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S5E5: The Hind End Motor

March 20, 2023 by Mike Stine Leave a Comment

Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Talking Terminology: what it means when a horse forges or overreaches
  • Continuing on phases of the horse’s stride: the horse’s hind end
  • How the horse’s hock joint moves
  • Changes in a broodmare’s hooves
  • Causes and treatment of suspensory injuries
  • Correct movement in a dressage horse

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: broodmare, dressage, dressage horse, equine biomechanics, forging, hock joint, overreaching, suspensory injury

S5E4: Plywood Shoes

March 13, 2023 by Mike Stine Leave a Comment

In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Talking terminology: what it means when veterinarians and farriers talk about a “breakover” and “breakover phase”
  • Treating a draft horse with laminitis and white line disease
  • Building a shoe to treat laminitis
  • What Theraplates are supposed to do for horses (and different therapies for horses…and people)
  • Five phases of a horse’s stride (and what those phases should look/sound like if your horse is moving correctly)
  • How Mike uses trimming and shoeing to correct those phases

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Filed Under: Case Studies, Podcast Tagged With: breakover, breakover point, draft horse, equine biomechanics, laminitis, Theraplate, white line disease

S5E3: Don’t Wait

March 7, 2023 by Mike Stine Leave a Comment

In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Talking Terminology: deep digital flexor tendons and coffin bones
  • Examining preserved cross-sections of horse’s legs: one healthy, one with laminitis
  • How to increase a horse’s weight in a healthy way
  • Why you should be careful grazing horses on spring grass
  • What happens when a hoof develops laminitis
  • Neuropathy in horse’s hooves
  • How to treat laminitis

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: coffin bone, deep digital flexor tendon, horse hoof, laminitis, neuropathy, UltimateBoot

S5E2: Our Mantra

February 28, 2023 by Mike Stine Leave a Comment

In this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Virtual riding lessons with Pivo and maybe using Pivo for virtual clinics
  • Talking terminology: Insensitive structures and sensitive structures of the hoof capsules
  • Stabilizing and cleaning up a quarter crack on a hoof
  • Collaborating with other farriers
  • What a hunter’s bump is and why riders need to condition and train horses more slowly
  • What happens when you ask for collection too soon (and how your farrier can make it better or worse)

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: farrier, hoof capsule, hunters bump, quarter cracks

S5E1: Let the Foal, Unfold

February 21, 2023 by Mike Stine Leave a Comment

On this episode, Mike and Travis discuss:

  • Travis’s late-night visitor
  • The difference between miniature horses and ponies
  • The new show swag
  • Toed-in horses, toed-out horses, and when to correct on a young horse
  • How to correct a horse that paddles
  • Breakover and how it affects knees and tendons
  • Mike’s definitions of “sound” and “unsound”

If you have questions for Mike, click here to send it in and he’ll answer either on-air or by email.

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Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: breakover, miniature horse, pony, sound horse, toed in horse, toed out horse, unsound horse

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