Navicular syndrome is a leading cause of chronic forelimb lameness in horses, requiring careful management to maintain quality of life and working ability.
Horses with navicular syndrome experience chronic, often bilateral pain that significantly impacts welfare if undertreated. Multimodal pain management combining farriery, exercise modification, physiotherapy, and medication is more effective than single-intervention approaches. Regular lameness assessment using objective gait analysis enables earlier intervention and better welfare monitoring than visual scoring alone.