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Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy Darryl Millis MS DVM, David Levine PT, Robert A. Taylor DVM MS
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€�It's the fastest growing part of veterinary medicine right now,” she said. Treasurer | Amy Kramer, PT, DPT, CCRT. Animal health professionals have learned from human physical therapists in order to help animal patients recover more quickly. Physical therapy is not new in human medicine and physical rehabilitation is now available to pets with some amazing results. Now the touch of the person can ease the pain that a pet feels and improve their quality of life. How many of you out there have ever had to have surgery? At our clinic, Wizard of Paws Physical Rehabilitation for Animals, LLC, approximately ninety percent of the animals walking in the door are lased for various conditions. Laser therapy has become an invaluable component of canine and equine rehabilitation – and is a tool that each and every clinic performing rehabilitation should possess. Filed Under water treadmill animal canine dog rehab rehabilitation drills exercise sports injury repair program healing pain CCL surgery ACL knee hip replacement veterinary surgeon therapy I became aware of the water treadmill via my work at the hospital, and I found that the use of it was/is widely promoted within veterinary medicine and the canine rehab model, which draws heavily from structured, academic-oriented, human physical therapy concepts. Image right Dr Kramer is a founding partner of California Animal Rehabilitation (CARE). Cederberg's specialty is canine rehabilitation, which she describes as similar to physical therapy for humans. Exiting the practice of Physical Therapy for “people” after 31 years and entering the field of veterinary physical rehabilitation in 2008 was a huge career transition. Lisa Schenkel, a long time veterinarian at Animal Medical of New City, has been a certified canine rehabilitation therapist since 2006 and has also recently completed certification in veterinary medical acupuncture at Colorado State University. So let's take a quick look at the world of Pet Physical Rehabilitation! That is why, at Animal Medical of New City, we are now providing our patients with veterinary supervised physical medicine treatments such as therapeutic exercises, acupuncture, cold laser and ultrasound therapy and Dr. Laser therapy applications now span the gamut of conditions of the full range of laser therapy applications currently available. E-mail: RossChaban@RacingforRecovery.com. Maybe to repair a knee injury or a back problem? Many of our canine friends suffer from the same troubles as we do. I recently completed an advanced course at Options for Animals School of Animal Chiropractic which covered canine and equine rehabilitation and physical therapy techniques.