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<blockquote data-quote="DOC HARRIS" data-source="post: 605104" data-attributes="member: 1683"><p>Being a Chiropractor, I feel that I must include one last comment regarding this "Cow-Hocked" syndrome, or condition. Then I think it is time to go to something that is more interesting.</p><p></p><p>Because the condition is 'named' in relationship to what it causes the individual to "look" like, (the hocks closing in toward each other - "cow-hocked"), it seems that everyone is mentally attributing the 'cause' of the condition to the hocks. NOT NECESSARILY!" Diagnosing the malady from a structural and physiological aspect, the attitude of the feet, legs, and hips is determined by the physiological relationship of the Pelvis (Sacrum, two illia, and 5th Lumbar vertebra,) and how the correct, or incorrect, positioning of those structures will dictate the positioning of the legs and feet and all anatomical body members concommitant with each other. In other words, if the articulation between the 5th lumbar vertebra and the sacrum is mal-positioned, the spine can be postioned so that the illia (hips) will flare either in or out, as the case may be. If the hips flare inward, the hocks move toward each other (cow-hocked). If the hips flare outward, the hocks can move away from each other. The name indicates only what the visual appearance of the relationship of the hocks indicate.</p><p></p><p>Actually, the entire subject is moot at this point. The hocks are what they are, whether it is a Functional flaw, or a physiological manifestation resulting in a disagreeable phenotypical appearance. In either case, an exaggerated display of "Cow-Hockedness" is not desirable, for whatever collection of reasons one may choose to employ in their seedstock selection processes.</p><p></p><p>'Nuff said.</p><p></p><p>DOC HARRIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DOC HARRIS, post: 605104, member: 1683"] Being a Chiropractor, I feel that I must include one last comment regarding this "Cow-Hocked" syndrome, or condition. Then I think it is time to go to something that is more interesting. Because the condition is 'named' in relationship to what it causes the individual to "look" like, (the hocks closing in toward each other - "cow-hocked"), it seems that everyone is mentally attributing the 'cause' of the condition to the hocks. NOT NECESSARILY!" Diagnosing the malady from a structural and physiological aspect, the attitude of the feet, legs, and hips is determined by the physiological relationship of the Pelvis (Sacrum, two illia, and 5th Lumbar vertebra,) and how the correct, or incorrect, positioning of those structures will dictate the positioning of the legs and feet and all anatomical body members concommitant with each other. In other words, if the articulation between the 5th lumbar vertebra and the sacrum is mal-positioned, the spine can be postioned so that the illia (hips) will flare either in or out, as the case may be. If the hips flare inward, the hocks move toward each other (cow-hocked). If the hips flare outward, the hocks can move away from each other. The name indicates only what the visual appearance of the relationship of the hocks indicate. Actually, the entire subject is moot at this point. The hocks are what they are, whether it is a Functional flaw, or a physiological manifestation resulting in a disagreeable phenotypical appearance. In either case, an exaggerated display of "Cow-Hockedness" is not desirable, for whatever collection of reasons one may choose to employ in their seedstock selection processes. 'Nuff said. DOC HARRIS [/QUOTE]
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