitigating discomfort to the horse whilst being fitted. The full roller motion design of the shoe decreased moment arm forces to the damaged lamellar interface, turning increases torque forces to the wall quarters by 40%, the additional EVA allows selective stabilization enhancing concussion absorption therefore reducing pain by allowing the patient to maximize the comfort of biomechanics whilst dampening the high frequencies of impact. Applying a hoof cast to the exterior of the hoof wall creates a continuation of the hoof capsule, decreasing its mode of elasticity and increasing its volume reducing the biomechanical induced principal strain.

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~ Mark Aikens, FdSc BSc (Hons) DipWCF