Benefits of Rehabilitation After Your Dog’s TPLO
A knee surgery for your dog is a pretty penny, no doubt about it. (What is a TPLO?) And yet veterinarians agree that NOT doing surgery is a guarantee of ongoing arthritis problems, expenses and pain for your dog. Then why would you spend another pretty penny for rehabilitation? Simple answer: Protect your TPLO surgery investment. Look at it this way. If you put a new deck on your...
Gluteal Exercises for the Dog
A note from Laurie Edge-Hughes: The inspiration for this blog came from an article that I read regarding exercises for the gluteal muscles in people. Essentially, the article talked about training the glutes in 3 different positions and how this was key for full retraining of gluteal function. That got my head spinning to think about whether we could do this in dogs. The video blog (vlog) below contains my...
Neurodynamic Techniques and Jumping Performance
I found a fascinating article that I think could be of relevance to our sporting dogs. I’m just going to put the abstract up here to start. --------------------- The immediate effect of neurodynamic techniques on jumping performance: A randomised double-blind study Aksoy, Cihan C. | Kurt, Vedat | Okur, İsmail | Taspınar, Ferruh | Taspinar, Betül Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 15-20, 2020 BACKGROUND...
CBD for Dogs and Cats—What’s New?
Cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychoactive molecule derived from cannabis, is increasingly being touted as an effective treatment in humans for conditions ranging from chronic pain to anxiety to insomnia. As a result, public interest in the use of CBD on pets has also grown, industry analysts report. But whereas research on the effects of CBD in humans has been ongoing for many years, similar research on dogs, cats, and other species...
Veterinary Technicians and Neurologic Rehabilitation
Conditions that require neurologic physical rehabilitation in humans include stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury.1 Physical rehabilitation therapy is beneficial and effective to help return or improve function lost as a result of these conditions in some patients.2 Neurologic disease is unique in that physical therapy has a critical role in maintenance and recovery of function. Dysfunction of the nervous system can cause loss of motor and autonomic...
CLAIRE DYSON EQUINE WATER TREADMILL & REHABILITATION CENTRE
There has been a huge increase and growing momentum behind water treadmill therapy here in the UK over the past few years. Multiple disciplines including private yards, racehorse trainers, professional competition yards along with therapy and rehabilitation centres like ours are now using a water treadmill as part of their fitness and training plans. The horse enters the treadmill while the tank is empty and the chamber fills quickly with...
Tricks Keep Your Dog Healthy
Teach your dog tricks to keep them healthy While we tend to think of training our dogs to mean walking nicely on a leash and not jumping when greeting people, training tricks can actually keep your dog healthy and active for a long time. Regular exercise, including daily walks, is a vital component of our dogs’ overall health. It helps them to stay at (or reach) a healthy weight, reducing...
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in Canine Orthopedics
What is platelet rich plasma (PRP)? Platelet rich plasma is a portion of the blood that has been processed, usually by centrifuge, to contain a higher concentration of platelets than in the whole blood. The PRP contains platelets and varying numbers of white blood cells (WBCs) and red blood cells (RBCs), depending on the method of preparation.1 In addition to cells, PRP contains other growth factors and substances that are...