On National Beach Day, we want to share one of our favorite success cases. Maya had distemper virus and has long term neurological changes as a result. She went from dragging to hopping to walking before she and her family moved to Hawaii. WE LOVE getting these updates!
#NationalBeachDay
#SuccessStory
#DistemperSurvivor
#NeuroRecovery
#MiracleDog
#RehabRocks
#HealingArtsVet
#VetRehab
Cats can do physiotherapy!! Especially with Churu -- AKA kitty crack! High steps and crawling are great for kitties with low back discomfort. Believe it or not 80% of cats over 5 have low back arthritis of some form!
#CatPhysiotherapy
#KittyCrack
#SeniorCatCare
#PetRehabilitation
#cavalettis
#churu
#healingartsvet
#vetrehab
Rehab Bloopers! Anyone else relate to Mimosa's version of exercise? Same.
#RehabFails
#WorkoutHumor
#GymGiggles
#PhysicalTherapyFails
#RehabComedy
#Frenchiehumor
#FrenchiesofIG
#mimosa
#Healingartsvet
#RehabBloopers
Rehab Bloopers! The biggest challenge with exercises for dogs is helping them first understand what you want, and second overcome their concerns about doing it. For Stella, there is a third -- she's deaf. When given the choice of trying to figure out what we were asking for (paws up on the peanut) or doing something else, she opted to BOOP Dr. Mandi and ask for a rescue.
#RehabBloopers
#DogRehab
#DeafDogs
#FHO
#Veterinaryhumor
#Toocutetocomply
#Boop
#healingartsvet
Balance exercises: Imagine standing on your mattress and turning your head from side to side. Would you be able to keep your balance? If you have arthritis or neuropathy would it be harder? Heck yeah. Our dogs make it look easy. Of course, if you gave me a cookie while I did it, I probably would try harder.
#BalanceExercises
#NeuropathySupport
#MindBodyConnection
#DogsofInstagram
#physiotherapy
#vetrehab
#healingartsvet
#FitPaws
This big boy's dads deserve the BEST CHEERING SECTION award. Complete with soundtrack!
#newf
#newfoundland
#landseer
#underwatertreadmill
#hydrotherapy
#veterinaryhydrotherapy
#eyeofthetiger
#cheeringsection
#healingartsvet
#vetrehab
Watch to the end......Elevated sit to stand: The purpose of this exercise is to have the dog do a deep sit and then stand. This works the knees and hips at a larger range of motion that a simple sit. However, just like when we go to sit in a little kid's chair, dogs worry about it at first. Maggie Mae added her own brand of adorable to her efforts.
#Crackmeup
#Veterinaryhumor
#RehabHumor
#SitToStand
#CanineFitness
#ilovemyjob
#healingartsvet
#vetrehab
The underwater treadmill is not just for walking! We can do therapeutic swimming for all but the biggest dogs! When we added Caitlin last year, she taught us great techniques for swimming our big guys. Abby was born with only part of her left front leg. She swimming to help with body awareness -- she tends to rely a bit too much on her "flipper" and not enough on her leg.
#UnderwaterTreadmill
#TherapeuticSwimming
#DogRehabilitation
#CanineHydrotherapy
#Tripawd
#Flipper
#HealingArtsVet
#vetrehab
Rehab bloopers! Crawling is a great exercise for working gluteal muscles. Pugs are well known for being food motivated -- and food motivated enough to create their own exercise if they think they will get the treat faster.
#RehabBloopers
#GlutealWorkout
#PugFitness
#PugLife
#WorkoutHumor
#Crawling
#pugsofIG
#healingartsvet
There is more than one way to walk on a treadmill! We use our land treadmill sideways for dogs needing shoulder strengthening, elbow ligament retraining, and forelimb awareness retaining. Millie is recovering from elbow surgery -- what a rockstar she is at this exercise!
#elbowdysplasia
#FMCP
#fragmentedmedialcoronoidprocess
#irishsetter
#irishsettersofIG
#landtreadmil
#treadmilltricks
#bodyawareness
#ligamenttraining
#healingartsvet
Cavaletti poles: Two purposes. First, is to put the body in touch with where the feet are in space. Anytime there is pain, surgical intervention, or neurological damage, the "fine tuning" of where the feet are in space can be altered. Second, is to have to pet calculate how to stand on one foot while stepping over with the other. If they have a wiggly pug butt too, so much the better!
#CanineRehab
#TherapeuticExercise
#AnimalPhysicalTherapy
#CavalettiTraining
#PugButt
#HealingArtsVet
#VetRehab
#PurposefulExercise
Rehab bloopers! We often put a scrunchie on the foot of the "good" leg as an irritant and to encourage better weight bearing on the surgery leg or affected leg. Maple took "irritant" to a whole new level.
#RehabHumor
#PhysicalTherapyFun
#AnimalRehab
#VetRehab
#CanineRehab
#healingartsvet
#maltese
#maltesesofIG
#scrunchie
#sillypuppy
We are so lucky to add One Tail at a Time PDX ( @otatpdx ) to the rescues we support. This organization makes sure that any pet they take on, not only has the best life with their new family, but that they got there with the best health care. Stout is getting an Orthopets stifle device to support his only hind leg's ACL until he is in a stable home and can have surgery. He is such a perfect boy -- we LOVED him! If you would like to conttribute to his care, please contact OTAT.
https://www.otatpdx.org/
Happy National Swimming Pool Day! 🎉 Dive in with us and celebrate the joy of splashing around! One thing that sets our underwater treadmill apart is that we are a bit psycho about how clean out treadmills are. Weekly water changes, monthly bacterial cultures and twice daily chemical testing we are unique in our area! Jump on in -- the water is CLEAN!
#cleanlinessisnexttoDOGlyness
#onlythebest
#microbiologymatters
#havenspapoolandhearth
#poolchemicals
#healingartsvet
#vetrehab
#hydrotherapy
#underwatertreadmill
#dontbeicky
POINTS FOR CREATIVITY! Veterinary PT is a creative art. Since dogs are all shapes and sizes, and their people are different ages and abilities, there are not many "uniform" pieces of equipment for exercises. For Mr. Yam Yams we fashioned a way for the single owner to suspend him and work on steps on the front legs and the back legs.
#veterinaryphysicaltherapy
#vetrehahb
#healingartsvet
#healingisanart
#holisticcare
#mindandbody
#makeitupasyougoalong
#paralysisdog
#toypoodle
Acute non-compressive nucleus pulposus extrusion (ANNPE) is a type of intervertebral disc disease that can affect dogs and is considered a neurological emergency. It occurs when excessive force is applied to a normal disc, such as from trauma, falling, or vigorous exercise. This force tears the outer shell of the disc, allowing a part of the disc's center to be forced out of the shell and hit the spinal cord at high speed. This causes spinal cord bruising and bleeding, but not compression as in other types of disc extrusion.
#ANNPE
#neurologicalinjury
#discdisease
#vetrehab
#hydrotherapy
#underwater treadmill
#dogsofinstagram
#dogsofpdx
#increaseyourchances
#healingartsvet
Losing’ it, but this too small pass
Thanks for your patience. Computers are still not functional. Seems the person who created our VPN left the firm and made no notes. AAALLLLLLL the IT nerds are on it but taking so much time!! We’ll let you know when we’re back on line. Appointments Friday and Saturday are still a go!!!
Our wonderful reception team Doc Gieselle and Doc Anji live on separate islands in the Philippines so have never met, even though they work together everyday. Anji was on Gieselle's island for her birthday, so Healing Arts took them out to dinner! It turned into quite an adventure that of course, involved a dog!
#alwaysadog
#remotebutclose
#finallytheymeet
#dogadventure
#birthdaywraps
#workfamily
#healingartsvet
#veterinaryrehabilitation
#vetrehab
#veterinarycommunity
Closed on Tuesday
While Dr. Mandi’s Colorado/Wisconsin blood LOVE love ❤️ LOVES the snow and cold, others do not. We’re closing for Tuesday to keep everyone safe (and let Dr. Mandi go play outdoors!)
Silver lining
Well I was pitching a fit because the weather s terrible and we are getting down to the wire getting the clinic ready. Welllll. The universe knows what it is doing as the was a great opportunity to find out that our skylight is leaking snow!!!. Awesome landlord all over it!
