The Benefits of Hydrotherapy For Your K9

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.