what do you make of this?

I have no idea of his history,he looks sore in front, both feet appear to be very flat with very little heel so assume the problem is in the feet.
 
He is a 5yr old tb, who has possibly raced.

I have had him for 2 years and he has always had bad feet however, he has never been lame or foot sore since ive had him. Hs poor conition is due to an extreme redworm burden, and being a poor doer who is allergic to allsorts of feed.

Over the past 2 weeks he has become more and more reluctant to work, and has been rearing up and violently headshaking. Over the past 4 days he has gone from walking fine on the concrete and hard ground to this was him yesterday. We had the physiotherapist out to him on wednesday who said his back was fine but he has stifle problems - lots of twisting - and is bi-laterally lame in his fore limbs and mentioned navicular :(

He is on box rest for 2 days and I'm having the vet to him on monday.

I have also got a video of him being lunged which i will put on when i get home.
 
Apart from the footiness in the front feet I was looking at the left hind in particular which he twists a lot as he puts down. I would be interested to know what your vet makes of that. Poor boy, he has been through the mill, hasn't he? At least you are getting him sorted now though. Good luck for when the vet comes on Monday.
 
What about aluminium eggbar shoes?
I've got a horse with dodgy front feet and these really really help him with his flatness and lack of heel, they are expensive though ....
 
Hmmm looks wrong on all four legs, especially near hind. Poor horse does seem very reluctant to go forwards. With his foot confirmation I would be concerned about possibility of navicular. Hope your vet can pinpoint his problem.
 
I also agree about to near hind. He looked very reluctant on it on the turn and twists it alot when putting it down. But generally hock problems give them a sore back around behind where the saddle sits so I would of thought your physio would of picked up on that
 
Just thought i would post a quick update on my lad

Vet came out and did a lameness work up
He is 1/10th lame on near fore, 2/10th lame on near hind on a trot up.
He was 2/10 lame on R right lunge on a soft surface and 4/10th on same rein on hard surface
He was 4/10 lame on L rein lunge on soft surface and 6/10th on same rein on hard surface
There is no heat, swelling or raised pulse but he has pain on both fore feet solar surfaces with a slight medial lateraln imbalance
He was 4/10th lame on his near hind post a flexion test

Vet is coming back on thursday to do a lameness workup with nerve blocks and X-rays and so lad is out in 25ft square field during the day and in overnight much to his disgust.

Really need some HHO vibes and anyone had any experience of anything similar?
 
Yes have had a horse with similar conditions but he was older. Most of it was down to poor foot balance/conformation which caused him to use himself wrongly. He eventually had S I joint problems caused by hind suspensory problems which were probably due to his bilateral fore limb lameness. Your vet is on the case and I would be looking for a really good farrier to get those front feet balanced and less flat looking. If you can get his feet right he will use himself better and some of the other problems may start to be resolved. Good luck.
 
Agree with find a farrier who can sort him out.

I watched the video and thought he was lame on each leg in turn.

Can you swim him anywhere?
A run in pen on a soft surface and let feet grow out may help.
 
Problem with trying to balance the hooves is that it just ends up transferring the problems from the hoof and up the leg. No matter how good the farrier is, the horse's hoof is much better at balancing itself and therefore the whole body if given the chance.

I bet this horse has weak, contracted heels. He needs the shoes off to fix that for a start.

Heartbars try to do that, but at greater cost and lower efficiency.

Anyway, I'm off before someone gets mad at me:p
 
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