Land Based Rehabilitation

 

 

Conditions helped include:

 

  • Trauma-related injuries to muscle, tendon, ligament, skin and bone

 

  • Back and neck pain

 

  • Reduced function, stiffness and muscle weakness in elderly animals

 

  • Functional problems in dogs of any age or breed

 

  • Performance improvement in the athletic or working dog

 

  • Neurological problems
    (e.g. Chronic Degenerative Radiculomyopathy CDRM, Fibrocartilaginous Embolism FCE, disc herniation, lumbosacral disease)

 

  • Pre- and post-orthopaedic surgery

    (e.g. Tibial osteotomies, Femoral head and neck excision - FHNE, total hip replacement - THR, etc.)

 

 

Rehab Treatment Goals include:

 

  • Pain relief and optimising the healing process

 

  • Maintaining and regaining effective:

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    • joint function, mobility and stability

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    • muscle length, strength and endurance

 

  • Minimising excess scar formation to produce a strong elastic scar capable of supporting future athletic stresses in active, working and athletic dogs

 

  • Maintaining and retraining cardiovascular endurance

 

  • Improving the ability to do everyday activities
    • (getting in and out of bed and the car, going upstairs, etc)

 

  • Preventing musculo-skeletal problems and promoting good health

 

 

Treatment Techniques offered:

 

  • Water based therapy (Aqua and Hydrotherapy)

 

  • Advanced manual therapies

     

  • Electrotherapy modalities

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    • LASER and Phototherapy

     

    • Ultrasound therapy

     

    • Muscle stimulation (NMES)

     

  • Physical therapies: thermo and cryotherapies

 

  • Graduated movement exercises and proprioceptive enriched rehabilitation techniques

 

  • Specific core stability work

 

  • Health promotion and fitness programmes

 

  • Expert advice and an individual Home Programme

 

 

Services | Hydrotherapy