jeudi 20 novembre 2014

Look Out For Navicular Syndrome Symptoms In Your Horse

By Ida Dorsey


All too often the discovery of your horse to have lameness is very distressful but early diagnosis and treatment with an appreciation of the condition will lead to the correct action and treatment and therefore to a speedy recovery. Most often total rest is recommended for the horse in order to give the tissue that surround the bone, a chance to heal properly after navicular syndrome.

Special shoes have been designed over the years to treat and alleviate the pain and as the horse's hooves are extremely important, the farrier taking care of the hooves needs to be well qualified to maintain the general condition of the hooves. It is advisable for the farrier to ensure that the pressure on the tendons and tissue in the hooves is minimized.

If the animal shows a tendency of lameness too frequently, regular check-ups by a trusted veterinarian is important. A chronic and disabling disease can be the result of neglecting the symptoms which can lead to other more serious abnormal conditions. Lameness is usually the result of injury of the heel area of the feet due to incorrect landing of the horse and the rider should guide the horse to make the correct normal landing which is heel to toe, instead of the other way around.

Landing incorrectly will always lead to lameness, due to injury of the heel section of the feet, which can be avoided if the rider guides the horse to land heel-to-toe and not the other way around.

It is often the case that one front foot is more affected than the other. This can be identified when the animal often switches weight from one leg to the other. Working the horse hard when this condition is evident is not advisable and hard and rough surfaces are to be avoided as this will certainly retard the healing process and prove to be uncomfortable for the animal.

To discover the symptoms of lameness in ones beloved horse is always distressing and it is therefore important to recognize the symptoms at the very early stages as this will give a definite advantage to an earlier recovery. It is generally believed that one front foot may be more painful than the other and this can be seen if the horse tends to switch from one leg to the other. The condition will be exacerbated if the animal is worked on a very rough or hard surface and should therefore be avoided.

While the recovery time is allowed, a much less intense work pattern will be needed and jumping is sometimes not advisable although, exercise such as slow long distance riding should be undertaken in order for fitness of the horse is to be maintained. Irregular hard surfaces and steep inclines are to be avoided at all cost if steady recovery is to be expected.

In this day and age the benefit of a great deal of research is at ones disposal in order to reach quicker results and this is also the case in the treatment of navicular disease or syndrome. Coupled with care and patience the animal can quickly be brought to its normal state of fitness through the correct help after which horse and rider will again be able to partake in the wonderful sport of riding and jumping.




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