Rehabilitation
The Equine Treadmill Pool may be used for treating injuries such as bowed tendons, pulled suspensory ligaments, bucked shins, saucer fractures, quarter cracks or foot problems. This is also used for the rehabilitation of the animal after any injury or surgery. The lungs and heart of the animal receive maximum conditioning, while increasing the lung capacity thus minimizing the possibility of bleeding while performing. The tendency of the perisoteum of the cannon bones becoming inflamed is greatly reduced.
Properly controlled exercise in the treadmill adds significant tone and conditioning to the back and stifle muscles and would make “tying up” during the early stages of training less apt to occur. There are known cases, where a horse was badly injured but after treatment on a treadmill system, came back to be a winner!