Goals and Benefits of Veterinary Physiotherapy

The main goals and benefits of physiotherapy are to improve the animal’s quality of life and performance. They may include the following:

To restore the animal to full function

• To achieve maximum potential for the animal with regard to condition, age etc
• Management of pain
• Improvement in the range of movement within affected joints
• Strengthening of muscle force
• Maintaining and rebuilding muscle mass
• Improve balance and co-ordination within neurological conditions
• Prevention of injury
• Improved healing time
• Better quality healing of injuries
• Improve and maintain functional fitness
• Improved posture
• To treat and rehabilitate injuries pre and post operatively
• Improved recovery from activity