viola
Well-Known Member
Hello 
I am pleased to say Kingsley is getting better and better and can now trot on the circle on both reins!
I had a little play with video stills and here is a result of further changes in his walk stride and changes to the shape and performance of his hooves.
October 2010 (start of rehab) vs January 2011:
If image doesn't show you can see it on my blog here:
Kingsley's Barefoot Rehab
His movement in walk used to have quite a distinctive character. It would be either pottery and short strided or very large and very unbalanced. He had disturbed medio-lateral balance of his feet (that is when the hoof wall on the inside of the leg is a different hight than the hoof wall on the outside of the leg). If you looked at him from the front he would look as if he was "paddling" sideways before allowing his feet to land. It was a peculiar way of going. He is a little croup high but the way he moved would make you think his withers are about a meter beneath the croup line!
One of the things I am watching with him (and there are plenty!) are the changes to the length and evenness of the stride in walk. In October 2010 he made shorter steps with his right fore (although this sometimes changed to the left fore). One fore leg was almost always striding shorter than the other.
A little legend to my creative lines
Yellow : Front limb angle
Red : Distance in between the knees (within the yellow lines) in a relaxed walk stride
Pink : Toe to Toe distance
I measured the above on the January photo (bottom image) and copied the lines onto top image.
Now, I know it's not super accurate and hardly a scientific paper but I think the changes are rather great!
Another thing: look at the way the pastern joint and fetlock absorbs the movement on October Photo (rigid joint, not much give) and January (plenty of 'spring').
I'm dying to see the trot footage but have to wait until the weekend!
I am pleased to say Kingsley is getting better and better and can now trot on the circle on both reins! I had a little play with video stills and here is a result of further changes in his walk stride and changes to the shape and performance of his hooves.
October 2010 (start of rehab) vs January 2011:
If image doesn't show you can see it on my blog here:
Kingsley's Barefoot Rehab
His movement in walk used to have quite a distinctive character. It would be either pottery and short strided or very large and very unbalanced. He had disturbed medio-lateral balance of his feet (that is when the hoof wall on the inside of the leg is a different hight than the hoof wall on the outside of the leg). If you looked at him from the front he would look as if he was "paddling" sideways before allowing his feet to land. It was a peculiar way of going. He is a little croup high but the way he moved would make you think his withers are about a meter beneath the croup line!
One of the things I am watching with him (and there are plenty!) are the changes to the length and evenness of the stride in walk. In October 2010 he made shorter steps with his right fore (although this sometimes changed to the left fore). One fore leg was almost always striding shorter than the other.
A little legend to my creative lines
Yellow : Front limb angle
Red : Distance in between the knees (within the yellow lines) in a relaxed walk stride
Pink : Toe to Toe distance
I measured the above on the January photo (bottom image) and copied the lines onto top image.
Now, I know it's not super accurate and hardly a scientific paper but I think the changes are rather great!
Another thing: look at the way the pastern joint and fetlock absorbs the movement on October Photo (rigid joint, not much give) and January (plenty of 'spring').
I'm dying to see the trot footage but have to wait until the weekend!