In branding my method was to simply tie up one forefoot and blindfold the colt, when a small and properly-hot stamp-iron can be quickly and effectively applied before he quite knows what is hurting him.
My horse raises his head above the stanchion, looks around at me, and strikes his forefoot on the stable floor—the best greeting he has at his command for a fine Christmas morning.
The dun-coloured bull bellowed, glad to be free, and pawed the ground with his forefeet.
The next throw encircled the forefeet and the animal fell heavily.
Twice he rapped the ground hard with his forefoot.
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These have a wide and deepforefootand a moulded insole can be placed into this to relieve abnormal mechanics and patterns of weight-bearing.
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Both ships retained the bulbous sonar domes at theforefoot(beneath the waterline) until retirement, even after their sonar systems were disabled.
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With a mid/forefootstrike, loading of the gastro-soleus complex from shock absorption will serve to aid in plantar flexion from midstance to toe-off.
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The arrangement of theforefootbone ("metacarpal") columns in eusauropods was semi-circular, so sauropodforefootprints are horseshoe-shaped.
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During the gait cycle the foot can pronate in many different ways based on rearfoot andforefootfunction.
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For example, a giant elephant shrew struggling with an earthworm must first pin its prey to the ground with aforefoot.
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Distal cushions occupy the spaces between the muscle tendon units and ligaments within the hindfoot, midfoot andforefootbones on the plantar surface.
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Both theforefootand the hind foot have five digits, all armed with claws except the thumb, which has a short, blunt nail.
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Barefoot running encourages the runner to switch toforefootstrike and may reduce the risk of knee damage.
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In this approach, the foot may be described in three segments: as the hindfoot, midfoot andforefoot.
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There are other causes of pain in theforefoot.
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This ankylosaurid had five toes on theforefootand four on the hind foot.
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This allows support to be placed where necessary, especially in theforefoot(metatarsus and toes) and heel.
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It also commonly features a varus (inverted) hindfoot, a plantarflexed position of the first metatarsal, an adductedforefoot, and dorsal contracture of the toes.
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This gives lasting correction of theforefoot, preventing metatarsus adductus and foot inversion.
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