The Heat Is On

All over the world and more and more in South Africa, equestrians are seeing the benefits of solarium therapy for their horses.

Many professional yards have an in-house solarium, so that performance horses can have access to solarium treatment on a regular basis. However, the benefits of the solarium are reaped not only by sport horses, but also by horses who are in the recovery phase after an injury.

What is solarium therapy?

Some horse solariums use a combination of ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) light, and some solariums eliminate harmful UV rays altogether by only using short-wave infrared heat. The heat lamps are fixed into a rounded panel, suspended from the ceiling. The rounded panel allows for a greater targeted surface area of the horse.