If your dog has suffered an FCE injury, you’ve found the ideal place for their healing journey. Immediate initiation of therapies significantly enhances the likelihood of regaining function compared to delayed treatments.
During your initial appointment, we empower guardians with a wealth of techniques to aid their pet’s recovery at home. You’ll gain comprehensive insights into bladder care, pet maneuvering, executing their home exercise regimen, and identifying necessary assistive devices to facilitate your pet’s mobility restoration.
At Walking Paws Rehab, you’ll benefit from a dedicated support team, steering you through your dog’s path to normal walking once more!
The spinal cord cannot repair areas that have been damaged, but it has a great ability to reroute around areas of damage through a process called neuroplasticity. Through this process, the spinal cord is able to use healthy areas to do the function of damaged areas.
During rehab, we utilize electrotherapy, laser therapy, ultrasound therapy, and pain medications to get pain under control. We then focus on relaxing the muscles surrounding the spine and doing exercises to improve sensation and proprioception (the awareness of where the limbs are in space). A major component of our rehab after an fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) is aimed at improving transitions and doing gait retraining
We work on positional balance exercises and then progress into dynamic movements. We focus on retraining transitions and taking appropriate steps. Fine tuning those movements are very important. Lastly, we focus on rebuilding the stabilizers to the spine to prevent future injuries.
