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equine cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is currently one of the main treatment options to prevent,
maintain, or cure inflammatory problems in equine athletes. It has proven
results and multiple benefits. Read on to learn more.
Just like any human athlete, horses need care before and
after each activity to ensure they can perform sanely and at
area for a short period of time, ranging from 30
seconds to several minutes.
their best. In Europe, Cryotherapy has been asserting itself Initial results are rapid and clinically observable.
as an important tool for human health and well-being for Cryotherapy will automatically target the area, increasing
more than a century. In the last two decades, sport horses oxygenation in the bloodstream, turning off inflammatory
have realized rapid and effective results from Cryotherapy, pathways, improving wound draining, and promoting
especially inflammatory relief, regeneration of tissue, and collagen production, etc.
treatment of muscle fibers. This therapy can help any horse,
regardless of their age, breed, or discipline.
Thermoreceptors in the skin will send signals to the
brain to send blood to the horse’s core to maintain its body
temperature, while a process called vasoconstriction will
How does Cryotherapy work?
flush toxins from peripheral tissue and enrich blood with
Cryotherapy is a technique that uses short-term oxygen, nutrients, and enzymes. Cryotherapy encourages
intense powerful cold, which creates a local and general the body to release endorphins and activates all of its
reaction in the organism under the effect of the cold— natural healing processes.
the “Thermal Shock.”
Thermal shock requires intense cold under high
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Now available in the US
pressure for a very short period of time. Cryotherapy Equine Cryotherapy is also available during the entire
applies intensely powerful cold (-25ºF) to an affected season on the grounds of the Winter Equestrian Festival at