With heart bar shoes frog support and the transference of weight bearing pressures are key components for successfully using the shoe as a therapeutic device.
Heart bar shoes for horses.
As for heart bar shoes zizian says they have a few specific applications.
When the foot is off the ground there should be little to no pressure between the shoe at the toe illustrated here by sliding a ruler between the shoe and foot.
Heart bar shoes are used to treat several different diseases of the foot.
Heart bars can be used for underrun heels laminitis road founder mechanical founder hoof wall avulsions white line disease and pedal osteitis he says.
The heart bar shoe or frog support shoe is a versatile therapeutic application that offers relief to afflicted horses from a variety of conditions.
They re useful for supporting the coffin bone area in laminitic horses and also for horses who are sore in the seat of.
Heart bar shoes have been used for many years.
A serious affliction of horses today is laminitis and founder.
These shoes are designed to apply pressure to the frog which in turn applies pressure to the pedal bone which will then push the pedal bone back up into position.
Heart bar shoes are used for a horse that has laminitis.