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Animal Health Clinic rehabilitation
Benefits of Physical Therapy
Post-Op patients will routinely recover faster with less risk of complications or set backs
- Post-Op joints have proper range of motion and supporting musculature strength by the time the animal is pain-free and active
- Physical Therapy is a non-invasive, safe and highly effective way to treat spinal problems (joint or disc)
- Physical Therapy offers a complete package for addressing joint, muscle and nerves
- Secondary complications are addressed (ie spinal dysfunction's in the case of extremity surgeries and limb function in the case of spinal injuries)
- Owners are instructed in techniques to benefit their animals on a daily basis and educated in precautions etc.
Indications for Physical Therapy treatment
- Post-Operative: Any orthopedic or neurological surgery
- Lameness: Soft tissue or biomechanically related
- Spine: Back and neck pain, pelvis dysfunction's, spinal dysfunction's, torticollis, spondylitis, disc problems, acute or chronic spinal conditions.
- Muscle: Spasm, strain, atrophy, weakness
- Tendon: Tendonitis, bowed tendons
- Joint: Capsulitis, arthritis, arthrosis, restriction, ligament sprain, contracture, stiffness, bursitis
- Bone: Periosteal inflammation, rehabilitation of healed fractures
- Nerves: Partial paralysis, neural compression/bruising, Bells Palsy, neuralgia's, sciatica
- Birth Defects: Club Foot, cerebral palsy
- Performance Problems: In canine athletes
- Gait abnormalities: Lameness or changes in the quality of movement
- Wounds/Injuries: Haematomas, calcium deposits, myositis ossificans
- Pain Control
