Methods of treating common ailments and foot conformation using frog support

摘要

The benefits of using frog pressure, to aid laminitis in the form of heart bar shoes, have been well recorded (Skog and Reinertson 1985). Texan farrier, Burney Chapman CJF, reintroduced it as a therapeutic shoe in the early 1960s. However, how many farriers use this method in a similar way to treat common ailments and foot conformation on a day-to-day basis? This article discusses various methods using frog support and also describes two case studies.