We had a session for Stella who had hives and also an abcess on her hoof.
Stella said, yes, Stella is having an “itch of a time”, really, and Stella has a sore pad foot too. Stella needs energy healing and Stella kept telling Stella’s angel that this was becoming problematic for Stella. Mom always knows what to do to help Stella through the rough patches. Stella has been eating and doing all the things horses do with no drama until Stella’s body reacted to who knows what?!
From Stella’s Mom , a day later:
Some good news at least, Stella blew her abscess! That’s the term we use for the abscess rupturingwhich is the most common way for it to heal. I think it had ruptured last night as she was starting to be less sore on it. That’s one of the fastest times i’ve seen an abscess take to go from first seeing it to rupture…
I’ll explain a bit about hoof anatomy… A horse’s hoof is the same as our finger nail, just much much thicker. It bears a majority of the weight that comes down the leg. The sole of the hoof is also pretty hard. It helps offer stability. There is a cushiony part in the center called the frog, it helps absorb shock. There are many layers of blood vessels bone and tissue within the foot. What we call a foot is actually structurally Almost identical to a human fingertip. Horses are walking on one finger. What is referred tk as their knee is analogous to the wrist. Back to the hoof though… The hoof takes a lot of concussion but is encased in very hard structures. So any trauma or injury or something getting into the hoof will cause an infection and that has no place to go. It has to go either up to where the hoof wall meets the skin and it can rupture, or down to a weak point at the bottom of the hoof where it can rupture. Of course it’s quite painful, we compare it to a large pimple and once the pressure is released, the relief is almost instantaneous. So there is your crash course on the equine hoof, I just like to share information with people as it’s not something often seen