World First Equine Graduated Compression Garments to Help Top Horses

Innovative Australian company, HIDEZ Pty Ltd, have created a product that they claim will help our equine athletes recover from the rigours of travel and exercise as they gear up for the Summer Olympics in London - a world first graduated compression garment for animals and more specifically, horses. 

The HIDEZ Pty Ltd website states, "animal athletes are like human athletes, training for competition begins months before the event begins. These animals need to have available to them the same revolutionary technologies that human athletes do. These technologies assist in keep them healthy, at their peak, on top of their sport and ahead of the rivals."

"Graduated Compression garments such as SKINS AND 2XU are very popular amoung humans because of their easiness to use and their extreme results when used while training or as a recovery tool. This technology is unique and has been shown to provide a wide range of benefits for athletes for many years now and in fact the    AIS Australian Institute of Sport now endorses them."

HIDEZ Pty Ltd claim their innovative concept is very easy to use and the suits are easily fitted onto your horse in just one minute and have a very calming effect. Apparently animals that wear Hidez feel the same refreshing sensations that humans feel when wearing graduated compression garments. The actual sensation is improved blood flow, blood returning out of your limbs and back into circulation and back to your heart.

The aim of the suits is to help animals recover faster, keeping them at their optimum peak longer. Inventors of the suits say, "our innovations will have many great benefits which will include reduced workloads on animal owners, trainers and handlers by shortening warm-up & warm-down times & assisting them in groom their animal athletes."

Stuart Tinney took part in the trials of the suits and claims he had great results, saying, "HIDEZ fitted Vettori with his own customised graduated compression suit. Obviously the HIDEZ suit helped with Vettori's performance and his recovery, Vettori has even worn his HIDEZ suit during international flights."

All thereapeutic benefits aside, these colourful wet suit looking garments will certainly make your horses stand out in a crowd!

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• Find out more about the suits, view more photos and order one for your horse now at hidez.com.au