Re: RC: wedge pads

[owens <owensall@sierratel.com>]

Dear Dyane;
I did use wedge pads on one gelding that had a LTLH problem.  I made the
farrier use a wedge, 3 degree at first, on the foot with no heel.  He
set back the shoe to where we wanted the foot to grow, squared and
beveled back the toe, and used the wedge pad to fill in where the heel
should have been.  It worked wonderfully...seems that the pad stimulated
circulation where the heel needed to be, and actually caused a wonderful
new heel to appear where there had been none before.  We re-shod him
each time with less wedge, a 2 then a 1 then no wedge at all.  In a
fairly short time he had a good heel growing, and no more runaway toe.
Katee 
> 
> Has anyone used wedge pads?  If you have, how long did you use them?  For
> what problems?  Were you pleased with the results?  I'm on the great farrier
> search.  I just interviewed a guy who recommended wedge pads for what he
> perceives are back problems (I have not noticed lameness, but one horse is
> short-strided behind.  I plan to get Xrays, but have to wait 'til my trailer
> gets here).  I don't expect anyone to second guess this shoer--after all,
> he's seen the horses, but I'm concerned because I've been told by two vets
> that wedge pads tend to crush the heels and put undue pressure on the toes.
> On the other hand, that was awhile back and maybe there are newer products.
> Anyway, I don't know any better research than how a product stands up to
> distance riding.
> 
> I did look at the archives, but after paging through a massive number of
> posts, I still haven't found anything.
> Dyane
> N. Ca
> 
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