Rail Shoe
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Wedge-shaped shoe with early rolling point (at the toe and on the sides)
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Bending the Rail Shoe gives you a Rocker Rail Shoe
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For example of uses: Rocker Rail
(example: showjumper)
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the rocker Rail offers extreme mechanical possibilities
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this horse’s palmar angle was increased 10°
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relief of the deep flexor tendon
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better blood flow to the hoof
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within 5 weeks, this horse showed an increase in sole thickness from 8mm to 18mm, and the posture was still correct
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the horse was slightly lame before shoeing
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A week later, the horse was jumping clear at 1.30m level
For example of uses: Rocker Rail
(example: Chronic laminitis)
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less pull on the deep flexor tendon
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therefore, relief of the main areas of pain: Laminae and soft tissue of the sole
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shoe parallel to coffin bone = decreases growth of the heels, stimulates growth of the toe and sole
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with the Rocker Rail, this horse has built a sole thick enough to be pain-free despite chronic laminitis
