HSP Hoof Support

The HSP, which was designed by farriers and the locomotor research group at the Royal Veterinary College, is a device that increases the bending strength of the equine hoof wall and thereby helps to prevent collapse and deformation.

When the hoof wall bends the HSP becomes loaded in tension and the hoof wall becomes loaded in compression (which it is more able to resist). This provides the heels with protection against collapse without restricting physiological heel expansion. This reduction in compression is also believed to have a protective effect on circulation in the navicular area.

A HSP is bonded, using standard farriery adhesives, to the hoof wall on each side of the heel following basic preparation. The HSP is removed with a light rasp and a new set of HSPs should be fitted at each shoeing.

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