How Equine Treadmills & Spas Work

How Activo-Med’s Treadmills & Spas Work

Activo-Med’s focus on high performance products includes Water Treadmills, Dry Treadmills and Spas.

Controlled, supervised exercise for rehabilitation and aerobic activity. Aqua walk and trot training can increase cardiovascular activity, stride length, muscle tone and strength.

World leading technology and research with years of experience has gone into every high performance product. Each package and installation is tailored specifically to your needs and space.

Dr Matthias Baumann, Olympic Gold Medal winner and Global Expert on performance horse conditioning and rehabilitation with treadmills and water treadmills, is actively involved and constantly innovating, ensuring every German manufactured piece of equipment is world class.

Each Activo-Med package comes with at least two days on-site with Dr Baumann, so you can be trained by the best in the world, have specific programs set up and utilise his expertise for any Open Days or promotional activities you may run.

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – See the Benefits

See the Benefits

Prepare
Optimally

PREPARE – Using Activo-Med regularly means when you’re ready to train, your horse is ready.

Whether pre training, coming back from a spell or post rehabilitation, using a treadmill to prepare your horse means low impact but very effective training can commence before you’re ready to ride. So when you do start training, you’re working with muscles and condition that have been built up evenly and effectively so you can move onto the next stage and progress quickly.

TRAIN
STRONGER

PERFORM – Train with equipment that builds strength and condition.

Typically training horses creates inherent asymmetrical issues and small soft tissue injuries occur. Incorporating treadmill and spa use in your training means that any underlying injuries are being treated and strengthened, the horse is non-invasively forced to walk straight and evenly building muscles and ensuring the back and hindquarters are working. Fitness goals can be achieved more easily with less time and space requirements and the addition of water provides resistance training and builds core strength.

REHABILITATE
Faster

RECOVER – Get back out there quicker and stronger than before.

Post injury or surgery means a break. The longer that break, the longer the recovery time. With equipment like a spa and treadmill at your disposal, your horse’s recovery time is significantly reduced. Even when they can’t be lightly worked, tendons and ligaments can be getting healing spa therapy, and the buoyancy of the water in a water treadmill reduces impact and enables them to begin effective yet low stress exercise earlier. The clear sides mean gait analysis can occur at each stage of the recovery process.

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – How it works

How It Works

1. WATER TREADMILL

All treadmills are customised to your needs choose from

• Salt or fresh water
• Adjustable aeration and salt content
• NO chemicals required!
• Pre set and build your own programs
• Water temperature change
• Use water treadmill dry as well
• Rapid filling and emptying

2. MORE OPTIONS

All treadmills are customised to your needs choose from

• Incline options
• Walk only or Walk / trot options
• Customised filtration systems
• 3 phase or single phase power options
• Chiller unit

3. FLEXIBLE DESIGN

Custom design of layout to your exact requirements

• Raised or flush to ground
• Fully transparent doors and sides now available as well as overhead viewing and operating platform
• The front sides of the treadmill are lower allowing the horse to move in a natural outline in a non-concussive environment yet working legs to build strong tendons and ligaments

4. GERMAN MANUFACTURED

Over 17 years experience of producing and installing water treadmills

• Nearly 100 aqua treadmill installations throughout the UK and Europe
• Professionally built to last using high grade stainless steel construction
• Manufactured in a purely stainless steel factory where no other type of steel is allowed so you are guaranteed quality throughout

5. DR MATTHIAS BAUMANN

World leading expert veterinarian on equine treadmills

• FEI vet who has worked with water treadmills for nearly 20 years
• Also an eventing Gold Medal Winning Olympian so he knows about performance horses
• All packages include 2 days on site for your training
• Presentation at training or open days to promote your system
• Setup programs to suit your horses in person with Dr Baumann’s veterinary advice

6. SAFETY PRIORITISED

Design allows for the bigger horses to work comfortably within their stride length

• There are no railings or barriers either end so the horse can work through easily with his head and neck lower
• There are rubber buffers on the doors either end to prevent the horses working too close to the doors
• Inside walls of the treadmill go straight down to the belt to provide the safest environment for the horse and avoids injury
• Entrance and exit doors have an easy to use ‘one hand’ opening and closing mechanism

7. 5 YEAR WARRANTY

Choose from salt or fresh water treadmills

• Activo-Med manufacturers warranty 5 years from installation 5 years guarantee on all solid parts – container and frame construction. 6 months on service parts such as the bearings, seals, motors, pumps
• 5 years guarantee on all solid parts - container and frame construction
• 6 months on service parts such as the bearings, seals, motors, pumps

8. ONGOING MAINTENANCE

All treadmills and spas come with 24 months servicing and maintenance

• Australian based service technicians
• Regular maintenance program
• No extra charges for travel and time
• Only cost is for replacement parts

9. SUPPORT FROM US

Never be left alone

• Australian based service and support
• Full installation and on-site training
• Dr Matthaias Baumann support from Germany
• Additional manufacturer, specialist and veterinary advice direct from Germany

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – Problems it Solves

Problems it Solves

Fitness

Trainers and riders are seeing the benefits of controlled treadmill sessions as a vital part of their fitness program. Movement in the water provides resistance for core strength, but with the benefit of buoyancy to reduce the wear and tear on muscles and ligaments mean that aerobic fitness is gained in all weather and in a sustainable way.

Rehabilitation

Stop minor niggles in their tracks for faster recovery.

Manage issues with travelling and stabling, and target healing to recover faster. Address swelling and minor tears after work on hard or uneven ground.

Yearling Preparation

Water treadmill is critical in yearling preparation. Yearlings are worked consistently and build topline and muscle through controlled workouts yet without the pressure on young joints. Treadmills are preferred over water walkers and swimming pools due to the control over the straightness, even gait and stride length (on both sides) as well as the ease of installation and minimal space required.

Muscle Development

Water treadmills ensure the horse is kept in a natural position, cushions hoof and leg concussive forces, and encourages use of the same muscular action as when a horse is being ridden. The water level can be adjusted to provide strong core strength training or in moderately shallow water, they increase leg flexion and assume a rounder frame with the belly tucked up away from the water.

Tendon / ligament injuries

Working in water provides a gentle resistance that strengthens muscles and tendons to initially reinforce the injured areas and keep the horse working lightly. As the speed of work increases, the resistance increases and continues natural and non invasive healing. Simultaneously the water has a cooling effect and provides a natural massage to injured areas.

Gait Analysis

Activo Med treadmills have transparent sides so owners and therapists can watch the way the horse is using his limbs and muscles as he moves. Gait analysis tools can be used and the improvements can be tracked and measured.

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – Who Uses It

Who Uses It:

Veterinary Practices

Water treadmill use has seen increased speed of recovery, a non invasive approach, decreased need for analgesia and anti inflammatories in some cases as part of comprehensive patient management programs. Veterinary practices notice pain reduction, improved mobility, prevention of re-injury or further injury and prevention of secondary complications so it’s no wonder that many innovative veterinarians incorporate this equipment into their practices to improve results and diversify revenue streams.

Racing Stables

Racing stables have long had the traditional water walkers and swimming pools but where winning requires cutting edge and time saving therapy, water treadmills are being regularly installed. Space saving, easy installation, and most importantly drastic results for the same or less effort as traditional systems mean that top stables incorporate acqua training into their programs.

Rehab & Therapy Centres

Rehabilitation Centres Aquatic therapy is highly beneficial as it uses the therapeutic properties of water to improve range of motion, strengthen muscles, and boost endurance – while reducing the risk of injury. Pet water therapy can help rehabilitate after soft tissue injuries, postoperative fracture care, neurological impairments, osteoarthritis, muscle weakness, geriatric care, weight loss, and postoperative amputee.

Yearling Preparation Yards

Top yearling preparation yards know that producing top quality young sport horses for auction and future careers is not luck but a clear program of preparation. Those that incorporate treadmills and particularly water treadmills in their preparation program see stronger, fitter yearlings with muscle and topline that has not sacrificed joints and soft tissue.

Commercial Yards

Treadmills, Spas and other equipment are being proven to set commercial yards apart in a competitive environment as well as providing additional revenue streams from current and outside clients.

Private Yards

The top riders know that having equipment easily available to them can make all the difference when preparing for large competitions. Treadmills and water equipment are becoming more prominent in private yards where performance and rehabilitation is paramount.

How Activo-Med’s Treadmills & Spas Work

Activo-Med’s focus on high performance products includes Water Treadmills, Dry Treadmills and Spas.

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – See the Benefits

See the Benefits

PREPARE – Using Activo-Med regularly means when you’re ready to train, your horse is ready.

PERFORM – Train with equipment that builds strength and condition.

RECOVER – Get back out there quicker and stronger than before.

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – How it works

How It Works

All treadmills are customised to your needs choose from

All treadmills are customised to your needs choose from

Custom design of layout to your exact requirements

Over 17 years experience of producing and installing water treadmills

World leading expert veterinarian on equine treadmills

Design allows for the bigger horses to work comfortably within their stride length

Choose from salt or fresh water treadmills

All treadmills and spas come with 24 months servicing and maintenance

Never be left alone

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – Problems it Solves

Problems it Solves

Fitness

Rehabilitation

Yearling Preparation

Muscle Development

Tendon / ligament injuries

Gait Analysis

Treadmills & Spas / How it Works – Who Uses It

Who Uses It:

Veterinary Practices

Racing Stables

Rehab & Therapy Centres

Yearling Preparation Yards

Commercial Yards

Private Yards

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