So many competitive disciplines - dressage, endurance, eventing, racing, showjumping - require a horse to maintain top health and fitness. Potential injuries must be prevented and strains and inflammation treated quickly and effectively. In Europe Manual Lymph Drainage is established as a treatment for high performance athletes, and use with competition horses has proved equally efficient. Research has shown that it strongly increases the elimination of lactic acid in the muscles, improving recovery times and preventing stiffness. Injuries to tendons and other structures heal more quickly.
Because of its anti-inflammatory qualities EMLD is very useful when applied during competition, and it can be effectively combined with other forms of treatment such as cryotherapy. Massage can also be performed with EMLD but because of the way in which the lymphatic system functions, it is important that these other treatments are performed prior to EMLD.
One of EMLD’s biggest advantages in competition use is that it does not contravene anti-doping laws, does not require expensive equipment, is totally non-invasive and painless and has no side effects.