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An interesting part of injury is finding out the role that body part plays in your life, mainly when it doesn’t.
Since I was cleared to put weight on my arm, I have resumed horse care. Among the tasks was picking out feet.
No problem.
Swipe the blade of the hoofpick along the sole of the foot. Dirt falls out. Good to go.
Then, last week, the horses came in with muddy hooves. When it rains heavily, you get mud. Obvious. What isn’t obvious is that the first day of rain, hooves are relatively easy to clean. The mud is wet and gloopy and everything falls right out. After a few days, the ground starts to dry and the mud packs into the shoe.
Anyway.
Pedology (soil science) aside. I picked up a hoof and saw a dense wad of mud. Stuck hoofpick into the groove next to the frog … and … nope.
Turns out, in the normal course of things, cleaning a hoof involves a sweep of the arm from the elbow, as if one is clearing a table. To jam the hoofpick under the mud, I had to dig in and twist. Also, there is a flick of the wrist at end to fling the mud away. Ow.
I did one foot, then turned the task over to other barn minion.
Push? Yes. Twist? Sure. Push and twist? Not gonna happen.
I did not know that the human wrist plays an important role in equine hoof care. I know now.
Onwards!
Katherine
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