If you have ever had surgery or experienced a serious injury, then you know just how important physical therapy can to your healing process. The thing is, it is the same for your pet! The benefits of rehabilitation have become more well-known for pets in recent years and can immensely help your best friend to heal. Some of these benefits include lessening pain, strengthening their muscles, and speeding up the recovery process overall. While there are a variety of techniques for pets, all depending on their circumstances, here are a few that we provide:

• Underwater Treadmill Therapy – It’s likely that you’ve seen videos of dogs walking on an underwater treadmill (like the video on our home page), but this form of rehabilitation is more than just cute, it is incredibly beneficial. The water helps the exercises have less of an impact on their joints and muscles and also improves their strength and balance.
• Exercises – At our animal hospital, our professionals will diagnose your pet’s issues and recommend specific exercises that will help them recover. This includes the use of balance boards, physio-balls, stairs, and more.
• Cold Laser Therapy - Depending on the area and size of the area being treated, this laser treatment can be performed in as quickly as three minutes. Cold laser therapy can help with chronic pain, relieve acute pain from trauma, stimulates the healing of damaged tissue, and more.
• Acupuncture - In both small and large pets, this can be a very beneficial treatment that can help target a variety of conditions. These include things like arthritis, intervertebral disk disease, traumatic nerve injury, feline asthma, lick granulomas, allergic dermatitis, diarrhea, sore backs, facial paralysis, heaving, nonsurgical colic, and more.

If you would like to learn more about our pet rehabilitation program, or any of our other veterinary services, or you are ready to sign up to help your pet be their healthiest and happiest, then don’t hesitate to contact Paradise Point Animal Hospital today.