Speciality Services

sports medicine

Sports Medicine/Rehabilitative Medicine is a newer facet of veterinary medicine used to promote patient recovery following injury and to promote strength training for working dogs. Patients suffering from sports injuries such as cranial cruciate injury and post surgical recovery can benefit from strength training and non-stressful muscle maintaining activities. The benefits of such training can also help the working dog, such as a Brittany Spaniel used in bird hunting, to ensure that the pet is in optimum condition for
a hunt.

Routine use of an underwater treadmill (coming soon) in hip patients allows for activity in a buoyant environment that does not cause stress on already painful joints. This same activity can be used to help the post-op back dog that is not fully ambulatory but needs activity to promote hind limb strengthening.