Water Treadmill

The water treadmill can be used for rehabilitation and as part of fitness and training to improve all-over suppleness, stride length, muscle tone and stamina while reducing the risk of injury.

The varying water level means horses are getting power training with minimal pressure on tendons and joints, allowing the water treadmill to accelerate condition, resulting in enhanced performance.

Can be used with treating injuries such as tendon injuries, pulled suspensory ligaments, soft tissue injuries, back and foot problems and generally for the rehabilitation of the animal after injury or surgery.

Reasons for hydrotherapy

  • Enhances suppleness & improves stride length and pattern.

  • Accelerates conditioning & enhances performance.

  • Improves muscle tone & core strength.

  • Improves cardiovascular fitness through resistance work.

  • Maintains athletic performance.

  • Reduces mechanical stresses to the limbs.

  • Promotes circulation, pain reduction, discomfort & inflammation.

  • Non weight bearing exercise.

Horse & ponies that will benefit

  • Suffering from arthritic changes in their joints.

  • Recovering from injury or illness.

  • Veteran/older horses & competition Horses.

  • Young horses.

  • When the ground is either very hard (dry weather) or heavy (after prolonged wet weather), hydrotherapy is a great way to exercise horses while being kind on their joints.

Salt & oxygen therapy

Salt therapy is a non-invasive and 100% natural way to treat the symptoms of a range of respiratory and skin disorders. Salt has antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties and our salt and oxygen therapy stable enables us to deliver those benefits to the respiratory system and lungs to help support the health of your horse or pony.

Salt particles also settle on the horse’s coat and absorbed through the skin and help improve any skin conditions as well as normalising ph-levels in the skin.

How it works

Horses/ponies stand in a sealed stable (looks like a normal stable) and lab tested Dead Sea salt solution enriched with magnesium and other minerals which is vapourised with deionised air at specific rates spreads throughout the stable.

Sessions are normally 20 minutes long and the frequency depends on the reasons for the treatment (preventative or to ease symptoms).

Benefits of Salt and Oxygen Therapy

  • Anti-inflammatory, anti fungal & antibacterial effects.

  • Removes and destroy airborne bacteria.

  • Promotes healthy and shiny skin, helping with issues such as eczema, mud fever, ring worm and sweet itch.

  • Boosts energy and endurance levels.

  • Improves breathing and cardiovascular performance and shortens recovery time.

  • Replenishes depleted minerals.

  • Reduces inflammatory airway disease in young horses and reactive airway disorder such as heaves, asthmas and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  • Reduces IgE levels (immune system oversensitivity) and strengthen the immune system.

  • Removes pathogen agents (airborne pollen) thus reducing histamine which triggers allergies.

  • Increases oxygen absorption.

  • Hydrates cells pre and post exercise.

  • Loosens excessive mucus and speed up mucocilliary transport.

  • Helps horse reach their peak performance and optimise health in all disciplines.

  • Aids recovery after travelling horses.

Solarium

The Solarium offers numerous benefits for horses. It uses infrared light to warm muscles, promote relaxation, and aid in muscle recovery. By increasing blood flow, it can reduce pain, stiffness, and the risk of injuries.

Additionally, solariums can help dry horses after exercise or bathing, and promote a healthy coat.

Benefits of horse solariums

  • Muscle warm-up and relaxation

  • Muscle Recovery and healing

  • Injury prevention

  • Pain relief

  • Improved skin health

  • Drying aid

  • Increased blood flow

  • Improve overall well-being

Stabling facilities

Your horse will benefit from our stabling option if they require an intense treatment programme.

We provide top quality, Monarch stables, ensuring a well venerated, safe environment. Stables feature automatic drinkers, swivel feeders, high/low level hay racks and fully bonded, sealed Quattro rubber matts.

The stables provide great views, helping to prevent boredom during your horse’s stay. Other facilities we can offer your horse during its stay include a wash down bay, solarium and undercover horse walker.

We use Equine BIO Genie to thoroughly disinfect stables between liveries and all communal areas to keep the stables and facilities clean and sae for all our equine visitors.

Holiday livery packages and horses staying for daily use of the water treadmill are also available. Please contact us for further details and pricing.