Key blog posts

This is a list of previous blog posts which talk about rehab, barefoot generally or specific hoof issues.  I've listed them here so that they are easy to find but you can also search the whole blog for information using the search box on the right hand side.

• Research:

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/research-comparing-treatments-for-hoof.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/12/research-bunfight-continues.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/of-research-and-soundness.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/living-in-dark-ages.html

• Hoof balance, conformation and symmetry: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/how-to-amaze-farrier.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/what-happens-when-hoof-wall-wears-away.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/hoof-imbalance-how-it-affects-parts-you.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/hoof-balance-essentials.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/puzzling-hoof.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-to-conclusions.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/more-than-one-sort-of-table.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/shifting-balance.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/evolution.html http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/04/symmetry-twisted-legs-and-strengthening.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/04/hooves-and-symmetry-x-ray-comparison.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/04/foot-balance-body-balance.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/hooves-and-symmetry.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/question-of-balance.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/balance-continued.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-balance-hoof.html
• Biomechanics and movement:

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/how-to-amaze-farrier.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/what-happens-when-hoof-wall-wears-away.html
http://www.rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/barefoot-isnt-answer.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/whole-horse.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/movement-essentials.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/12/hoof-as-magnifying-glass.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/comparing-heel-first-and-toe-first.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/leg-bones-connected-tothe-other-legs.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/when-is-hoof-problem-not-hoof-problem.html

• Barefoot and roadwork: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/what-happens-when-hoof-wall-wears-away.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/common-hoof-misconceptions.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/barefoot-horses-cant-do-roadwork.html

• Effects of shoes, peripheral loading etc: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/living-in-dark-ages.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/how-to-amaze-farrier.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/02/peripheral-loading-and-why-its-not.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/08/shoeing-irony.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-horse-cant-go-barefoot-truth-and.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/shoes-and-support-stunning-video.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/04/shoes-and-scaffolding.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/stress-shielding-more-about-bones-and.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/hoof-loading-shod-and-barefoot.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/cold-feet-warm-feet.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/shoeing-as-healing.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/horses-hooves-need-support.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/state-of-art-hooves.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/making-things-too-complicated.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/sowhy-shoes.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/hoof-boots.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/performance-enhancing-drugs.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/missing-logical-discussions-about-shoes.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/shoeing-experiment.html

• Rehabilitation,"navicular", box rest and suchlike: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/navicular-never-just-bolt-from-blue.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/rehab-movement-box-rest-and.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/11/horses-who-already-have-good-feet.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/12/pros-and-cons-of-box-rest.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/whole-horse-rehab_27.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/parachutes-and-project-dexter.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/movement-and-rehabilitation.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/08/burning-questions.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/navicular-horses.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/reversing-navicular-bone-damage.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-navicular-myth.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/up-and-down-round-and-round.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/enhancing-proprioception.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/rest-injury-not-horse.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/comfortsoundness.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/hooves-and-bodies.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/90-of-lameness-is-in-foot.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/rehabwhat-next.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/rehab-more-than-just-taking-shoes-off.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/double-trouble.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/bar-shoes-and-such.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-we-do-and-what-we-dont-do.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/working-horses-on-bute.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/while-we-are-on-subject-of-research.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/dont-shoot-farrier.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/when-are-hooves-too-short.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/peripheral-neuropathy-why-hooves-hurt.html

• Frogs, heels and digital cushions:

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/high-heels-weak-frogs-chickens-and-eggs.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/hooves-changing-quickly-for-good-or-bad.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/small-changes-make-big-differences.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/08/study-in-heel-support-and-hoof.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/look-to-your-frogs.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/why-barefoot-isnt-always-whole-story.html

• Stride length, surfaces and concussion: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/all-terrain-hooves.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/shod-hooves-and-shock-absorption.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/no-sense-no-feeling.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/stride-length-and-surfaces.html

• Trimming and "celery":

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/application-of-celery-and-how-to-tell.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/same-horse-and-how-to-use-celery-rrr-1.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/thought-for-day-rrr-3-days.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/secret-of-successful-trim.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/heresy.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/step-away-from-celery.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/04/dont-even-think-of-touching-that-hoof.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/celery-in-practice-hoof-balance-and.html

• Horses "feeling their feet": http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/feeling-his-feet.html

• "Transitioning", hoofboots etc: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/hoof-boots.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/transition-myth.html

• Bar shoes, wedges etc: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/effect-of-wedges.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/wedges-movie.html  

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-on-wedges.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/bar-shoes-and-such.html

• Studs and slipping: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/studs-and-slipping-another-eventing.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-horses-dont-need-studs.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/studs-and-slipping.html

• Hoof/pastern axis: http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/bailey-w-2-month-progress-report.html

• Toe first and heel first landings: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/comparing-heel-first-and-toe-first.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/honestly-they-really-do-need-to-land.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/toe-first-landing-what-happens-next.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/racehorse-footage.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/dopey-things-they-say.html

• Farriers, trimmers and training: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/08/fairytale-world-of-internetor-questions.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/09/farrier-trim-or-barefoot-trim.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/length-of-trainingand-what-does-it.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/09/equine-barefoot-care-nos.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/heres-something-really-scary.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/am-i-being-provocative.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-find-good-trimmer.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/trim-every-2-weeks.html

• Horses who "can't go barefoot", TB hooves, thin soles, feet too short etc: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/this-horse-cant-go-barefoot-truth-and.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/what-happens-when-horse-has-thin-soles.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/celery-in-practice-hoof-balance-and.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/thoroughbreds-can-have-fantastic-feet.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-difference.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/04/geneticsreally.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-on-thoroughbred-hooves.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-horse-cant-go-barefoot.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/06/horses-that-cant-go-barefoot.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/would-you-expect-plastic-surgery-to.html

• "Experts", human nature etc: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-do-you-trust.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-people-dont-see.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/dont-lose-sight-of-horse.html

• Grass: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/grass-your-horse-and-managing-risks.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/05/no-grass.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/10/grass-and-lameness.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/sometimes-its-complicated.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/05/grass-facts-and-fantasies.html

• Feeding: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/11/all-about-hay-and-haylage.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/minerals-myths-miracles-and-marketing.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/06/minerals-and-grass.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/mineral-supplements.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/changing-feeds.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/09/read-label.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/12/check-your-feed-bags-for-fructose.html

• Management, livery yards, tracks, surfaces: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2012/01/nothing-is-quite-as-simple-as-it-seems.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/celery-and-surfaces.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/tracks.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-about-tracks.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/10/final-tracks-instalment.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/ad-lib-haylage.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/09/livery-yard-dilemma.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2009/04/paddock-paradise-myth.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/worming.html

• Training and behaviour: 

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/10/straightness-and-symmetry.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-easier-to-train-when-horse-isnt-in.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2011/07/competitive-kindergartenis-it-me.html
http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/07/there-are-only-2-ways-to-train-horse.html

http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/sharp-horses.html