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What is a navicular fracture?
Navicular stress fractures are a common foot injury in athletes and stress fractures tend to occur in athletes such as soccer players, basketball, sprinters and high jumpers. However, even jogging...
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What are the causes of a fracture?
stress put on the bone, suddon stop (as in jumping off something), many things. impropper bending of the bone.
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Is navicular hereditary?
Some people suspect so but it hasn't been proven. Most likely the reason they suspect so is because on a breeding farm where many of the horses are related, all the horses are often trimmed and/or...
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What Causes Cyst?
Tumors Genetic conditions Infections A fault in an organ of a developing embryo A defect in the cells Chronic inflammatory conditions Blockages of ducts in the body which cause a fluid build-up A...
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Can seedy toe cause navicular disease in a horse?
No. Both involve painful conditions but seedy toe, or white line disease which can cause a separation of the hoof wall at the toe, is exasperated by wet and humid conditions does not affect the heel...