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Twinkie is a seven-year-old patient of Wyoming
Valley Veterinary Clinic diagnosed with spinal
arthritis and obesity. Her rehabilitation program
consisted of once weekly in clinic therapy focusing
on relieving her pain with the cold laser and low
impact exercises in the underwater treadmill in
which she was able to comfortably triple her initial
session by week four. She continues to come every
other week and has lost eight pounds since her
initial referral. |
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George is a ten-year-old patient of Barton
Heights who was diagnosed with a cervical herniated
disc that was surgically repaired. He received
therapy as an inpatient for five days post-op while
he was unable to express his bowels or walk. He
continued to improve the strength of his legs with
three times weekly in clinic therapy and was able to
walk with minimal assistance after three weeks. His
following weekly and every other week in clinic
therapy sessions concentrated on strengthening and
returning his walk to a normal range of motion.
After two months, George has no signs from his
neurological injury and surgery. |
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Mandie is an eight-year-old surgery patient of
Phil Zeltzman, DVM, Dipl. ACVS referred for
rehabilitation after bilateral surgeries to correct
cruciate ligament ruptures with concurrent
arthritis. Her therapy started with weekly in clinic
sessions concentrating on strengthening her severely
atrophied hind leg muscles with aquatic therapy and
increasing the loss of extension of her knees with
stretching exercises. After six weeks of therapy
extended to every other week wellness sessions where
the aquatic therapy and cold laser continued to
improve her mobility for her discharge to at home
therapy only in two months. |
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