HBOT for equine athletes - Racing Taken to the next level:
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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