Canine Hydrotherapy

What is it?

Canine hydrotherapy is a professional, individually focussed, aquatic clinical treatment, which is fulfilled by a qualified therapist, providing a caring, quality assured, safe, effective practice.   

It positively influences day to day functionality with dogs who have orthopaedic, neurological and musculoskeletal concerns. Hydrotherapy is beneficial on the performance in the athletic dog, by optimising fitness and wellbeing levels. 

Your therapist will work in partnership with your dog, ensuring a connected bond of trust, providing a positive experience for your dog. It is always about the individual dog and their story. To positively influence their health and ensure they have the full quality of life that they deserve. 

The hydrotherapy pool, under water treadmill and all equipment together provides an active engagement between the dog and therapist, working with the dog in a balanced and focussed way providing the dog with a high value proprioceptively enriched experience individual to that dogs specific needs. 

*Please note that the Canine Bodywork Clinic is a hydro-treadmill only facility

What are the benefits?

Every treatment is customised to meet the needs of every individual dog, no matter what the age, breed or presenting issue. It contains a pro-active approach, with continual re-evaluation, and working together with your vet within a multimodal team.  The effective treatment includes evidence-based therapeutic exercises conducted within a safe, warm and sanitised environment.  Canine Hydrotherapy can aid pain relief, rehabilitation, weight loss, enhance performance and improve mobility.

CBC always works with your dog and ensures an individual treatment plan is in place for your dogs specific needs, ensuring a positive, connected interaction.  By using therapeutic handling and clinical enrichment techniques, CBC with work with your dog to help them find their natural balanced movement. 

So what are the benefits of this therapy?

• Improves day to day functional activities
• Improves quality of life
• Provides pain relief
• Reduces swelling and stiffness in joints, therefore improving range of motion and flexibility
• Provides circulatory benefits
• Improves gait patterning, transitions and postural transfers
• Improves muscle tone and reduces spasms
• Helps to lengthen and strengthen muscles
• Improves fitness levels
• Performance enhancement
• Positively influences proprioceptive system
• Aids weight loss
• Improves co-ordination and balance

Click below for your consent form to begin your dogs hydrotherapy treatment...