Veterinary Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine

Improve your pet’s mobility today!

Utilize veterinary rehabilitation to aid in your pet’s recovery, reduce and manage their pain, promote your pet’s health and fitness to improve their overall quality of life.

Veterinary rehabilitation is similar to physical therapy in humans. The goals of veterinary rehabilitation include aiding in recovery, reducing and managing pain, promote health and fitness and improve the quality of your pet’s life.

Pets that have acute musculoskeletal injuries, muscle strains, chronic orthopedic conditions, and neurological conditions and many other issues will benefit from the inclusion of veterinary rehabilitation into their treatment regimen.

Rehabilitation can help in many different conditions:

• Post-surgical
• Pre-surgical
• Animals in need of wheelchairs or braces
• Sporting dogs – agility, dock diving, fly ball, etc.
• Arthritis
• Hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia
• Neurologic problems
• Overweight
• Geriatric animals
• Degenerative myelopathy
• And many more…

Benefits

Quality of Life

Rehabilitation promotes optimal function and quality of life as they relate to movement disorders.

Rehabilitation Plan

Life Quality Pet Care’s rehabilitation plan typically include laser therapy, acupuncture, manual therapies, and therapeutic exercises.

Pre- and Post-Surgery

Utilize rehabilitation to improve your pet’s recovery before, after, or possibly in lieu of surgery such as TPLO surgery.

Certified

Dr. Gleason is a Canine Certified Rehabilitation Practitioner (CCRP), Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist (CVA), and Certified Veterinary Food Therapist (CVFT).

• Improve your pet’s post-operative recovery
• Increase your pet’s mobility and strength
• Reduce your arthritic pet’s pain
• Reduce your overweight pet’s weight
• Improve your pet’s endurance
• Improves your quality of life and your pet’s quality of life

Initial Consultation

During your first-time rehabilitation consultation, Dr. Gleason starts from the beginning with each patient and their owner.

She obtains a thorough history, discussing the patient’s needs and your goals as a Pet parent.

Dr. Gleason takes a thorough assessment of your dog’s medical status and then evaluates your dog in regards to gait, range of motion, strength, mobility, pain, and quality of life.

With this information and medical history, an individualized treatment plan will be created for your pet. This treatment plan may include any exercises that should be done and documentation for them. Recommendations for other care such as acupuncture, laser therapy, nutrition, herbals, nutraceuticals, or other therapies will also be provided.