What combination of services will best suite your pet is determined during the first session with the veterinary rehabilitation therapist. No modality is used alone; rather each has specific indications and, when properly combined, will greatly improve results.

Passive Range of Motion and Stretching

• Improves joint mobility
• Increases muscle and tendon flexibility
• Helps minimize muscle contracture
• Limits joint rigidity from disuse

Thermotherapy (heat)

• Improves local blood circulation
• Increases muscle flexibility
• Helps resolve edema (swelling)
• Provides comfort

Aquatic Treadmill Therapy

• Low impact on joints allows for early intervention and greater comfort
• Water provides resistance throughout entire range of motion of limbs
• Improves strength, endurance, muscle re-education, and coordination
• Buoyancy provides extra support
• Warm water provides hydrotherapy and thermotherapy benefits

Hydrotherapy

• Reduces swelling
• Improves circulation
• Provides relief of pain

Massage Therapy

• Increases blood and lymphatic flow
• Stretches & breaks down scar tissue
• Provides muscle relaxation and relief of pain
• Produces a positive emotional state

Active Resistive Exercise

• Restores strength, stamina, and coordination
• Improves cardiovascular fitness