Now at Canine plus....Hydro-physio water treadmill.

After 12 months of research we have added the underwater treadmill to our established hydrotherapy facility. The water treadmill provides us with an alternative method for carrying out hydrotherapy treatments. The water treadmill offers the support and resistance that hydrotherapy in a pool offers but does involve minimal weight bearing, it offers more control, allowing the hydrotherapist to alter water level and treadmill speed throughout each session.

The water treadmill is considered by many therapists to be particularly useful in post surgical cases (including spinal cases), neurological conditions such as CDRM, any case where gait re-education is needed, cases that do not achieve optimum movement in a hydrotherapy pool and cases that are water phobic. There are also cases where other medical conditions may require a water treadmill rather than hydrotherapy pool such as laryngeal paralysis.

We have introduced the water treadmill as we believe this, alongside the hydrotherapy pool, allows us to offer a comprehensive hydrotherapy treatment to all.

In 2012 Bex, one of our hydrotherapists and co-owner of Canine plus completed the Advanced Certificate in Veterinary Physiotherapy, allowing us to offer manual techniques such as massage and myo-facial release and electroptherapies such as pulsed magnetic field therapy and phototherapy combined with our established hydrotherapy techniques. We feel this will enable us to offer a wider service to all our customers and referring veterinary surgeons.