Transferable skills - hoof trimming to human foot filing 🤣

[Tiddlypom]

I am feeling inordinately chuffed with myself.

I have been trimming the horses’ feet mostly myself for the last few years, with the farrier taking a peek every now and again. Last time he marked my work as an 8.75/10.00, with the 1.25 being lost for not being quite bold enough.

Today the human podiatrist has apparently praised my daily work with the foot file on the rough and split skin on husband’s feet after the cellulitis in his lower leg which hospitalised him 6 weeks ago, and the resultant damage and swelling which is still receding. I’ve been taking the correct approach. Little and often seems to be best for trimming both human and horses, and going just far enough, but not too far.

Haven’t gone as far as using Red Horse products on husband’s feet, though, have stuck with E45 et al .

 

[Nocturnal]

Did you trim him down to the live sole plane?

 

[Red-1]

I am feeling inordinately chuffed with myself.

I have been trimming the horses’ feet mostly myself for the last few years, with the farrier taking a peek every now and again. Last time he marked my work as an 8.75/10.00, with the 1.25 being lost for not being quite bold enough.

Today the human podiatrist has apparently praised my daily work with the foot file on the rough and split skin on husband’s feet after the cellulitis in his lower leg which hospitalised him 6 weeks ago, and the resultant damage and swelling which is still receding. I’ve been taking the correct approach. Little and often seems to be best for trimming both human and horses, and going just far enough, but not too far.

Haven’t gone as far as using Red Horse products on husband’s feet, though, have stuck with E45 et al .

Oooh, I did a thread on this, hang on, I'll find it...

 

[Red-1]

https://forums.horseandhound.co.uk/threads/rough-skin-on-feet-cure.845860/

There!

If your husband's blood circulation has been compromised, I think it highly likely a small fungal infestation could have taken effect. This really has been miraculous.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Ah yes. Thanks, but it isn’t that in this case . It’s post cellulitis damage.

Topical treatments are unfortunately pretty useless for fungal nail infections. There are oral POMs, but you need a liver function blood test first.

 

[Red-1]

Ah yes. Thanks, but it isn’t that in this case . It’s post cellulitis damage.

Topical treatments are unfortunately pretty useless for fungal nail infections. There are oral POMs, but you need a liver function blood test first.

It isn't for fungal nail, it is for rough feet with cracks. But I'm sorry if your case isn't the same. It seems to have helped other HHOers anyway.

 

[Gloi]

I am feeling inordinately chuffed with myself.

I have been trimming the horses’ feet mostly myself for the last few years, with the farrier taking a peek every now and again. Last time he marked my work as an 8.75/10.00, with the 1.25 being lost for not being quite bold enough.

Today the human podiatrist has apparently praised my daily work with the foot file on the rough and split skin on husband’s feet after the cellulitis in his lower leg which hospitalised him 6 weeks ago, and the resultant damage and swelling which is still receding. I’ve been taking the correct approach. Little and often seems to be best for trimming both human and horses, and going just far enough, but not too far.

Haven’t gone as far as using Red Horse products on husband’s feet, though, have stuck with E45 et al .

Did you hold it between your knees to work on it?

 

[Merry Maxmas]

Did you hold it between your knees to work on it?

That conjures up an image

 

[criso]

Do you walk him up and down to check how he's landing?

 

[Tiddlypom]

Did you hold it between your knees to work on it?

I could have balanced his leg on the hoof Jack, but I trim him when he’s got his legs elevated on my riser recliner chair .

MY riser recliner chair, note, but as he still needs to elevate his legs for several hours a day to get the post cellulitis oedema down he’s currently got first dibs on it.

Last night I did have to look up the correct term for the rasps I was using on him, these are them, they are called foot files, but really they are just rasps for humans.

 

[BurntontheoutsideTurkey]

Hunter-gatherers the world over are clutching their heads and saying 'you rasped off the calluses! How will he walk now?!'

 

[Suechoccy]

I hope you gave your husband a mustang roll.

Seriously, hope he feels well again soon. Cellulitis is horrible.

 

[Tiddlypom]

As a heads up, the podiatrist said that heel cracks alone can lead to cellulitis, so do take them seriously. We need an intact external skin barrier. Even athlete's foot can lead to cellulitis.

We’ll never know just what was the original site of entry was that led to husband’s cellulitis. He had been hedge cutting the field hedge just before he got it, so we presumed a thorn scratch, but maybe it was an unnoticed heel crack.

In case anyone didn’t read my thread on it at the time, the cellulitis blew up suddenly and was life threatening. He was in hospital for a week on IV antibiotics.

 

[Red-1]

As a heads up, the podiatrist said that heel cracks alone can lead to cellulitis, so do take them seriously. We need an intact external skin barrier. Even athlete's foot can lead to cellulitis.

We’ll never know just what was the original site of entry of was that led to husband’s cellulitis. He had been hedge cutting the field hedge just before he got it, so we presumed a thorn scratch, but maybe it was an unnoticed heel crack.

In case anyone didn’t read my thread on it at the time, the cellulitis blew up suddenly and was life threatening. He was in hospital for a week on IV antibiotics.

Gosh, I had presumed my feet were just an inconvenience! I hadn't realised it could be dangerous.

They didn't look too bad as I filed them every 3 days or so, and used an emollient. Even so, the right one had developed cracks where the skin was thicker. I really felt I couldn't have done any more and it was just age related. That is why I started a (somewhat embarrassing LOL) thread when I found that the cream I had speculatively bought when I was told it may be fungal related worked so quickly and well.

I am glad others have found it worked and I will keep on top of it from now on!

Weirdly, I have no discoloured nails at all, and have only ever had athlete's foot twice in my nearly 60 years. It was just my soles/heels. I just thought it was normal. It is certainly common.

 

[Suechoccy]

As a heads up, the podiatrist said that heel cracks alone can lead to cellulitis, so do take them seriously. We need an intact external skin barrier. Even athlete's foot can lead to cellulitis.

We’ll never know just what was the original site of entry was that led to husband’s cellulitis. He had been hedge cutting the field hedge just before he got it, so we presumed a thorn scratch, but maybe it was an unnoticed heel crack.

In case anyone didn’t read my thread on it at the time, the cellulitis blew up suddenly and was life threatening. He was in hospital for a week on IV antibiotics.

My hubby came home from abroad, muttering about having flu, having been bitten by a strange insect on the elbow and needing to sleep upstairs for some peace and quiet/get over the jetlag.

Being a caring wife, I left him alone and took my horse out for a pleasure ride for the day.

When I returned, his whole hand, arm, fingers were swollen to elephant size, and he was seriously frighteningly unwell. Guiltily quickly hussled him into the care and drove to the hospital where, like your OH, he was there for a week on IV ABs. Diagnosed as cellulitis tfrom the insect bite (or scratch or whatever it was on his elbow). He's fine now (this was many years ago).