Grandpas aluminium pad with a central raised cross piece MICHEL VAILLANT

Developed with Philippe Grandjean, farrier, and Sébastien Pasca, veterinarian. Plate shoe with integrated profiled aluminium cross piece intended to change a horse’s gait to provide better prevention and greater comfort. Each model can be adapted to 3 shoe sizes. Thickness: 3 mm (small size) or 4 mm (Large size).

PRINCIPLE AND INTERACTION WITH THE GROUND : Aluminium plate with a raised cross piece cut from a block. It should be opened in a V at the level of the caudal third of the frog. This ensures that the sole is fully protected. When combined with a parabolic shoe, it regenerates the ground bearing surface surfaces of the unshod foot, which are essential to optimise the gait, and provides comfortable ground bearing surface during the rest phase: small ground bearing surface surface at heels, cross piece providing a progressive increase in the ground bearing surface surface area, good surface area at toe ensuring a starting block effect during propulsion.
Asymmetric ground bearing surface can be obtained by grinding away part of the width of the cross piece. The sole’s concave cavity must be filled by silicon with very low hardness: type MV2-10 shore A.

BIOMECHANICAL AND KINETHERAPEUTIC EFFECTS :
It allows a return to a natural gait by facilitating:
- Heel penetration,
- Heel expansion work thanks to their load being born on the plate’s smooth surface which also ensures good blood circulation and good support for the phalange,
- Progressive return to normal foot contact with the ground,
- Forward rotation facilitated by the presence of the cross piece which reduces loads on the deep digital flexor tendon.
- Elimination of all solar pressure and freeing of the caudal third of the frog which improves proprioception.
The plate provides support surfaces without increasing lever arm.
Allows good energy conservation and recovery during stride.

INDICATIONS : Curative and preventive role because of the comfort that it provides. Especially well-suited to horses at risk or which already have navicular syndrome. Highly effective for club foot or asymmetric ground bearing surface. Especially recommended for horses that place their foot on the toe or side wall, that stumble or that have feet with sensitive soles.

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