Owner Name: Will Butler Pet Name: Winn-Dixie Breed of Pet: Cockalier Age: 2.5 What do you love most about your dog: A tie between, when those ears perk up and the head cocks sideways OR she anxiously marches in place waiting to get petted. Any sports or rehab activities you do with your pet: Sprint training
Today's post is not so much of a post as it is maybe a small therapy session for me. Last week marked one year when I switched to working full-time with animals, although my journey with it started over 2 years ago when I started the certification process. It has been a tremendous year to
Upon deciding the topic of my next post I realized that, although I have discussed how to become certified in canine rehabilitation, I never gave a proper introduction to what canine rehab really entails. There is a misconception, both among the general population and the veterinary community, that canine rehab consists mainly of laser therapy
I think that as physical therapists we are all anatomy geeks to a certain degree. That was one of my favorite classes in PT school, and to this day I always enjoy watching videos and graphics of how our body functions during movement. That is why after watching this video last week I knew I
During my first semester of PT school our biomechanics professor warned that the lecture he was about to give on human gait was going to change our lives. From that point on we were doomed to always find ourselves analyzing people's gait and he couldn't be more right. There is not a day that I
https://vimeo.com/jacobfrey/thepresent If you haven't watched this short film yet please do so. It has won many international awards and it is a truly inspirational short film. One of the things I enjoy the most in canine rehab is the variety of patients I get to see on the same day, that can vary from
It seems like a lot of people have been interested in learning how payment works in animal rehab, especially regarding insurance. There are pet insurance policies available through a few different companies (and I would highly encourage everyone to get one for their pets!), but that is still somewhat of a new thing and actually
I have noticed a growing interest from PTs, PTAs and SPTs on social media and Internet forum discussions on the field of canine PT, but despite this interest there is a lack of information available online on this topic. With that in mind, I have decided to create Thek9PT to hopefully bridge that gap. A
