The Therapeutic Effects
What can the ECB Equine Spa bring to your yard?
Temperature:
ECB Spa solution is maintained between 2 and 4 °c (35 f), to minimise
heat and inflammation. This provides analgesic pain management as
well as inhibiting enzyme degeneration of tendons post injury
Salt
Concentration:
The ECB salt solution acts as a hypertonic poultice as well as having
a natural healing effect on wounds. Water density increases with
salt concentration, which in turn increases pressure to aid fluid
and waste dispersal.
Aeration:
Water aeration has a massaging effect on the leg and increases the
dissolved oxygen content of the spa solution.
Depth:
The depth of the water is proportional to the pressure exerted on
the leg which aids fluid and waste dispersal; this can be varied
according to position and severity of injury.
Biological
Control:
With water hygiene levels continually being maintained with a combination
of fine filtration, chlorination, cold water and salt, the ECB Spa
allows thousands of successive treatments. These same factors not
only prevent further micro-biological infections but actually help
treat any pre-existing conditions.
Dissolved
Oxygen:
Water at temperatures below 6 °c (48 f) has a higher ability
to carry oxygen and with the ECB solution also being aerated, the
oxygen content is increased dramatically. It is believed that the
Spa has similar effects on internal leg injuries to the use of hyperbaric
chambers in humans; and with topical wounds, re-oxygenation allows
phagocytosis and other natural defence mechanisms to intensify in
their therapy.ify in their therapy. and other host defence mechanisms
to intensify in their therapy.
The
therapeutic factors of cold salt hydrotherapy can be used to treat
any cause of inflammation within the tissues of the lower legs.
More specifically these are detailed within Treatments, Facts and
Results.
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