I have been approved by the State of Colorado to practice physical therapy with animals and am delighted to offer animal rehabilitation services as part of my practice. I am certified in canine rehabilitation and animals respond really well to the manual therapy techniques I have acquired over the past 22 years.
Manual therapy is an innovative approach to animal rehabilitation that is proving to be beneficial to many animals. Animals carry many compensation patterns in their bodies in a variety of tissues including their muscles, joints, and fascia, as well as their nervous and circulatory systems. Assessing and treating these tissue patterns with manual therapy can significantly decrease animals’ pain and restore normal movement throughout their spines and limbs. Symptoms that particularly benefit from a manual therapy approach include limping, painful joints, tendonitis, spine or joint alignment issues, spinal pain, muscle weakness, atrophy and decreased conditioning. Treatment sessions for your animal include specific home exercise and conditioning programs for your animal. I have particular experience working with geriatric animals, whose muscle atrophy and weakness can benefit greatly from gently manual therapy techniques, individualized exercise programs, and recommendations for changes around your home that can make their lives easier. I also have a lot of experience working with animals with limping issues that respond well with manual therapy to normalize limb, spine and rib cage alignment. Neurologic animals benefit with developmental sequence and strengthening programs to return to normal function.
Animals can be seen at my office or home visits can be arranged. Sessions do require a health clearance from your veterinarian, which I am happy to help you obtain. The cost for a session for an animal is $80/hour. Some animals do not require a full hour of treatment, at which point the cost of their session will be prorated.