Caring and Compassionate Animal Rehabilitation Services
Physical Rehabilitation is the gold standard in human medicine. Our team at Neel Veterinary Hospital provides that same gold standard of physical rehabilitation for your pet. Our Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner will develop a customized plan tailored to your pet’s needs.
Physical Rehabilitation can be beneficial for:
- Pets who have had orthopedic or neurological surgery (such as: TPLO, FHO, Amputation, Fracture-repair or Hemilaminectomy)
- Senior pets
- Pets who are living with an orthopedic or neurologic condition such as Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture, Intervertebral Disk Disease and Osteoarthritis
- Pets who are overweight or pets living with obesity
Physical Rehabilitation consists of:
- Manual Therapies
- Soft tissue mobilization
- Passive range of motion
- Treatment Modalities
- Superficial thermal agents
- Therapeutic ultrasound
- Electrical stimulation
- LASER therapy
- Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF)
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Assisted standing
- Proprioceptive work
- Supported walking
- Cavaletti rails
- Stairs
- Ramps
- Land treadmill
- Underwater treadmill
Meet Bobbie Adams RVT, CCRP, LPO
Registered Veterinary Technician, Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner
Bobbie obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Veterinary Technology from Purdue University in 2004. She specialized in physical rehabilitation for animals by completing the Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner (CCRP) certificate program through the University of Tennessee. Bobbie practiced as a Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) in specialty veterinary hospitals and veterinary teaching hospitals over the course of 14 years. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics from the University of Hartford in 2018 and then completed both her orthotic and prosthetic residencies in Oklahoma. As an RVT, CCRP and a Licensed Prosthetist Orthotist (LPO), Bobbie brings her unique skillset and vast rehabilitation experience to Neel Veterinary Hospital for the betterment of animals.
Rehab Programs
Our Physical Rehabilitation team also provides:
Fit Club
A weight loss program for pets (dogs and cats) who are overweight or living with obesity. Fit Club incorporates a prescription diet with exercise in the Underwater Treadmill (2-3 times weekly), under the watchful eye of our Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner. When a weight loss diet is combined with exercise, weight loss results are doubled, which will improve the quality of life and overall health of the pet.
Tripawds
A program for dogs and cats who have had an entire limb amputated. Research over the last decade has shown that the saying “pets do great on three legs” is actually false. Neel Veterinary Hospital has partnered with the Tripawds Foundation to provide:
Pawsthetics
Pawsthetics provides custom orthotic and prosthetic devices for animals. The most common indications for orthotic intervention are carpal hyperextension, cranial cruciate ligament rupture and an Achilles tendon injury. For prosthetics, the pet needs to have 50% remaining of the lower front leg (radius and ulna below the elbow) or the majority of an ankle in the lower back leg (calcaneous bone), for suspension (how the device stays on) and function.