Customized Individually
For Your Pet’s Needs
Canine Wellness Center provides rehabilitation, weight loss, pain management, and sports conditioning services. Our goal is to help pets maintain mobility and live pain-free lives in any situation. We value each patient as if they were our own.
Each rehabilitation session is customized for the patient’s needs that day. Most sessions combine pain management, soft tissue mobilization, and strength-building. Your pet is evaluated at each session to help tailor the plan for that day.
Improving the quality of life for canines & pet owners
Initial Consultation & Treatments (first visit)
This takes place as a meet-and-greet lasting between 1.5 – 2 hrs. and includes:
- Complete orthopedic, neurologic & soft tissue exam to evaluate your pet’s comfort, mobility and functional movement
- Review of X-rays and patient history
- Healthy treats for your pet
- Personalized online home exercise & stretching program curtailed to your pet’s needs
- A combination of therapies performed to reduce pain and swelling, including Hydrotherapy, Cold Laser, Pulse/Shockwave, PEMF, Ultrasound Therapy, and TENS
- Therapeutic exercises to build strength, fine-tune muscle and neurologic control, and retrain gait
Ongoing PT Sessions
Based on the patient’s individual treatment plan, these sessions are scheduled in advance and last around an hour. They are personalized from appointment to appointment, using a mixture of healing modalities to give your pet the greatest benefit and ensure we are reaching your pet’s recovery goals.
Consultation & Therapeutic Modalities
Rehab Consultation
At the initial evaluation, a complete soft tissue, neurologic, and orthopedic exam will be performed. A consultation can take 1.5-2 hours, allowing for a thorough evaluation and building a customized plan for your pet. The consultation also includes a whole therapy session, and we will start working on your pet’s needs during the visit.
Hydrotherapy
Our underwater treadmill promotes strength building while utilizing the water to offload weight, providing low resistance and minimal impact on joints. This modality is excellent for post-surgery patients or those looking to lose weight.
Laser Therapy Medicine
A popular tool in rehabilitation, our Class IV laser decreases pain and inflammation and promotes cell healing. This pain-free procedure is non-heat-generating (cold laser therapy) and non-invasive.
Shockwave Therapy
This powerful modality uses acoustic waves to stimulate deep tissues in a focused and precise manner. Targeted, non-invasive pain relief and healing used to treat acute and chronic bone, joint, and tendon injuries, including osteoarthritic conditions.
Ultrasound Therapy
Therapeutic ultrasound therapy decreases swelling and, therefore, pain. It is also used to warm up muscles and muscle bellies before soft tissue mobilization techniques or therapeutic exercises.
NMES/TENS
TENS uses electric current to inhibit pain in nerve fiber endings, decreasing pain. NMES can be used to help strengthen muscles. Both modalities help stimulate the release of natural endorphins and decrease pain. We teach TENS to our clients for at-home use.
PEMF
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) uses pulsed magnetic fields delivered by a small battery current through wire coils to decrease pain, improve circulation, and promote healing. The same technology is used in human medicine to heal non-union fractures.
Soft Tissue Mobilization Techniques
Soft tissue mobilization techniques include massage, the use of hot and/or cold packs, and stretching to improve flexibility and joint range of motion. These techniques are also commonly taught to clients for at-home use.
Sports Medicine
Like human athletes, canine athletes require strength, conditioning, and endurance in their chosen sport. A rehabilitation consultation can help identify areas of pain that could be affecting your pet’s performance. We will tailor a plan to keep your dog performing at a high level for their sport.
Therapeutic Exercises
Therapeutic exercises help build strength, retrain gait patterns, and prevent re-injury. A variety of exercise equipment is used to achieve this. We will also teach you exercises for you and your pet to do with the help of your own tailored at-home online program.
Orthotic, Prosthetic Devices and Carts
Orthotic and prosthetic devices, such as slings, braces, wraps, and carts, help your pet achieve a prior level of mobility. We will evaluate each pet for the appropriate device to ensure proper fit.
Weight Loss
We will work with your family veterinarian to provide a diet and exercise program to help your pet achieve his/her weight loss goals. The program will provide a strength program to keep your pet an active part of the family.
Pain Management
Alleviating signs of discomfort as 60 percent of dogs over the age of seven suffer degenerative joint disease, more commonly known as arthritis. We do this by treating with prescription medication or alternative therapies such as joint supplements.
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