Here at Canine Therapies we offer a number of therapies that complement many treatments provided by your Vet.
These include canine hydrotherapy, massage therapy and magnetic therapy for dogs.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy can have significant benefits. It can aid your dog’s healing and recovery rate after surgery or injury. Increasing the chance of a successful return to full fitness.
Like humans, following injury and during recovery, our dogs exercise level becomes limited. Their muscles lose strength and tone due to the enforced inactivity. Once the rest period or confinement is over it is vital to rebuild muscle. You should take care to ensure a complete recovery. Don’t risk jeopardising the veterinary procedures and treatment they have received. Canine Therapies have the knowledge and training to provide the best recovery programme.
Does your dog falls into one of the following categories?
These have all shown significant benefits from hydrotherapy.
- Overweight dogs who need to shed pounds to regain their zest for life.
- Elderly dogs and those beginning to struggle when they first waken up. Treatment may help to reduce pain and stiffness, and reduce the need for medication.
- Puppies, particularly a large or giant breed. Will avoid long-term damage to joints by over-exercising on land during growth. Non-weight bearing exercise tones muscles and helps to stabilise loose joints without pressure.
- Dogs who compete in the show ring. Agility or flyball: swimming can keep them in the peak of fitness and help to maintain an ideal weight.
- High energy breeds: a 30 minute session in the pool can burn the same energy as a 10 mile brisk walk.
- Those who would enjoy the improved mental wellbeing which exercise produces. It releases feel-good endorphins as it does in humans.
- Gundogs who are hesitant about retrieving from water.
Magnetic Therapy for Dogs
Magnetic therapy for dogs has gained a large following among some pet owners.
It is a safe and simple method of treating various disorders. Often producing positive results without side effects or much expense. This treatment is often used in conjunction with or can replace other therapies. These include traditional medications, surgery, and hydrotherapy.
Contact us to fInd out more about magnetic therapy for dogs and how it could be used to help your pet.
Massage Therapy for Dogs
Most people know the pleasure and relief massage can bring. In particular to relieve aches and pains caused by tense or over-worked muscles.
Massage is one of the oldest known techniques for healing. It pre-dates orthodox medicine and other complimentary therapies.
Canine massage is gaining recognition as a powerful tool. Ideal in the natural healing processes of the body. It benefits the wellbeing of a dog. It doesn’t matter he has a medical problem or not. Helping to maintain the immune system, it provides positive benefits to all the the body.
This experience is now available for your dog. Whether he is an athletic agility competitor, a family pet. One who loves to chase or an elderly, arthritic dog whose mobility is becoming restricted.
Massage is a gentle, non-invasive ‘complimentary’ therapy. It works alongside any treatment your dog is receiving from the vet. It is important to have the consent of your vet before treatment can start.
Physiotherapy
Canine Physiotherapy is “passive” stretching. The action is brought about by the therapist and not by the effort of the dog.
Experienced therapists can “feel” when the dog reaches his or her limit in the extension or flexion of its joint. It is not something to attempt to perform on your dog without training.
There is controversy about whether stretching is valuable during warm up routines for racing, agility or flyball. The muscle must be warm before any stretching. There is an element of risk if done incorrectly. We take great care when putting a dog through stretches, whether passive or active.
Frequently Asked Questions
everything you need to know
We know that you may have lots of questions about Canine Hydrotherapy, magnetic therapy for dogs and Massage, and how they relate to your dog. So, we have attempted to address some of the more common questions that our customers have asked about the treatments we offer.
