Just like us humans, pets can greatly benefit from rehabilitation as they endure or recover from joint, muscle trauma, and surgery. At our facility rehabilitation is seen as an essential tool for reducing pain and inflammation, while improving mobility and function. Rehabilitation is also offered for regaining or improving muscle strength based on your pet’s needs.
Initial Rehabilitation Consultation: $135
The initial evaluation is scheduled after receiving a referral from your Veterinarian or Veterinary Specialists. This consultation is about 60-75 minutes.
Our Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner will thoroughly assess your pet’s gait, joint mobility, range of motion, proprioception, and muscle mass. Our CCRP will create an effective treatment plan after consulting with you and your Veterinarian. Weekly sessions, length of rehab plan, and a personalized home exercise program will be discussed during this session.
Sessions will include a multi-modal approach based on evaluation and the condition being treated.
- Soft tissue Injury
- Fracture Repair
- CCL tear, Conservative Management
- CCL tear, Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO), Lateral Suture Repair
- Neurologic, IVDD
- Degenerative Myelopathy
- Hip and Elbow Dysplasia
- Iliopsoas Strains
- Geriatric Support, Arthritis
- Weight Management
- Hydrotherapy
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Land Treadmill
- Range of motion and massage
- Cold and Heat Therapy
- Electrical Stimulation (NMES, TENS)
- Therapeutic Ultrasound
- Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF)
Electrodes are applied over the area being treated to provide muscle strengthening or help with pain control.
Therapeutic ultrasound uses sound waves to create a deep heat that penetrates into soft tissue. Ultrasound therapy helps increase circulation, decrease tendon and ligament inflammation, increase soft tissue mobility, and decrease pain.
PEMF therapy is a non-invasive method to treat a variety of pathologies by delivering electric and magnetic fields to tissues via inductive coils. Inflammation, arthritis, pain, edema, bone fractures, and chronic wounds are often treated with PEMF devices.
Massage is the therapeutic application of hands-on tissue techniques to the voluntary muscle system. Massage therapy helps in increasing circulation, enhancing muscle tone, promoting healing, and increasing range of motion.
Geriatric Dogs
Similar to humans, aging pets often have mobility and range of motion issues. For geriatric dogs, rehabilitation goals include, maintaining or improving range of motion, maintaining or improving strength, pain control, and promoting psychological well-being. Geriatric dogs often have secondary conditions that impact treatment. Implementing a low-stress physical rehabilitation program can improve your pet's quality of life and maximize health benefits.
Obese Dogs
Dogs that have excess weight have a devastating effect on their health, functional mobility, and longevity. Increased weight in dogs can often exacerbate other conditions. In dogs, osteoarthritis is one of the most common disorders seen with obesity. The increase stress on joints and soft tissues can cause instability and inflammation. A rehabilitation weight loss program is tailored to your dogs current ability.
If your dog does not have underlying health conditions and weight loss is your primary goal, check out our conditioning swims.
Rehabilitation Success Stories!
This is Darcy, a resilient 5-year-old French Bulldog rescued as a stray in Virginia Beach in September 2023. When found, Darcy had lost the use of her hindlimbs due to an unknown injury that resulted in intervertebral disc disease. Faced with the possibility of never walking again, Darcy's life took a hopeful turn in December 2023 when Robin and Russ Stanley adopted her, offering a second chance. In February 2024, Darcy began an intensive rehabilitation program at Augusta K9 Center. Through consistent physical therapy, 2-3 times a week, she started to show gradual progress. Over the next eight months, Darcy benefited from various therapies, including hydrotherapy, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, and numerous proprioception exercises. By August 2024, Darcy achieved a significant milestone: taking her first independent steps without a cart. Now, in 2025, Darcy has graduated from her rehabilitation program and is walking once more!
Meet Luna, a 3-year-old Rottweiler mix who began her rehabilitation journey with us in September 2024, following bilateral TPLO surgery in July 2024. At the start of rehab, Luna's right hind limb measured 34.5 cm and her left 36 cm. After six weeks of 1-2 weekly rehab sessions, incorporating muscle strengthening exercises and hydrotherapy, along with at-home exercises with her dad, Luna was re-evaluated. Impressively, her right hind limb gained 1.5 cm of muscle mass, bringing both hind limbs to an even 36 cm. Upon graduating from rehab, Luna transitioned to our fitness and fun program, now enjoying free swims for ongoing maintenance and fun!
Meet Huxley, a resilient 1-year-old yellow lab who overcame a left femoral fracture sustained in July 2024 after being hit by a car. Following FHO surgery and pin removals in August 2024, Huxley began a 12-week rehabilitation plan that September. At the start, his left hind limb measured 32 cm compared to 35 cm on his right, and his left hip extension was 115 degrees (normal is 160). Throughout his rehab, Huxley excelled on the treadmill and in our pools. He also benefited from Vet Myos Muscle supplement to aid muscle strengthening. After just 10 weeks, Huxley's left hip extension improved to 145 degrees, and he gained 2 cm in his left hind limb measurement. Huxley successfully graduated from our program in November 2024.
