The Power of Canine Rehabilitation Therapy
Canine physical therapy is a growing field of alternative veterinary treatment that can be very beneficial for dogs. It’s more commonly referred to as canine rehabilitation therapy, since the term physical therapy is actually trademarked by human physical therapists. What Can Rehabilitation Therapy Help With? Arthritic dogs and those recovering from debilitating orthopedic surgery are typical patients for the therapy. It’s also used to support dogs with other musculoskeletal problems...
Virtual Consults for Pets - Rehab, Conditioning, and Mobility Issues
Many of you are becoming familiar with telemedicine so that you can connect with your veterinarian for a virtual appointment. A Vital Vet Pet Video Consultation is different - it's a totally new concept in virtual consultation. Here's how: You do not have to be a client of the Vital Vet Pet Consultants Our Pet consultants are the best of the best - some names you might even recognize since they helped develop the certification...
Conservative Care for Canine Hip Dysplasia
Canine hip dysplasia (CHD) is one of the most common orthopedic issues seen by veterinary professionals. One study1 found that there was a 15.5% incidence level of hip dysplasia out of over 1 million dogs in the US and Canada. Hip dysplasia is a genetic disease where there is poor congruency of the head of the femur and the acetabulum of the pelvis. However, the degree to which it expresses...
Are you being S.M.A.R.T with your rehabilitation goals?
Don’t cringe! I know you probably covered S.M.A.R.T. goal setting to exhaustion as part of your training but how many of us are actually using this protocol in our daily practice and why is it important anyway? S.M.A.R.T. is a universal protocol that we can make relevant to veterinary physiotherapy and rehabilitation. A quick google search will see countless variations of the acronym and will find it being used in...
The Vet’s Guide on Wheelchairs for Dogs (9 Things to Know)
Today, mobility options for special-needs dogs have become widely available. If your dog is in need of temporary or permanent mobility assistance, a wide number of carts, walking sling harnesses and wheelchairs for dogs may be one of the answers, if not the only answer. In my practice I often see pets that require such support, but pet owners are sometimes confused which mobility assistance option is best for their...
Canine Digital Thermal Imaging
Wouldn’t it be great if we could see where our dog’s pain is coming from? If we could see the functioning of the body instead of just the structure like we see in radiographs? With Canine digital thermal imaging, we can see exactly that. The Canine Digital Thermal Imaging system that we have is an infrared camera with state of the art medical imaging software known as, Digatherm. The science...
Benefits of Rehabilitation After Your Dog’s TPLO
A knee surgery for your dog is a pretty penny, no doubt about it. (What is a TPLO?) And yet veterinarians agree that NOT doing surgery is a guarantee of ongoing arthritis problems, expenses and pain for your dog. Then why would you spend another pretty penny for rehabilitation? Simple answer: Protect your TPLO surgery investment. Look at it this way. If you put a new deck on your...
At Aqua Paws, we LOVE our Super Seniors! Nothing Is More Rewarding Than Helping Improve Their Quality of Life.
Rocky Buhl So, a boxer with a “black eye” named Rocky? How fitting! This little fighter came to see us initially for hip dysplasia, arthritis in the knee and muscle atrophy in the rear legs. What else would you expect from a retired “boxer”, right? There were a lot of things he used to do that he just wasn’t doing anymore. We started out slow with him with some massage...