What is Hydrotherapy & who
is it suitable for?
Hydrotherapy is derived from the Greek word for ‘water healing’, improves circulation, joint mobility and cardiovascular stamina in both healthy dogs, and those that have health concerns. Hydrotherapy is a controlled aquatic exercise, which is an important and recognised treatment in the rehabilitation of dogs recovering from injury, surgery, overweight dogs, or a brilliant way to increase your dog’s fitness. Hydrotherapy is also a fantastic way of preparing and conditioning your dog for many disciplines including:
- Agility
- Flyball
- Showing
- Tracking and Working Trials
- Improves muscle tone
- Improves Cardiovascular stamina
Benefits of hydrotherapy
- Weight loss
- Cruciate ligament injuries
- Arthritis
- Hip and elbow Dysplasia
- Pre and post surgery conditions
- Non-weight bearing exercise
- Relieves swelling, pain and stiffness
- Increases joint mobilization and range of movement
- Improves general fitness and well-being
- Soft tissue injuries
- Fitness and conditioning of show dogs, working dogs and pre and post whelping bitches
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