ACR Aluminum #335-1 Wedge Balance

The ACR WEDGE BALANCE  lets you change and adjust the palmar angle, thanks to its 3° wedge combined with an appropriate trim. Its slight rockering, which shifts the breakover point back towards the foot's centre of pressure, unloads the deep digital flexor tendon at the stance and in motion, especially on hard or compact ground.  This shoe is eminently well suited for horses that show discomfort upon DIP joint extension. Its wide web provides good sole protection. This shoe is designed for the easy addition of bevelling or seating out the toe in order to dynamise breakover.

Geometric Design

- 3° wedge shoe

- Slight rockering forward of the quarters

- Strongly beveled heels

- Thickness increasing from 12 mm at the toe to 16 mm at the heel

Biomechanical inciden

- Increases P3's palmar angle under weight bearing

- Dynamises breakover at the end of stance

- By raising the heels 3°, it relieves the deep flexor apparatus at rest and in movement on hard or compact ground

- Its relatively short caudal lever arms let the heels land gently

Prescriptions

- Podotrochlear (navicular) syndrome

- Flat or negative palmar angle

- Thin and sensitive soles

- Distal interphalangeal joint disease

- Enthesopathy and tendinitis of the deep digital flexor tendon

- Inflammations of the impar ligament