Choosing the Best Knee and Hock Therapy Products for Horses
Knee and hock pain are common in horses as these joints work extra hard in every discipline an athletic horse performs in. Whether your horse has arthritis, bone spurs, OCDs, chips, or tendon, and ligament injuries, using knee and hock therapy products can help relieve your horse with easy-to-use products.
Horse Knee and Hock Wraps are made to fit the unique shape of your horse’s knee or hock. There are boots and wraps to protect your horse from sores when laying down in the stall, for protection during training and exercise using copper therapy, ceramic therapy, or magnetic therapy.
Laser or Light Therapy products for your horse’s knees and hocks can help reduce pain, swelling, inflammation, and stiffness in a horse with joint issues or pain. You can use these light therapies for the prevention, maintenance, and treating injuries or chronic conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions About Knee and Hock Therapy for Horses
What are horse knee boots for?
Horse knee boots protect and prevent or treat pain, injuries, or swelling. Some horse knee boots are meant for use during exercise to protect against interference. There are also knee boots and hock protector boots that horses can wear in the stall to prevent sores or rubs from getting up and down. Sometimes called “hock sores” or “horse bed sores”, knee and hock protective boots can help prevent those wounds from happening or allow them to heal. Then, there are horse knee boots used for therapeutic purposes such as copper therapy, magnetic therapy, ceramic therapy, or cold therapy, to reduce pain, swelling, and inflammation of a horse’s knee.
What do you do for sore hocks in horses?
If your horse has hock soreness, you may want to use hock therapy products such as hock wraps and boots that can be worn in the stall to help reduce pain, swelling, inflammation, stiffness, or puffiness of the hock often caused by arthritis or past injuries, as well as for preventing injuries or soreness.