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Oradell Animal Hospital offers physical rehabilitation services to our patients, as well as to referral patients from other veterinarians.
We offer various methods of therapy beneficial to patients recovering from orthopedic and neurological surgeries involving bones and joints, the spine, and soft tissues such as tendons, ligaments, and muscles. Dogs with hip dysplasia, other arthritic conditions, and musculoskeletal injuries are also prime candidates for rehabilitation, in addition to patients suffering with degenerative neurological diseases.
Physical rehabilitation helps restore function more quickly and efficiently, and with substantially decreased pain during the recovery process.
Types of therapy include:
Indications for physical rehabilitation include:
Benefits include:
Acupuncture
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| Cyrus is a 12 year old black Labradore Retriever who came in to the hospital with chronic neck pain. After 4 acupuncture treatments he was able to resume normal activity level including longer walks with his owner. |
Oradell Animal Hospital offers acupuncture services to patients. Acupuncture involves the placement of thin needles at various places in the skin to relieve pain and sometimes speed up healing. The number of needles, the type used, the depth of insertion and the pattern used depend on a variety of factors.
Acupuncture is considered an alternative or adjunctive modality of treatment, to be used instead of or sometimes in conjunction with more conventional forms of care. In dogs, acupuncture is frequently used around joints that have been injured or have developed arthritis, or after surgery. The procedure has not been used as frequently on cats.
If you would like a consultation or appointment,
please call
1-201-262-0010 or 1-800-624-1883.
Our dog Shadow has been a patient at Oradell Animal Hospital Veterinary Group of Hasbrouck Heights and the Oradell Animal Hospital, Paramus since he was a puppy. He started as a patient of Dr. John DeVries and is now a patient of Dr. Tim Hatt who runs the physical therapy department. Shadow is now 12 years old. He is a wonderful, caring dog, the best of the best. Shadow is a Golden Retriever, who developed arthritis at age 7. It started to affect him badly at age 10. Shadow was very fortunate because his brother, a yellow lab named Mickey, was one of the first dogs to be treated by Dr. Hatt at the new Oradell Animal Hospital physical rehabilitation facility. The water treadmill was an instant hit! Mickey, who is no longer with us, had severe problems with his legs. There is no doubt on our minds that Mickey lived much longer and much more comfortably because of Dr. Hatt's program. In addition to Dr. Hatt, Shadow sees assistants Samantha, Alyse, and Gillian. These girls show love and attention to Shadow as if he were their own! He rushes into their arms when he sees them. He then happily walks to the "pool" with them. They keep a close eye on all his problems and always speak with Dr. Hatt regarding his status. This team is the best! They are considered part of our family. We highly recommend this therapy for any dog who is a candidate. We swear by it. Shadow has less pain due to his therapy and a much higher quality of life than he would have had without it!! Thanks so much to Dr. Hatt and his Physical Rehabilitation team!! Michele Meli, Shadow's owner |
