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Healthy Stride is the study and application of correct equine posture balance and biomechanics. It is the key to achieving fluid movement through balancing and leveling the horse's body.
Beginning with an evaluation of the horse's posture and balance, adjustments are made through trimming or shoeing that maximize your horse's athleticism with the goal of long-term soundness. Gaits are improved, muscle memory is changed and new musculature is developed.
The ultimate goal of Healthy Stride is to achieve the state of Zero Balance™. When correctly aligned and posturally balanced, the horse's weight is equally distributed left to right on both the fore- and hindquarters.
Through our work with thousands of horses of all discliplines and breeds, we have found that attitudinal problems, impulsiveness and willingness to go forward are affected positively by aligning the back end of the horse. Likewise, balancing the front end seems to allow the horse to perform his best for each rider request with quicker response, more accurate movement and increased athleticism.
It's not about the feet, it is about balancing the whole horse and allowing fluid and free-flowing movement.
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