Freedom in motion equine services

Freedom in motion equine services Matt Humpage is a american farrier association certified Farrier who specializes in therapeutic shoe

This page is going to be geared toward information and learning . I will be posting pictures and case study's on here as well links to some good reads. It is my goal to do what is best for the horse that is sometimes tricky in this world we live in. I love to work with veterinarians and will often ask for a consult when needed rather then shoing blindly.

Today’s endeavour. Patten Heart Bar to help this horse with a laceration effecting it’s Superficial Digital Flexor Tendo...
05/21/2021

Today’s endeavour. Patten Heart Bar to help this horse with a laceration effecting it’s Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon and Deel Digital Felxor Tendon as well as slight rotation of the coffin bone.

Got to earn his keep!!
04/16/2021

Got to earn his keep!!

Smoking shoes and great views this week!
03/15/2021

Smoking shoes and great views this week!

Yesterday mornings office view, not too shabby! Great people, great horses, great views!
01/15/2021

Yesterday mornings office view, not too shabby! Great people, great horses, great views!

When you have multiple “helpers”.... they wanted to make sure Matt was doing a good job.... and they think the good trim...
11/04/2020

When you have multiple “helpers”.... they wanted to make sure Matt was doing a good job.... and they think the good trimming taste pretty great!

10/13/2020

Congrats to all the participants at the CBHI this weekend and a HUGE congrats to Lynette Broadway on setting an arena record with a 16.8 and winning the Derby Superstakes!

So Proud of how all our amazing clients ran this weekend.

10/11/2020

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
This has been a crazy year but there is still so much to be thankful for!
I am thankful for getting some time with my family and for each and every one of my amazing clients! Hope you have a safe and wonderful long weekend!

10/10/2020

Good Luck everybody at CBHI this weekend!

In this is a case we have a very bad club foot, at 6 weeks. Using one of Sammy Pittman’s 6 degree rocker shoes, we were ...
08/03/2020

In this is a case we have a very bad club foot, at 6 weeks. Using one of Sammy Pittman’s 6 degree rocker shoes, we were able to add the mechanics necessary to aid the foot for better function. It is still a club foot, however functioning better and proper.

Happy to be a part of such an amazing team! Team work is such an important part of any program! Vets, body workers and f...
08/02/2020

Happy to be a part of such an amazing team!
Team work is such an important part of any program! Vets, body workers and farriers all function together well to keep horses performing their best, but having an fantastic trainer makes the team run its best!

04/06/2020

The stress of mud season is almost upon folks . As a Farrier it’s probably one of the harder times in the year, the hoof becomes soft and somewhat unstable often distorted over night it seems , shoes are much easier to “fall off” , cracks and trashy looking hoof walls seem to pop out of nowhere and so on.
There are things you can do to try and help the situation though. If and when possible bring the horse out of the mud as much as you can turn out in larger areas if possible. Move your feed spots around so not to make more mud. If your lucky enough to board indoors clean there hooves and bed them in nice dry shavings unless there is no choice I like to avoid straw, in my experience it does little to aid the hoof in moisture content.
This is probably in my opinion one of the hardest times of the year as a farrier stone bruises,abscess and tender feet can happen over night so anything you can to help is always good.

For me, one of the most important things needed to shoe a problematic horse is the X-ray. There is so much informatio...
04/04/2020

For me, one of the most important things needed to shoe a problematic horse is the X-ray.
There is so much information given in a proper X-ray. It can determine the course of action needed to properly address the issue at hand, as well as identifying issues that may become a problem in the future if not properly dealt with before they are a problem.
As a farrier, it is not my job nor my responsibility to diagnose issues, it is however absolutely my job to understand what the veterinarian sees and wants as well as what the horse needs. Understanding how to look at an image and create a plan that needs to be applied to a living structure is not always easy, but is absolutely essential!!
Not every horse needs X-rays but absolutely every lame horse does and with that comes some extra costs I know, but in the long run it always pays off.

03/16/2020

Good morning
So bit of a development here I am supposed to be on quarantine as I’ve been both out of the country as well as chance of exposure
I’m going to try and get tested but that will be at least a few days for results I’m told
So sorry for any inconvenience this is however a bit out of my control
Everyone stay safe out there and take care of each other

More shots of Texas
03/07/2020

More shots of Texas

03/06/2020

Well day one down in Texas was pretty cool we were up early which Is normal for me and in the clinic by 6:30 am. Mucked out the stalls and figured out the day as it was raining so changes had to be made. First up was a mare for a venogram it was super informative to be able to sit with dr Pittmen and evaluate what he sees and looks for. The rest of the day was non stop X-rays and shoeing then to finish off the the day we made a pair of shoes for a horse in Las Vegas off of a set of moulds they sent in. That was pretty neat end to the day.
Thursday we drove to the Tulsa Oklahoma area where we radiographed and shod multiple horses for all kinds of pathological issues
Super excited to see what today is going to bring hopefully I’ll remember to take pictures today 😬

Good morning from collinsville Texas
03/05/2020

Good morning from collinsville Texas

This is a 20 year old tb mare with very poor hoofwalls thin soles and is a terrible shoe puller which did not help matte...
03/01/2020

This is a 20 year old tb mare with very poor hoofwalls thin soles and is a terrible shoe puller which did not help matters at all,we choose to give form-a-hoof a try as the mare was sore and there was very little stable hoof wall to nail to
We applied form-a-hoof and nailed a shoe to it 7 weeks later we removed it and seen improvement to the entire hoof we then trimmed and reapplied
This morning was 8 weeks from when we last seen her, the form-a-hoof was removed and xrays retaken the hoof looks great and stable though we could have nailed a shoe on without the form-a-hoof we chose to use it one more time and next go we will just use a shoe
Such a great product such great results!!

03/01/2020

I’ll be away the 3rd till the 9th down in Texas learning from the one and only Sammy Pittmen super excited!!!

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We like to train them young here!!! Proper hoof care is important Colton says you should always pick them up and pick them out

I got to participate in last weekends crossfit and cowboys day at energy equine it was a ton of fun thought I don’t think anyone had more fun then my little man dunking daddy

These are the Lil fellas on today's docket This is Andy he had a ton of problems but we're getting him firing right on all fours

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