CANINE physiotherapy

Treatment for your dog’s pain and restlessness after injury and in their later years.

Your dog is a champion at hiding their pain.

Instead of showing pain as you might expect, it could be presented as…

  • Anxious behaviour

  • Repetitive behaviours i.e. shadow chasing, ball obsession

  • Heightened aggression

  • Excessive Panting

  • Restlessness

  • Obsessive behaviors

  • Licking and chewing of paws

  • Crying, excessive verbalizing

  • Food aggression

It is common that dogs who exhibit anxious behavior are also in pain, which will almost always exacerbate their “unwanted” behavior.

That’s where physiotherapy can help to properly treat your best friend so they can get back to being their happy, joyful self.

WHAT PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN DO FOR YOUR DOG

For elderly dogs, this might look like a better quality of life.

Less getting up and constantly moving

Less restlessness

Fewer wakes during the night

For other dogs, treatment might mean...

Less licking and chewing of the limbs/wrists,

Less barking and whimpering,

Less anxiety and getting “worked up” when doing fun activities like going for a walk.

What We Treat

Some of the conditions physiotherapy can be effective in treating:

  • Sporting agility advice i.e fitness and exercise programs

  • Intervertebral disc disease

  • Strengthening exercises for older dogs to help keep them mobile

  • Post surgery

  • Neuralgia

  • Cancer

  • Sporting injury i.e. hamstring tears, cruciates, shoulder pain

  • Osteoarthritis (OA)

  • Hip dysplasia

  • Elbow dysplasia

  • Wobblers or any vertigo issues

ZOOMIES whenever you say " let's go for a walk!”

That can be an anxious behavior because it’s something that they like but it’s also something that they associate with pain in their limbs. Their behavior is saying “I really want to do this but I’m also anxious because I have no control over the situation”.

Canine Physiotherapy Sessions

60 minute session

Thorough discussion of your concerns for your dog.

Establish your short and long term goals.

Full objective assessment of the whole body to locate tightness or pain and assess areas your dog might require more strength or flexibility.

Treatment to target the affected area. 

Personalized exercise/treatment program for you to continue with at home with your dog in the short term

INITIAL ASSESSMENT
au$ 145

45 minute session

Discuss how your dog responded after their previous treatment and how they got on with the exercise plan.

Carry out a comparison of their body from the first assessment until now, looking for any improvement in movement or pain.

A treatment to target the affected area.

Update their personalized exercise/treatment program as needed.

Assessment can be quite subjective, so we aim to create measurable, specific markers and goals so we can track your recovery more accurately.

Follow up Session
AU$ 125