Practical Physiotherapy for Small Animal Practice

Description

Practical Physiotherapy for Small AnimalPractice provides a concise and accessible introduction tophysiotherapy that demonstrates its benefits to both veterinarypatients and practitioners. One of the fastest growingspecialties in veterinary medicine, this book will help you tosuccessfully introduce physiotherapy into your practice improvingrehabilitation and recovery of dogs and cats.

Key features:

• Covers an array of different treatments and techniques, such asmanual therapies, therapeutic exercise, electrotherapy, andhydrotherapy
• Includes practical advice on selecting equipment, examinations, treatment protocols, and charging
• Offers strategies for introducing physiotherapy into thepractice schedule, including space and staffing requirements
• Companion website provides over 50 printable client educationhandouts for download

About the author

David Prydie, BVMS, CertSAO, CCRT, MRCVS, is the founder of Physio-vet, a dedicated small animal physiotherapy practice and is one of only a few veterinary surgeons working full time in canine rehabilitation in the UK. He has been a featured speaker on animal rehabilitation and physiotherapy at many national and international conferences. He is especially interested in Sports Medicine (agility, flyball and obedience dogs, ) and the management of chronic mobility diseases in dogs such as arthritis and degenerative myelopathy (CDRM.)

Isobel Hewitt, BSc(Hons), MSc, is a chartered physiotherapist and a member of the Physio-vet team. She is a category A member of ACPAT (Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy).