Navicular Isn’t A 'One-Size-Fits-All' Problem

January 2002

Navicular Isn’t A 'One-Size-Fits-All' Problem

You must move beyond the symptomatic relief offered by drugs and surgery to get to the root of the problem: Foot mechanics.

Horses with heel pain, such as in the navicular
ûarea, may graze and rest with the heel up.

When we see a horse short-strided in front but improving with warm-up, or a horse pointing a front foot as if he has heel pain when he’s standing, our first thought is “navicular”—and we may well be right. “Navicular” is used to describe many problems that cause pain in the horse’s heel. Because the navicular bone is part of a complex joint—the coffin joint down in the hoof—a number of things can go wrong, so finding the right treatment for your horse requires a specific diagnosis, excellent farrier work and pain control. …
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