Bruising

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Case 1

Chronic heel bruising with thin walls and soles.
Heart bar, floating the medial heel using rim pad.
Heart bar, installed with Equithane under the heart to transfer weight and relieve pressure on the heels.
Proximal view showing the floated medial heel with ZSP, a putty like material that is flexible and soft, to take up the space and keep debris out.

Case 2: Solar Bruising

Solar bruising
Radically concaved wide web aluminum shoe
Pad riveted up in toe to prevent any pad pressure and allow sole to be totally protected with pressure from shoe or the ground
Generous amount of Magic Cushion to ease solar pain
Lambs’ wool is the softest packing you can use (the same thing as what a ballerina puts in toe of her ballet slippers to go on pointe)
Installed, sole covered, pain relief & rapid recovery

Case 3: Severe Bruising

Horse presented with tenderness in the toe area to the touch
The previous shoe lacks sufficient coverage and protection
The sole needs to be protected from ground pressure and all obstruction, and just as important, from SHOE PRESSURE in the compression portion of the horse’s stride. An extra wide web shoe that is radically concaved out is the best choice.
A rim pad properly cut out gives extra height for sole protection
The shoe is now protecting sensitive areas without touching them. Venice turpentine was used at the time, Magic Cushion would work even better to ease solar pain & toughen it up.
Pad was taped to the bottom to keep debris out until sole toughens up