Show Equine Professional Company

Pro-Kold Corporation
Enjoy the healing benefits of ice without getting your horse wet! Pro-Kold Equine Ice Wraps allows a full ice treatment- without exposing your horse to water.

About Pro-Kold
Since 1986, Pro-Kold has demonstrated its commitment to improving cryotherapeutic modalities, and its skill at providing products carefully tailored to the needs of its customers. Pro-Kold has become the major cold therapy company by single-mindedly devoting its resources solely to cryotherapy. Unlike some other large companies that offer cryotherapy devices as a sideline, Pro-Kold only pursues cold therapy, and thus takes cryotherapy research and product development with the seriousness the subject deserves. Pro-Kold has developed a fine reputation among customers seeking quality products at reasonable prices.

Is It True That EVERY Horse Can Benefit From Ice Therapy At Some Point In Their Lives?
Absolutely! Leg injuries can happen to horses at any time and at any age. Horses pulling plows or working in the field can twist a leg, horses in the show ring can stumble or come down wrong on a foot when landing over a jump or looking into the crowd. Even your own pleasure horse can trip, fall or land on a foot wrong while trail riding or negotiating a steep trail. In any of these cases, using ice on your horse may help any horse owner ensure their horse is quickly on the road to recovery.

So What Is Ice Therapy?
The use of ice on an injured or inflamed leg is known as cold therapy or ice therapy. When properly used it can help improve a variety of muscle, joint, and soft tissue injuries. The cold temperature of ice helps to decrease blood flow to the injured area and thus reduce swelling, heat and even and pain. Also, cold therapy slows metabolism of the tissue surrounding the injury, which helps minimize further damage and, thus it can assist with a faster healing.

So When Should I Use Ice Therapy?
Cold therapy is most effective during the first 48 hours after an injury or inflammation- you need to attend to it almost immediately, remember the sooner, the better. But the use of ice after a hard workout may also help a horse with chronic conditions, such as weak tendons and ligaments from a past injury. But remember, whenever cold therapy is used on an injured limb that you need to be careful NOT to wrap the bandages too tightly! You can reduce or even cut off the circulation.

How Does Ice Therapy Help?
Immediately after injury occurs, the blood vessels that have been damaged begin to hemorrhage internally and / or externally. (In all but the most traumatic and extensive wounds, the natural mechanisms that control clotting will kick in within the first three to five minutes following injury.) At the same time, the cells that have suffered injury release enzymes and proteins which signal the body that its defenses have been breached. The enzymes transmit their message in several ways: 1) by activating local pain receptors; 2) by increasing the permeability of the blood vessel walls; 3) and by attracting immune chemicals and immune cells - the body's "clean-up crew" - to the site via a rush of fluids which begin to accumulate and cause the area to swell (edema formation).

Yet as beneficial as all of these actions are intended to be, they wreak havoc as well. The excess fluid - which may flood the site over a period of a few minutes or many hours depending on the injury's extent - creates a swamplike environment that separates healthy cells in the vicinity from their life-giving oxygen source. As a result, though they may have escaped injury internally, many are unable to survive without sufficient oxygen. This secondary tissue trauma is called hypoxic (literally, insufficient oxygen) injury, and paradoxically, it can give rise to even more extensive cell destruction and edema formation than the original trauma suffered by the horse. As a matter of fact, the point at which there is maximum infiltration of the body's healing forces in response to the original injury is also the point of maximum secondary cell destruction.

So What Does The Ice Do To Help My Horse?
The goal, then, of any therapy for soft-tissue injury is to break the cycle of primary injury / secondary injury / excessive fluid accumulation / cell damage by subduing the unintentional self-destructiveness of the healing response. Though even properly applied cryotherapy has no significant effect on tissue damage during primary injury, it can dramatically decrease the amount of tissue lost to secondary injury. It accomplishes this by reducing the metabolic activity of the still-healthy cells.

How Long Should I Apply The Pro-Kold Ice Therapy Wraps?
Ice applied for too long a duration can damage your horse's skin and underlying tissue. The general rule is to ice for 5 minutes and rest for 15 minutes…. but with our special nylon casing, the skin is protected and our wraps can be used up to 2 hours at a time!

So What Sets Pro-Kold Equine Ice Wraps Apart From Competitors?

* Allows Ice Treatment Without Exposing Hoof, or Leg To Water: The Encapsulated, re-freezable solution helps to reduce the risk of cracked hooves and fungus infections— all a result of prolonged water contact. Our Wraps also eliminate stall and stable clean up after the use of ice or water.

* Convenient: Unit construction with straps attached makes installation simple and ice pillows stay in place while thawing instead of lipping to the bottom of the wrap.

* Affordable: Wraps can be purchased individually— used multiple times and are affordable therapy that can save hundreds on vet bills!

* Durable: Nylon casing and industrial grade polymers ensure long life with repeated usage. Wrap can be hosed off and are dried.

* Provides Mobility: Panel design allows horse to be mobile while receiving ice treatment. Ice treatment can be used for up to 2 hours without personnel standing by to hold the horse.

What Do Horse People Say About Pro-Kold?
One of the most important lessons I have learned in my barrel racing career is that the actual barrel race is won prior to the timer ever starting. The care, conditioning and preparation that goes into getting your horse "Rodeo or Horse Show Ready," will determine how fast your horse shuts off the clock.

I believe that a fast and effective coolant system for your horse's legs is essential in making a healthy long-life for your horse and winning the race. Pro-Kold Equine Wraps, are by far, the fastest, most effective, direct system to use when your horse needs any type of icing or swelling control.

I use these products after each race for proper leg treatment on all the horses I run. I also use their additional coolant products for preventative measures prior to running or if I notice any type of swelling in specific areas. The care of my horse is just that, if not more, important as making a winning run. To make sure they get the Best, I use Pro-Kold. There is no better product on the market. -Martha Josey - World Champion Barrel Horse Rider

I use the Pro-Kold Ice Boots at home and away at shows. They stay frozen and provide enough cold therapy for 3 horses. The boots are effective, durable, easy to use, no mess and the horses don't mind wearing them. The body wrap even worked on my horse who takes a 54" girth.”-

I have used the same wraps for 4 years and they are as good as new. I use them when I compete at Endurance Rides and for the 60 horses I have at Ricochet Ridge Ranch.- Lari Shea- Endurance Champion

Order Your Pro-Kold Equine Ice Wraps Today!
You never know when the unexpected will occur or a hard working horse can benefit from the gentle, healing benefits of Ice. No one does Ice Therapy better than Pro-Kold. We are happy to talk to you about your horses and help you get the right wraps for you and your horses. Visit our online ordering or call and talk to us today.

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Moore, Oklahoma 73160
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