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Physiotherapy use in dogs
Gollerová, Aneta ; Chmelíková, Eva (advisor) ; Fiala Šebková, Naděžda (referee)
Terms physiotherapy, rehabilitation and reconditioning mean generally a otal care
of the musculoskeletal system, which should help with the restoration of the patient to its orig-inal health condition after suffering an injury or surgery. And if a full restoration condition is not achieved, it should minimize the negative impact of injuries at least as well
as to shorten a recovery time and reduce a risk of irreversible changes in the joints, muscles, ligaments or nerves, and finally to return the patient to a full life even with a possible physical disability.
Use of physiotherapy in dogs has been growing in recent years significantly and rapidly becoming a recognized discipline, that has been sought by veterinary experts and dog owners more and more. The medical physiotherapy, which has a proven positive effect on the human musculosceletal system has influenced an origin and development of the veterinary
physiotherapy.
Physiotherapy involves both methods - physical and manual. First of all, among
the physical methods belong the hydrotherapy, magnet therapy, ultrasound
and thermotherapy. Manual methods are for example the massages, Dorn massage method or Elastic therapeutic taping. Positive effect of rehabilitation is not only visible
in the musculoskeletal system, but almost in the whole body, beginning from the central
nervous system, through cardiovascular system to lymphatic system.
Of all domestic animals the physiotherapy has been widely used just in dogs.
The massages, hydrotherapy and various kinds of exercises are mostly used in a real life prac-tice.
As it appears at the present, the physiotherapy in dogs has excellent results and is used
as a part of treatment of orthopedic and neurological diseases mainly, however, it is also used in the treatment of diseases of internal organs and cancer patients. Moreover, it is also suitable for healthy dogs with high loads, for example for sporting or working dogs.
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