01/19/2026
✨ 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 ✨
🕰️ 𝐀 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
Ozone therapy has been around for well over 100 years.
It was used in medicine as early as the 1900s, including during World War I to help clean wounds and support healing long before many of today’s “modern” therapies existed.
It was really first identified in 1785 by a man named Martin Van Marum.
Christian Friedrich Schönbein formally named and established it as a substance in 1840 and by the late 1800’s it was used as a water disinfectant treatment before rapidly expanding into medicine in WWI
👉 Translation: this isn’t a trend.
It’s a tool that has stood the test of time.
❓ 𝐒𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞?
Not because it stopped working.
• It can’t be patented
• It’s dose and technique dependent
• It doesn’t fit a one size fits all model
Ozone requires understanding the body, proper timing, and intention not just a machine and a protocol.
🔬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐨?
Ozone supports:
🩸 Better oxygen utilization
🌀 Improved circulation
🔥 Inflammatory regulation
⚡ Cellular function
In simple terms it helps the body do what it’s already designed to do: heal.
🔥 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛
Most of the horses I work with aren’t just “a little sore.”
They’re dealing with long-standing compensation patterns:
• Tight backs
• Sore SI’s
• Overloaded stifles
• Weak cores
• Poor toplines
• Old injuries that never healed correctly
These horses are stuck. Their bodies don’t have the resources to change the pattern.
Ozone helps shift that cycle by:
• Increasing oxygen delivery
• Improving circulation
• Supporting tissue repair
• Reducing inflammatory load
• Supporting immune function
• Encouraging a parasympathetic (rest-and-heal) response
👉 It creates the environment the body needs to heal so that bodywork, rehab exercises, and strengthening actually work instead of fighting upstream.
🧪 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛
Here’s how you’ll most commonly see it integrated:
1️⃣ 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 & 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬)
Excellent for:
• White line disease
• Abscesses
• Thrush
• Cellulitis
• Wounds
• Tendon & ligament support
Ozone penetrates tissue, helping clear pathogens and stimulate local healing in a powerful but gentle way.
2️⃣ 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐕𝐞𝐭-𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝)
Only done by a licensed veterinarian.
This is one of the most effective whole-body applications and is commonly used for:
• Post-surgical recovery
• Chronic or systemic inflammation
• Immune support
• Horses that “crash” under stress
This is often where you see the biggest systemic changes.
3️⃣ 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬
(Re**al or other routes)
Supports:
• Gut health
• Detoxification
• Metabolic horses
• Ulcers or hindgut sensitivity
• Systemic inflammation
Many “mystery pain” horses are actually inflamed from the inside out this helps break that cycle.
4️⃣ 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐢𝐥𝐬 (𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥)
Great for:
• Wounds
• Surgical sites
• Skin & fungal issues
• Scars and adhesion prone tissue
Ozonated oils continue working long after the session ends.
⏱️ 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 (𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭)
𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞?
This is one of the questions I get asked the MOST:
“How often do you use ozone?”
Short answer?
👉 It depends on the horse and the case. Always.
Long answer let’s break it down from a whole-horse, root-cause perspective 👇
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥.
Frequency is based on:
✔️ The individual horse
✔️ The specific case
✔️ Stage of rehab
✔️ Nervous system tolerance
✔️ Working alongside my veterinarian
Some examples:
• 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 may only need ozone occasionally or short-term
• 𝐄𝐏𝐌 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 often require much more consistent and intensive support
• 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 typically need higher frequency initially
• 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 may need ozone layered in strategically over time
👉 Every horse gets a 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, not a cookie-cutter schedule.
This is why I work closely with my veterinarian together we choose the right application, dose, and frequency for that horse and that case.
🧬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞
This is the piece that often gets missed.
Restricted fascia limits:
• Glide
• Circulation
• Communication between tissues
When oxygen delivery is compromised, healing slows.
Ozone supports tissue health and oxygenation but it works best when paired with:
• Correct movement
• Fascia release
• Muscle retraining
• Posture correction
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
🐎 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞
Because not every horse needs it.
Some horses need:
• Nervous system regulation first
• Posture correction
• Better movement patterns before stimulation
Ozone is a tool, not a hammer 🔨
❌ Common Myth
“Ozone just masks pain.”
Nope.
Ozone doesn’t numb it supports cellular function.
The goal is better movement and long-term change, not temporary relief.
⏳ Realistic Expectations
• Chronic issues still take time
• Compensation patterns don’t disappear overnight
• Rehab is a process, not an appointment
𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬.
✨ 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭
Old medicine.
New appreciation.
Used with intention.
Chosen carefully.
For the horse standing in front of me not a protocol on paper.
