When is Rehab Equipment Right?
Balance rehab equipment can be beneficial if your dog is pre or post-surgery, recovering from an injury, or has arthritis. It can also improve athletic, agility dogs, and aging dogs’ fitness through better muscle conditioning, co-ordination and core strength.
Balance rehab equipment provides low impact exercise for overweight dogs, keeping them fit and mentally engaged, helping them shed pounds.
Evidence is growing that LED light and pulse electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapies can both make a significant difference to pain management, injury recovery, and inflammation. These therapies are becoming more widespread. If your dog has severe arthritis, is pre- or post-op, or recovering from any musculoskeletal injury, either of these therapies are recommended.
How will Rehab Equipment Help?
Balance rehab equipment is designed for your dog’s biomechanics, and means your dog will heal faster and more efficiently from surgery. It gives your dog feedback to help them improve their balance, control, core strength and stamina. It is also very mentally engaging for them. And using balance rehab equipment is very fun and bonding for you and your dog - you’ll both enjoy using it!
LED light therapy penetrates into the body and encourages its healing mechanisms - effective for healing muscle or ligament tears, wounds, arthritis, or after surgery. It reduces inflammation.
PEMF therapy reduces joint pain, increases cellular recovery and helps heal bone and tissue damage. It also reduces inflammation.
How to Pick Rehab Equipment?
If your dog has had any kind of orthopaedic surgery or musculoskeletal injury, it is likely your vet or vet physio will have given you an at-home rehab routine. We recommend consulting with your vet or vet physio about the most appropriate rehab balance equipment for your dog’s specific condition and situation.
For agility or aging dogs, if you want to build core strength, coordination and balance, any of the inflatables will work great for this, just check which size your dog needs.
Both LED and PEMF Therapies can be used for pre-and post-operative dogs, arthritis, wounds healing and musculoskeletal injuries and conditions.
Read more about cruciate ligament injuries - one of the musculoskeletal injuries that can benefit from using balance rehab equipment (under vet physio supervision).