SERVICES - Rehabilitation

Water Therapy   Acupuncture

The goals of rehabilitation are to alleviate pain, to decrease healing time, and to return the animal to normal function.

  • Massage – has been shown to increase circulation, release scar tissue, maintain tissue extensibility
     
  • Heat – helps to decrease pain and muscle spasms as well as facilitates stretching
     
  • Ice - provides analgesia, reduces inflammation, can reduce muscle spasms
     
  • Water Therapy/Hydrotherapy using an underwater treadmill  
     
  • Land treadmill - useful for patterning gait, and encouraging use of non-weight bearing limb
     


    • Susie walking on land treadmill

  • Range of motion - useful to diminish the effects of disuse and immobilization; prevents adhesions between soft tissue and bone, improves blood flow, improves joint fluid production
     
  • Therapeutic exercises - are used to improve range of motion, build muscle and can target specific muscle groups
     
  • Neuromuscular electrical stimulation - administration of an electrical current to produce a specific muscle contraction
     



Meg balancing on therapy ball



Matilda walking over cavaletties



Chloe over the therapy ball



Griffin walking on balance board