Bruised Hoof and Fetlock Joint Inflammation

Bruised sole, lameness and fetlock joint inflammation on a 10-year-old horse. (Trakehner).

Bruised hoof sole since the third year, inflammation of the joint, tending to Windgall over the last 3 years. For 3 months the horse was treated twice daily, each time for 4-5 minutes, then for a further 2 weeks, once a day for 4-6 minutes. Before and after the therapy the foot was covered with remedial shoeing, but not so during the treatment, so as not to allow any other influence over the healing. Improvement was evident after 2 months, without any relapse. Today it is free of ailments, alert in training and on the paddock.

Mr Manfred Altmann