The stable with access to a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber has
an indispensable tool to sharpen their winning edge.
Equine Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy plays a vital role in
rehabilitation, sports medicine, and conditioning for the equine
athletes. Equine Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for horses offers the
opportunity to prove the benefits and value to Thoroughbred and Standardbred
owners and trainers. The treatments will be used on current in-training horses
to enhance post race recovery time.
Equine athletes treated with hyperbaric oxygen
therapy are better able to consistently compete at their full potential
and has made possible the complete rehabilitation of horses with
injuries deemed to be career ending. Horses consistently returned back to the
track with greater frequency.
Equine HBOT sessions used for general preventative athletic
therapy, to treat minor chronic disease. Horses who could previously compete
only every 2-4 weeks have been able to step to the gate weekly and compete
at their full potential. Re injury rates are consistently lower than without
HBOT treatment.
By speeding the healing of injury due to the wear and tear of
racing (i.e. lung and microcirculation damage), allow them to race at higher
levels. Effective in helping to aid recovery after strenuous activity such as
racing, jumping, cross-country or endurance workouts and exercise-induced
pulmonary hemorrhage.
The beneficial effects would include
reduction of tissue swelling, reduction of pain associated with swelling and
inflammation, and enhancement of the connective tissue repair process.
Beneficial for both high-performance equine athletes as well as pleasure
horses.
Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology
Laboratory demonstrated that HBOT reduces the production of lactic acid, lowers heart
rate, and increases respiration effectiveness. The musculature of equine
athletes provides the explosive power of the jumper and cutting horse, the
speed of the thoroughbred, the stamina of the endurance horse and the fine
motor control of the advanced dressage horse. Properly applying HBOT to
such elegant performance would net greater performance to already superb
athletes.
Veterinary practitioners and horse
owners are quick to sing the praises of this therapy. The use hyperbaric oxygen
therapy is increasing worldwide.
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