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Whether your dog has surgery or not, your dog will benefit from rehabilitation by a qualified animal physiotherapist. Services are usually available by referral from your own vet or surgeon, but are not essential. You may commence physio therapy at any stage in the recovery, as the treatment is tailored to the individual. Canine physiotherapy consists of a thorough evaluation…
We understand how heartbreaking it is to see your senior, arthritic, or special needs dog slipping on hardwood floors, smooth surfaces, or stairs. But hope and help are here. Dr. Buzby’s ToeGrips® dog nail grips help improve your dog’s life by increasing the anti-slip traction needed to walk on slippery surfaces. WHAT ARE TOEGRIPS? If your dog can walk on…
As Animal Physiotherapists, we are constantly managing injuries in our beloved furry companions. A big passion of ours is to help educate on the best way of avoiding injuries. As humans, we strive to maintain a healthy lifestyle, eat well, exercise and enjoy a balanced lifestyle. This is exactly what we would love all the dogs of the world to…
Hip dysplasia in Dogs is a disease of the hip in which the ball and socket joint is malformed. This malformation means that the ball portion and its socket don’t properly meet one another, resulting in a joint that rubs and grinds instead of sliding smoothly. This can eventually cause crippling lameness and painful arthritis of the joints. It is a genetic…
As a non-surgical disease of the spinal cord, rehabilitation has a huge role to play in managing dogs diagnosed with FCE. Following diagnosis one of our animal physios will assess your dog and design a treatment plan unique for them. Maintenance of physical function and prevention of secondary compensatory changes is vital to your dog making good progress throughout the rehabilitation…
Does your dog have noisy knees? Or do you? Do you notice some popping, snapping, catching, clicking, crunching, grinding, grating or clunking at the knee? It may be an issue or may not, Here we dive into the most common causes of knee noise. In order to differentiate between physiological and pathological causes of knee noise, the presence of swelling…
I write this blog as it is something I am experiencing firsthand with our beloved Goldie, Butterscotch as she enters the later stages of her life and begins to slow down. As our senior dogs begin to age, they tend to sleep more and have much less stamina on walks. It can be very easy to simply let them become…
Of all the conditions we see at Melbourne Animal Physiotherapy, the most common orthopedic condition would be CCL rupture or cranial cruciate ligament rupture. This is commonly understood as ACL, or Anterior cruciate ligament rupture, in humans, but due to the terminology of the dog, it is called CCL. The most common presentation of CCL rupture is after a quick…