 Spring is here, and with the weather finally turning nicer, it’s the perfect time to get outside with your furry best friend! At Oklahoma K9 PT, we know how important it is to keep your dog moving—whether they’re healing from an injury or enjoying their golden years. Here are five easy, therapy-friendly outdoor activities to try with your pup!
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 Canine Therapy for Dogs who are tripods is not only helpful but important. Therapy techniques aim to improve the dog's mobility, strength, and overall quality of life. Your 3 legged pup can lead an extremely normal life!
 Senior dogs are more sensitive to cold weather due to age-related changes, such as thinner coats, reduced circulation, arthritis, and weaker immune systems. Keeping them safe and comfortable during colder months requires extra care. Here are some tips to help!
 As much as we adore our canine companions, sometimes they face health challenges just like we do. One such issue is canine muscle atrophy, a condition where muscles waste away due to various reasons like injury, disease, or simply lack of use.
 When a beloved canine companion undergoes surgery, their journey to full recovery requires more than just medical procedures. Post-operative therapy for dogs is a holistic approach that focuses on helping your furry friend regain their mobility, strength, and overall well-being.
 Who doesn’t love a good massage? Not only are they enjoyable but they help reduce stress, elevate pain and muscle soreness. Sports massage is a specialized kind of massage which is often overlooked. If a human athlete is going to compete, they warm up and stretch. Afterwards they go for a walk and stretch again. But often agility (or working) dogs are rushed in preparation and then put back into their kennel once they are done (and not with ill intent). That is just how it has been done. So how does massage help?
 Since IVDD is a disease with a strong genetic component it is difficult to prevent. Dogs at increased risk of IVDD are chondrodystrophic dogs (dogs with short legs and long backs) and dogs with a known family history of the disease. But there is good news.
 Have you picked something up wrong and your back remains sore for days? Just like with humans, dogs can struggle with back pain ranging from mild, like the example above to more serious. The more serious issue could be Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD). This is one of the most common causes of back pain in canines and can lead to reduced mobility and quality of life.
 Degenerative Myelopathy (DM) is a disease affecting the spinal cord, resulting in slowly progressive hind limb weakness and paralysis. The symptoms result from degeneration of the white matter of the spinal cord.
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