Physiotherapy

Blacks Vets is proud to provide an in-house physiotherapy service with Sarah Rudge RVN Dip.Vet Phys MIAAT at Dudley Hospital.

Veterinary physiotherapy is used to rehabilitate and relieve animals of all ages, species and breeds from a number of mobility restricting ailments affecting the following systems:

• Osteoarthritis, fractures, developmental orthopaedic disorders.
• Muscular strains, teno-synovitis, micro spasm and tenson.
• Neurological spinal damage, lack of function, neurological atrophy.
• Healing of wounds can be accelerated with physiotherapy.

Physiotherapy is a way of treating acute problems such as a fractured bone or torn cruciate ligament, but is also a brilliant way to prevent and delay the onset or deterioration in chronic age-related conditions, such as osteoarthritis.

Using Sarah's skills it is possible to:

• Increase the rate of healing
• Provide analgesia (pain relief)
• Reduce inflammation
• Prevent infection
• Aid healing of surgical wounds
• Return an injured leg to normal function (in most cases)
• Encourage early weight bearing
• Improve range of movement
• Increase flexibility
• Build and maintain healthy muscle mass/tone
• Relieve micro spasm and muscular tension
• Delay degeneration of the joints in old age
• Prevent secondary atrophy (wasting of muscles)