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THE BENEFITS OF HYDROTHERAPY
 The benefits of Hydrotherapy include:
- Relief from pain, swelling and stiffness
- Assisting in post operative and recuperation after surgery
- Help repair and rebuild muscle
- Improved physical fitness
- Improved mobility
- Cardiovascular fitness
- Relaxation
- Reduces obesity
- and, its just great fun for your dog
Of course Hydrotherapy is widely used to treat a number of conditions such as:
- Arthritis – increases mobility and flexibility in the affected joints.
- Skeletal or muscular disorders such as hip or elbow displaysia – swimming can help safely build and maintain muscle mass to support affected joints.
- Spinal injuries – swimming provides a non weight bearing form of exercise to strengthen the body gently and can also be useful retraining dogs to balance.
- Pre and post operative conditions – the idea of using hydrotherapy before planned veterinary surgery is very sensible, if you are planning to use hydrotherapy as part of your pets rehabilitation it means your pet will be relaxed in the pool before surgery and his or her’s general fitness will be improved before the stress of surgery and anaesthetics.
- Recovery from multiple injuries including fractures, neurological and ligament damage
There are many benefits to hydrotherapy and so many instances that it could help your dog. Each dog is individual and will have different conditions and needs from hydrotherapy, we will plan your dog's treatment following your veterinary surgeons recommendations
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