Using Cryochaps could also ease any localised pain in a horse’s legs.
Local analgesic benefits are believed to result when tissues are cooled to between 10°C and 15°C or when skin temperature decreases to < 13.6°C.
When using Cryochaps external skin temperatures reach < 13.6° C
The cooling, analgesic, and rewarming effects of ice massage on localized skin, Roman Bugaj, Published in Physical therapy 1975. DOI:10.1093/ptj/55.1.11
