Introduction to Animal Physiotherapy
Original Editor - Alan Jit Ho Mak Top Contributors - Alan Jit Ho Mak, Jess Bell, Tarina van der Stockt, Lucinda hampton, Kim Jackson, Ewa Jaraczewska, Rucha Gadgil and Aminat Abolade
Top Contributors - Alan Jit Ho Mak, Jess Bell, Tarina van der Stockt, Lucinda hampton, Kim Jackson, Ewa Jaraczewska, Rucha Gadgil and Aminat Abolade
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Physiotherapy is defined as the therapeutic use of physical agents/means (i.e., massage or exercises) to treat disease/injury. This has been shown to be extremely useful adjunct to medicine, human and veterinary. The primary purpose is to restore mobility/function and quality of life to patients. Oftentimes, this is done by stimulating the healing process to restore injured tissues, to improve the balance/strength of the injured tissues and stabilising the cardiorespiratory, neurological and musculoskeletal systems. Physiotherapy also has important role in optimising performance and injury prevention in sporting and working animals. It can be performed on any animal, but the vast majority of cases seen in small animal practice are dogs.
The Use of Physiotherapy in Animals[edit | edit source]
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