Canine Hydrotherapy helps dogs with ongoing health complaints and those recovering from injury. Anything from weight gain to the effects of old age can cause animals a great deal of pain and discomfort. By delivering Hydrotherapy we can help enhance mobility, reduce stress, and improve your dogs overall well-being.
Here I am focusing on low-impact exercises in water to help build even muscle mass and strength.
Juno 🤍
Juno has been coming for hydrotherapy regularly for nearly 6 years. The aims of Juno’s sessions are to reduce stiffness in her joints, build and maintain muscle mass and increase overall fitness. She also loves to boss me around ❤️
Overall benefits of canine hydrotherapy:
✔️Relief from pain, swelling, and stiffness
✔️ Increased sensory perception
✔️ Relaxes muscle tension and spasms
✔️Less concussion on the joints
✔️Increases range of motion
✔️Increase and maintains muscle strength
✔️Improves cardiovascular fitness
✔️mproves mobility
😍Mental wellbeing (releases endorphins) levels
Keisha on her Hydrotherapy session this week 😍
Keisha has been coming to us regularly for a number of years as she has hip dysplasia. Hydrotherapy is an excellent way to encourage joint mobility and stabilise the joint through building up muscle mass quickly and safely. Consistent, regular, gentle exercise such as swimming is the key to effective management of hip dysplasia in conjunction with regular medication and dietary supplements.
Not to mention she loves it 💖
www.jscaninehydro.com
Loxy 😍
Loxy is a rescue and has been attending sessions to build up her general confidence doing different things.
This is her third session and she is slowly getting more and more confident in the pool and retrieving her ball
3 Benefits of Canine Hydrotherapy :
1. Removes pressure from the joints which improves range of motion.
2. Reduces inflammation.
3. Increases muscle mass.
Pixie 🧚♀️
Pixie has been attending regular hydrotherapy sessions in order to strengthen the muscle around her joints in her hind knees as they were regularly misplacing on walks.
Pixie is a very strong swimmer now and she even swims part of the session without her life jacket 😍
😍William 😍
William has been having regular hydrotherapy sessions in order to help maintain mobility in his senior years, build muscle and reduce pain and swelling due to the arthritis in his paws.
Cheeky George 🤍
George has been coming to us for rehabilitation hydrotherapy sessions for a number of months following his knee operation.
Hydrotherapy uses the properties of water — buoyancy, viscosity, resistance, and hydrostatic pressure — to enable a dog to move without stressing the joints. Due to increased resistance of the water, a 5-minute swim is roughly equivalent to a 5-mile walk. The benefits of hydrotherapy are many, including:
✅Increases circulation, flexibility, endurance, range of motion, and muscle strength
✅Helps improve immune function
✅Improves coordination and balance
✅Helps digestion
✅Decreases swelling and pain
✅Promotes weight loss and general fitness
✅Increases relaxation and confidence
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Charlie on his hydrotherapy session today 🐶
The aim of Charlie’s sessions are to treat his arthritis.
How does Hydrotherapy help Arthritis in Dogs?
The warm temperature of the water gives the muscles lubrication, allowing their joints and muscles to relax and decrease swelling. While providing oxygen to their cells, the warm water also builds muscle mass the fastest and safest way possible without impacting on their joints and strengthening the affected areas in their joints from arthritis. Dogs can start to lose their muscle mass within 3 DAYS of being immobile! It is vital that you keep your dog active despite his/her’s arthritis, which makes hydrotherapy your best and smartest option for them.
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😍Zuki 😍
Zuki has been doing regular hydrotherapy sessions to help aid the arthritis in her legs.
She hates getting her ears wet, so she uses the amazing float by @hedzuppets up which keeps her very comfortable in the water 😍🥰
The Gorgeous Keisha on her Hydrotherapy session this week 😍
Keisha has been coming to us regularly for a number of years as she has hip dysplasia. Hydrotherapy is an excellent way to encourage joint mobility and stabilise the joint through building up muscle mass quickly and safely. Consistent, regular, gentle exercise such as swimming is the key to effective management of hip dysplasia in conjunction with regular medication and dietary supplements.
Not to mention she loves it 💖
www.jscaninehydro.com
