Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation - Sports Injuries & Post-Operative

At Hamilton Specialist Referrals (HSR), our objective is to return our patients to their optimal function as quickly as possible, whether that be a walk around the park or challenging for honours in international competition.

As is the gold standard in human medicine and in professional sport, a well-structured physiotherapy and rehabilitation programme provides patients with the best chance of making a full and speedy recovery. Our highly experienced team of physiotherapists and hydrotherapists provide every patient with an individually tailored recovery programme from the immediate post-operative period or time of injury, right through to sign-off. We have a vast array of treatment modalities at our disposal including a Class IV laser and extracorporeal shock wave therapy. We are keen to work and liaise closely with our referring practices to ensure a high standard of continuity of care.

Gait Analysis

We use gait analysis to observe, measure and record an animal’s gait pattern (way of walking). Analysing a succession of recordings means we can empirically see how gait changes pre- and post-surgery, or the effects of our rehabilitative treatments (be they physiotherapy and/or hydrotherapy).

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Hydrotherapy

At Hamilton Specialist Referrals, hydrotherapy is only ever carried out by our qualified hydrotherapists and takes place on our aquatic treadmill. It often uses toys to motivate and stimulate, and alternating treadmill speeds and water heights to provide extra resistance or buoyancy.

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Rehabilitation Exercises

We believe that well-performed veterinary physiotherapy and rehabilitation support the best outcomes for patients. Our excellent team of veterinary physiotherapists will support your pet through recovery and rehabilitation, right through to sign-off.

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Veterinary Physiotherapy

Using information from our team of surgeons as our starting point, we evaluate each pet, administer the most appropriate treatment and give owners advice and training so that they can support and maintain our treatment programme.

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