Customizing Rehabilitation: Tailoring Treatments to Pets
Veterinary medicine as a field is constantly growing and evolving as experts work to improve the care that we can give our beloved pets. Physical therapy for pets is one of the treatments on the forefront of this change, providing vets and owners alike with a powerful tool to increase pets’ quality of life and help promote healing and recovery from injuries, surgical procedures, and chronic health conditions.
Physical therapy and rehabilitation can be beneficial for just about every pet out there, but that doesn’t mean that every pet gets the same treatment approach. On the contrary, here at PrimePet Rehabilitation Therapy, customizing individual treatment plans for each animal in our care is part of how we make physical therapy such a transformative experience for dogs! The tailor-made treatment approach that each of our patients receives helps them to reap the unique benefits of physical therapy, enjoying happier, healthier lives.
Creating an Individualized Treatment Plan
When you and your pet come to see us at Prime Pet Rehabilitation Therapy, we first begin by gathering all of the information we can about your furry friend– their medical history, what specific reason you have for seeking physical therapy for your pet, and much more. Not only will we look at data and test results from your primary care veterinarian like x-rays, scans, visit notes, and medical records, but we’ll perform our own assessments and examinations as well to gain a full understanding of your pet’s condition.
Once we’ve learned all there is to learn about your pet, we’ll put together a unique treatment approach just for them, including the exercises and types of therapy that we’ll perform during sessions, home care instructions for you, amd even pointers about their diet and environment that can help give them and you the best chance to achieve the goals you’ve set for their physical therapy journey.
Treatment Modalities
Just like physical therapy for humans, physical therapy for pets spans a huge range of modalities and types. Depending on what your pet is working towards, their age, breed, and body type, and their medical history, we’ll use different techniques to increase strength, flexibility, and mobility, reduce pain, and help your pet to heal and find relief from both acute and chronic injuries and conditions.
The modalities that we use here at Prime Pet go far beyond your standard exercises and stretches. We’ll use methods like hydrotherapy, massage, nerve stimulation, and more to get your pet feeling and moving better.
The Coerenza Approach at Prime Pet
The Coerenza Approach is a principle of veterinary healthcare that emphasizes complete health and wellbeing for an animal and attention on the part of owners, vets, and caretakers to the many different aspects of a pet’s life. For a treatment plan to comply with the Coerenza approach, it has to cover the five major pillars of the principle: Exercise, Enrichment, Nutrition, Responsibility, and Environment.
By creating individualized treatment plans that fit the unique needs of your animal, our team here at Prime Pet Rehabilitation Therapy is working to implement the Coerenza Approach into the daily lives of all of our furry patients! We know that with the right approach, we can drastically improve the comfort, happiness, and quality of life of every animal that comes through our doors, and if that’s not something worth working hard for, we don’t know what is!
If you’re interested in learning more about how our tailored physical therapy plans could benefit your dog or cat, make sure to contact our team here at Prime Pet today!