Joey's 8 week update

 

How fast the weeks are going - my last blog was Joey's 4 week update and here we are now with his 8 week update. What I like with these photos is that his stance has improved and he is more willing to load the back of his foot. 

As ever, the lower photos are the most recent and the upper photos are the original ones. His feet generally are capable of harder work now and his frogs are improving, although his landing is still not as heel first as I would like. 

From this angle though you can see that his frog is more actively weight-bearing and much more engaged.

Again, a better stance with his feet more under him. Hoof pastern axis can be misleading as it changes as the limb loads but if you have a consistent improvement it is encouraging. 

What I like in this view is that the medio-lateral balance has improved, as opposed to him loading the lateral side of the foot more than the medial side. Again, his frog is more robust and his heels less under-run. 

A better frog and digital cushion which should, with more time, translate into a heel first landing. At the moment he lands quite well when he is out exercising but when we take footage his landing, although improved, is not clearly heel first. His feet are steadily getting stronger with ongoing work, though, which is a good sign. 

His footage, showing a change from toe first to flat, and an improved medio-lateral balance but certainly not yet a clear heel first landing, is here: https://vimeo.com/562702998