There are many conditions that cause chronic symptoms that can greatly decrease your pet's quality of life and longevity. Therapeutic bodywork helps to reduce worsening symptoms, stabilize bodily functions, increase nutrition, flush toxins, return muscular symmetry, improve mobility, lower blood pressure, regulate insulin and glucose production, reduce swelling, relieve age-related complications, and provide natural pain relief.
Some chronic conditions include: diabetes, allergies, arthritis, irritable bowel disease, degenerative joint disease, and hypothyroidism.
Gentle, calming techniques provide comfort & enrichment for sensitive or geriatric pets. Palliative care extends quality of life in the time you have left with your beloved pet.
Hospice care prioritizes the peace of you & your pet, while sometimes facilitating massage between the pet & pet parent. We want you to feel deep, cherished bonding with your beloved companion, in what we believe to be the hardest time as a pet parent. Pet parents receive grieving support resources & compassion during this distressing time.
Flush toxins, improve lymphatic drainage, cleanse the body of metabolic waste, and aid the body in regulating nutrition and bodily functions. Therapeutic Bodywork even helps improve skin health and coat quality, which are the body’s first measure of protection from external elements.
Pets experience emotional distress just as we do, or sometimes even worse. Therapeutic bodywork results in a soothing effect to the nervous system which relieves stress and restlessness, stabilizes sleep patterns, regulates bodily functions, and releases endorphins to enhance mood. This makes it a great modality for anxious, depressed, or mourning pets. Rescue pets especially benefit from massage by getting a chance to relieve those heightened tensions and just simply get a moment to soothe those over-wired nervous systems from stressful kennel or intake environments.
Massage is a fantastic modality for injury prevention as it keeps the body regulated, muscles strengthened, and provides targeted support to susceptible areas to decrease the likelihood of injury or worsening breed-specific conditions.
Post-injury massage aids the body in its natural healing process by providing nourishment to wasting muscle, reducing swelling, restoring mobility, decreasing recovery time and improper scar tissue reconstruction, flushing out stagnating waste and medications from medical procedures, and warding off the development of chronic pain.
Inactivity as the result of an injury can lead to further complications, or secondary injuries, if left unsupported. Therapeutic bodywork provides a passive form of exercise to bring mental and physical enrichment to ward off depression and boost their immune system.
Examples of injuries include: Cruciate ligament rupture, fractures, strains, and sprains.
Chronic pain can shift a bouncing, joyful pet into an immobile, depressed state, which is extremely difficult to experience as a pet parent. Therapeutic bodywork helps reduce swelling, maintain healthy muscle, soothe joint structures, release endorphins as a natural pain killer and mood enhancer, reverse muscle atrophy, as well as relieve age-related problems and muscle spasm tension.
Some conditions that may cause chronic pain: arthritis, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, IVDD, etc.
Orthopedic conditions cause compensatory strain on your pet’s bodily systems, which can lead to discomfort, reduced range of motion, poor circulation, injury, and a wide range of negative effects on their quality of life.
Orthopedic massage provides nourishment to the musculoskeletal system (muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc.) to promote healthy tissues, maintain mobility, and prevent orthopedic complications as pets age, while alleviating pain or stress, reducing stiffness, and improving strength, gait, balance and range of motion.
Common orthopedic conditions: Hip dysplasia, CCL tear, disc disease, luxating patella(s).
Specialized massage techniques aid neurological conditions by stimulating nerve endings that help strengthen neural pathways from the brain and body. Areas of the body that are immobile or weak are addressed to reduce atrophy, maintain muscle mass, and reduce tissue fluid build- up. Reducing stress, muscle spasms, and relieving muscular tensions help bring the body’s functions back to homeostasis for recovery.
Examples of neurological conditions: Seizures, Wobblers Syndrome, Degenerative Myelopathy, Vestibular Disease
Pre-Surgery massage clears stagnating metabolic waste and prepares the body for their procedure/recover process as well as aids the body in processing anesthesia more effectively.
Post-Surgery massage optimizes the body's natural healing cycle to expedite recovery, reduce swelling, ward off secondary injury and chronic pain development, and promote healthy scar tissue formation. Post-Surgery massage also helps them recover from the effects of anesthesia faster.
Scar tissue production is part of the body’s natural healing response and is needed to heal an injury or surgery site. However, the body needs assistance to properly restructure scar tissue to ensure the post-surgical site heals to an optimal level WITHOUT impeding proper usage or motion of the limb/body in the future.
During their recovery period, massage can be utilized to reduce swelling, relieve pain, stimulate underused muscles, maintain healthy muscle definition, flush out stagnating waste and medications from medical procedures, ward off the development of chronic pain, and provide a passive form of enrichment while they are kept sedentary.
*We work together with your pet’s vet and specialist teams to ensure a proper wellness plan is developed for their pre & post-surgical needs.
Cancer is a stressful and upsetting diagnosis to receive as a pet parent and we want to be there for you during this difficult time. Oncology massage allows us to perform palliative techniques that are safe for our pets while soothing their bodies & minds. We work together with your pet’s vet and specialists team to ensure a proper wellness plan is developed for their specific condition. We strive to protect wellbeing, provide enrichment, and relieve pain, stress, & tension from increased vet visits or condition complications.
*Holistic Healing/Massage therapy is not a substitute for proper veterinary care, pharmaceutical management, or physical therapy*
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