When faced with a distal Sesamoidean bone that is situated more proximal on the palmar aspect of the middle phalanx (as is seen in many...

When you study the location and role of the navicular bone, and the physical forces impacting the foot, particularly the loading of the...

Following on from part one as part of our diagnosing this issue, we talked about having radiographs or other scans and imaging done to...

For centuries, veterinarians and clinical researchers, including the farriering industry, have tried to unravel the palmar foot pain...

Start the new year by questioning when a foal should have its first trim. If we discuss the beneficial aspect of early intervention in...

Science of biomechanical medicine in the clinical environment as a diagnostic technique. Appreciating that the muscular system plays a...

Darrall Clifford has followed on from his first book, Equine Orthopaedic Balance, with a second, equally exceptional book exploring the...

According to the physical laws of gravity, the biomechanics of living beings result from touching base with the earth. Any imbalance in...

Do you know what postural balance means, or have you ever stopped and asked yourself what it is and whether it concerns you? Postural...

Consider the very common issue of underrun heels and contemplate the pros and cons of how shoe choice and placement.

If the heel branches of the shoe are placed closer to the frog for added support, the extra loading on the hoof from above and the ground...

One of the best pieces of advice I can pass on regarding the fitting of shoes is to keep the outline of the shoe to the outline of the...

The hoof capsule will be in motion asymmetrically around the distal phalanx due to the inappropriate orthopaedic balance of that limb.

The hoof capsule is the apparatus with the greatest ability to rearrange itself, not the bone structure.

Keeping up to date on what is happing at Twin Peaks Farm Hi everybody, it is halfway through the year, and a lot has been happening at...

The most important factor is to orthopaedically balance the hoof through science-based neurological and pathology-informed trimming.

What constitutes a balanced foot and how such an idea could be maintained is far more contentious.

If we do not take the individual animal into our trimming strategy, then we are missing the true reason why we are trimming the horse in the

What is equine hoof balance, and whet is meant by a balanced foot?

Man first started using the horse to carry loads and himself well before the birth of Christ. They then realised that a metal rim had to...