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| So is Cytek a corrective—surgical shoe?.......No, it can certainly help already formed ailments, but isn’t prevention better than cure? You can use a Natural Balance shoe to do the same thing…….No you can’t, a NB is fitted to the outer wall of the hoof, Cytek isn’t. A N.B shoe doesn’t allow the hoof to trim it’s self. The front and hind shoes are a different shape. The hind shoes have clips, meaning the N.B shoe is fitted to the wall unlike a Cytek shoe. The trim for the application of the shoes is different. A N.B shoe isn't cast, hence bends when thin in the middle of the shoe. These are just a few reasons. I asked my Farrier about Cytek and he was quite negative about the whole concept, but couldn't come up with a reason that made sense…….This is a common knee jerk reaction, did surgeons accept key hole surgery straight away? No, took years for the concept to be accepted as common practice. Took me 2 years to realise I had to look further in to it! |
| You can’t alter a Cytek Shoe………..The Cytek shoe just like the sole shoe of the 1700s was never altered. Why?.......Unlike a Rim shoe, the shoe follows the edge of the sole not the Horny wall. If all the bones from horse to horse are pretty much the same then the sole growing from the bottom of the Pedal bone become one shape, if trimmed correctly. |
| But don’t the pins in the front of the shoe cause concussion……...Unlike a rim shoe the Cytek shoe lands flat on the floor, so forward concussion doesn't come into play. |
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But the hoof is growing over the shoe………..To straighten the wall (outer horny wall) the Cytek system makes the outer edge of the wall non-weight bearing so the wall can re-align from the top of the hoof, by growing over the side means the wall is still non-weight bearing. |
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| Surely the shoe will bruise the sole……….With a rim shoe if you get sole pressure it pinches the sole causing pain. A sole shoe gives total sole coverage i.e....You can lie on a bed of nails but if you stand then the total surface area is too small and pain is caused. |
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You don’t pick out a Cytek shod horse, what about Thrush…..Because you can get a shorter toe with Cytek without stripping the foot , you can lower the heels to get increased frog pressure thus the frog grows larger and increases blood flow plus the horse stands further underneath it’s self reducing tendon strains. Thrush occurs when the heels are left too long and the frog isn’t used. But why?......The dirt impaction supports the sole which in turn supports the pedal bone. |
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But allowing the horse to wear the front away, won’t this cause dirt to be forced up the wall causing seedy toe?.....Seedy toe is the stretching of the lamanie and tearing because of leverage. The Cytek System allows for the domestication of the horse in which the horse has to walk on hard surfaces like concrete, so in other words because the horse lifts off in line with the tip of the pedal bone no leverage occurs and the horse trims it’s own foot. |
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But aren't all the ailments (Laminitis, Navicular Syndrome, Thin Soles, Bruised Soles, Side Bone, Ring Bone, Corns, Collapsed Heels, Sheared Heels, White Line Disease, Spavin, Curb, Tendon Strains, Grit in the white line causing infections, joint problems etc……..Caused by bad farriery?........If this was the case then why in the U.K, where it is required by law that all farriers are registered and under go training at college that ailments still exist in the U.K? |
| If this is true then why isn’t my horse lame?........Most of the ailments are chronic (take time to occur) by the time the first signs are seen damage would of already been done. |
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But is it suitable for any horse and any type of riding?.........The bone of any horse are the same just different in size so yes any horse. As for different disciplines, Cytek is used in Polo to Dressage to Sliding to Carriage horses. How can that be?..... |
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Shoe sizes, what are they? Since the introdution of the new Cytek shoe, new shoe sizes and a change to metric:- |