Compression suits for horses

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Compression suits for horses

Postby pfrsue » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:51 pm


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Postby Shammy Davis » Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:40 pm

Interesting article. I think the Queen and Prince Phillip look absolutely stunning in their compression suits too.

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Postby Toccet02 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:31 pm

April Fool's joke . . .
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Postby pfrsue » Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:50 pm

Toccet02 wrote:April Fool's joke . . .


Nope. Another article about it from March 11th:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/sup ... 6296385192

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Postby Toccet02 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:15 pm

:shock:
must be fun to clean . . .
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Postby pfrsue » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:16 pm

I was thinking the same thing. Horses can be a little....splashy.

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Postby Shammy Davis » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:20 am

Clean them with a power washer with a fine spray nozzle. That's how we wash down our horse blankets.

Looks like overkill to me. I can see their use of compression on the limbs, but not all the rest.

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Postby Diane » Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:37 am

Adding air filled chambers and sequencing them to mimick what walking does to aid venous return would be a tremendous tool to use on horses requiring very limited mobility secondary to a leg injury.
Interesting product. Look how well smb did.
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