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<< > .. Squaring toes can
> > help, but it's an aggressive (damaging to hocks) way of doing something
> > rather simple.
Can you elaborate on the above for me please? Why will it damage the
hocks? >>
When you raise angles in the foot, you shift a significant amount of
concussive stress away from the soft tissue suspension system behind the leg
into the bone column. A squared toe can have a similar effect with the
addition of "jamming" the foot, stopping it too quickly--again puts stress on
bone column. Of course, there are times in the front where we want to make
these kinds of changes, very carefully, and not dramatically, to quicken or
lift the action. But when we do, we know that beyond a certain point of
balance, we're going to start testing the knees and ankles.
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