Product description
The Equine Legcooler is a system that cools horse legs with cold, circulating water.
The device must be placed on a horse's back and then connected to a water supply network. Water flows from the pipes from the horse's back to two units on either side of the horse.
Leg sprinklers are connected to these units, which must be attached to either the front or hind legs.
The Equine Legcooler Base Plus can be easily upgraded to an Equine Legcooler Complete.
For the front leg, the sprinkler must be connected directly above the front knee (carpus), and for the hind leg, this connection point is directly above the hock.
Furthermore, two taps are connected to the distribution units. This allows the water intake to be opened and metered so that both legs can be supplied with the same amount of cold water simultaneously, or separately with different amounts of water.
Important: Do not forget to adequately wet the hair on the horse's legs to ensure that the water cools the legs and is not impeded by the hair.
The recommended treatment duration is 20 to 30 minutes. After treatment, the legs must be thoroughly dried. Spend enough time examining the legs for swelling, and also spend enough time looking at the warmed tendons. If you suspect an injury, contact your local veterinarian.
Why is it useful to cool a horse's lower legs with cold water?
Whenever a horse has moved and exerted itself, the tendons and joints of its lower legs have borne its weight. Metabolic products are formed, and sometimes small tissue damages occur.
Since tendon tissue primarily has poor blood circulation, metabolism is not readily initiated, and blood cells do not quickly reach such tissue damage to repair the tissue. To stimulate and improve blood circulation in the horse's lower leg, it is advisable to cool the horse's lower legs immediately after every training session or competition.
The lower legs cool down, and additional blood is drawn to warm the legs up again. During this process, the tendons and joints return to their original state. This treatment prevents the legs from aging quickly.
In fact, it simultaneously repairs and prevents therapy. Treatment with the Equine Legcooler is also useful and highly recommended for injuries.
This Equine Legcooler contains the following components:
- Sprinkler with two leg hoses
- Hose divider
- Hose connector