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Vibration therapy: EquiVibe
Posted: Thursday, July 08, 2010 2:11 PM
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is ideally suited to reduce the effects of confinement on racehorses. It could have significant benefits to horses stabled at the racetrack, as well as horses confined to stalls at rehabilitation centers.
One of the immediate effects of WBV is increased circulation of both blood and lymph. This is achieved by the rapid, involuntary contraction and relaxation of muscles. Increased blood flow improves oxygenation of the tissues and removal of toxins and metabolic waste, and it enhances the body’s ability to heal itself.
Even horses that are able to walk 15 to 20 minutes per day may experience some loss of minerals from their bones as this amount of exercise does not provide enough stimulation to the bones to signal the need to retain these minerals. WBV provides significant stimulus to the bones and helps prevent loss of bone density due to long periods of inactivity.
Five to ten minutes of vibration will help warm up a horse without utilizing the large amounts of energy expended through conventional warm-up exercise.
For more information, contact EquiVibe, telephone: (866) 858-9481; website: www.equivibe.com; e-mail: info@equivibe.com.
