The staff at All Creatures Animal Hospital are concerned with the entire health and wellness of your dog. We have incorporated canine rehabilitation to facilitate the return of your dog`s health and function to the best possible level.

To improve active pain-free range of joint motion and flexibility, increase muscle mass and strength, to reduce weight and lameness, decrease pain, improve daily function, and to help prevent further injury.

• * Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD)
• * Fractures
• * Luxations
• * Degenerative Joint Disease (Osteoarthritis)
• * Hip Dyslpasia
• * Amputations
• * Tendon and ligament disorders
• * Muscle disorders

• * Intervertebral disc disease
• * Degenerative Myleopathy
• * Wobbler Syndrome
• * Plexus lesion
• * Wound care
• * Weight-loss
• * Wellness

At All Creatures Animal Hospital, therapeutic exercises are an important part of the rehabilitation services we provide. We encourage the owner's participation by providing instructions for a specially designed home exercise program.

Here are some general types of exercise that we perform:

• * Passive Therapeutic Exercises (passive range of motion/stretching, etc.)
• * Proprioceptive Therapeutic Exercises (bicycling movements, flexor reflexes, etc.)
• * Assisted Therapeutic Exercises (assisted standing, therapy balls, weight-shifting, etc.)
• * Active Therapeutic Exercises (slow leash walks, stairs, inclines/declines, tunnels, etc.)
• * Strengthening Therapeutic Exercises (shaking hands, pulling/carrying weights, etc.)

• * Protocol development
• * Therapeutic exercises
• * Owner education/consultation
• * ~1 hour

• * No therapeutic exercises
• * Modality only
• * ~10-20 minutes

• * Therapeutic exercises/massage
• * Home treatment plan
• * ~30-40 minutes

• * $20 consecutive
• * ~10-30 minutes

• * ~20 minutes