{"id":3052,"date":"2019-05-29T15:23:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T19:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2019-05-30T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:41:51","slug":"dog-physical-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/dog-physical-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Canine Physical Therapy–Does It Help With Recovery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rehabilitation or physical therapy can benefit your dog in many ways, including speeding up the healing process and ensuring better mobility and long term health. After any injury or surgery, plan to devote a substantial amount of time to your dog\u2019s healing. Recovery is critical in healing and in minimizing the effects of physical trauma<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Is Canine Physical Therapy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just as with people, pets benefit from physical therapy after surgery or injury. Canine physical therapy or rehabilitation uses therapeutic techniques that have been modeled after those used in human physical therapy to encourage recovery. These series of techniques increase mobility, decrease pain<\/a>, speed up recovery, and strengthen joints and muscles to achieve better overall health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pet physical therapy is useful after surgery<\/a> in conjunction with follow-up veterinary care. Some exercises commonly used in this form of rehabilitation include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n