ungular cartilage Archives - The Horses Back https://thehorsesback.com/tag/ungular-cartilage/ Body Talk for Thinking Owners Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:31:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://thehorsesback.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-NTW-ICON-1.jpg ungular cartilage Archives - The Horses Back https://thehorsesback.com/tag/ungular-cartilage/ 32 32 Beyond Sidebone: Pastern Pain and the Lateral Cartilage https://thehorsesback.com/pastern-pain-lateral-cartilage/ https://thehorsesback.com/pastern-pain-lateral-cartilage/#comments Tue, 31 May 2022 05:18:52 +0000 https://thehorsesback.com/?p=8139   It’s a problem of a pressing nature. In some horses with upright, contracted and sheared heels, I’ve seen first hand how the lateral cartilage can painfully impinge the back of the pastern. Sometimes this leads to a gait anomaly and in some horses, this has looked an awful lot like lameness. Full disclosure here: […]

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