How physical therapy gave a dog a fighting chance at mobility
The Golden Retriever’s name was Rocky 3, and he proved to be as much of a fighter as the big-screen Rocky. The first time Steve Peterson’s much-loved canine companion came to me for physical rehabilitation, he was carried in on a stretcher. He’d been hit by a car and left quadriplegic from a severe spinal contusion. Fortunately, after his veterinarians determined that he was not a candidate for surgery, they knew exactly what to do: get him under the care of a licensed physical therapist certified in canine rehabilitation.
It was an emotional time. Neurological recovery is difficult to predict, so while I couldn’t promise Steve how much function his best buddy would recover, I could promise him that I’d give it my all.
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