Welcome to Sound Paws Canine Physical Rehabilitation and Conditioning of Norwalk, CT. Our mission at Sound Paws Canine Physical Rehabilitation and Conditioning is to provide our patients with comprehensive physical rehabilitative care. Every service we provide is performed by Harlan McLaughlin, DVM, CCRT, a licensed Veterinarian certified in canine rehabilitation.
We utilize the most current veterinary rehabilitation therapy treatments such as aquatic therapy (underwater treadmill), TENS (pain relief), therapeutic ultrasound and LASER, as well as range of motion and strengthening exercises. If your dog could benefit from physical rehabilitation because of neurological conditions, post operative orthopedic issues, weight issues, chronic arthritis or canine performance conditioning, please give us a call!
We utilize the most current veterinary rehabilitation therapy treatments such as aquatic therapy (underwater treadmill), TENS (pain relief), therapeutic ultrasound and LASER, as well as range of motion and strengthening exercises. If your dog could benefit from physical rehabilitation because of neurological conditions, post operative orthopedic issues, weight issues, chronic arthritis or canine performance conditioning, please give us a call!
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Rehabilitation therapy has many positive effects on your dog. It can improve the quality of your dog's life by improving his/her strength, muscle mass, and range of motion. It can increase weight bearing on injured limbs, decrease pain, improve balance, and increase endurance; all of which result in improved function and ability to walk.
I have had pets my entire life and love working with animals. I am originally from Maine, but also spent time growing up in Texas. I completed high school and college in San Antonio before graduating from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. Shortly after graduation, I moved to Connecticut and started practicing at Norwalk Animal Hospital.
Spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries account for the majority of neurologic conditions that can benefit from rehabilitation. For our neurologically injured pets, our goals are dedicated to improving their function and quality of life. Spinal cord injuries are a common problem in dogs, most commonly caused by disc herniations, trauma, spinal stenosis or instability, and vascular (stroke like) events.
The goal of postoperative rehabilitation is to minimize pain and restore the dog's function to the highest level possible, ideally to that which the dog enjoyed prior to injury. The dog will benefit from therapy as soon as possible after surgery: laser treatments and E-stim will decrease postoperative swelling and pain; E-stim can also maintain muscle strength while the dog is recovering and unable to bear weight.
Combined with a proper diet, physical rehabilitation can help your overweight dog lose weight and/or help your dog maintain an appropriate weight. We offer a canine weight management program with low impact physical exercises and strengthening exercises. An overweight dog has greater stress on painful and weak joints, higher risk for diabetes, and certain breeds have a much greater risk of herniating a disc in their back because of obesity.
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Kimberly Carlona
Jul 22, 2019
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Sound Paws is an excellent vet and therapy for pets. My dog is semi-paralyzed. We took her there for her evaluation and then for a 3-hr therapy session with all facets of it; to find out her strengths and weaknesses. My husband tried for quite a while to find out exactly what they did and he said he felt rushed...to pay the invoice and schedule her follow-up appointments. Once he found out that the sessions we're $170/1-hr, he said he'd have his wife call and do the scheduling. I tried 3 times, leaving voicemail messages, and never got a response. I really wanted to take her there, but it's very
