Safety & Healthcare

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Changing the Way You Work

With bodily pain and discomfort, you must pay attention to what your body is telling you
Most farriers can list a number of physical ailments. For some it's the back. Others suffer from tennis elbow. But what few realize is that a simple change of posture under the horse and beginning daily exercise can ward off part of the cumulative work trauma.
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Health Hazards of Hoof Care

Our online survey finds that horses and repetitive-strain injuries are most likely to cause farriers to miss work
Farriers are aware that theirs is a potentially hazardous occupation. Anytime a significant part of the workday is spent standing underneath animals that can weigh well over 1,000 pounds, while picking up one of its feet, there's obviously a chance that something could go wrong.
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No Foot, No Farrier

Evaluating what to wear on your own two feet? It’s more complicated than you might think
With 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 ligaments, tendons and muscles, the human foot has a lot of places where things can go wrong.
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