Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine

We’re excited to offer this service starting September 25, 2025.

At PVESC, our Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine team provides comprehensive, individualized care to help pets recover from injury, manage chronic pain, and optimize mobility and performance. Whether your pet is healing from surgery, living with a chronic condition, or an active athlete needing conditioning, we’re here to help them move and feel their best.

Our services include:

  • Gait and posture evaluation
  • Diagnostic workups for lameness and performance issues
    • Musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound
    • Radiographs
    • CT scan
    • MRI
    • Genetic testing
    • Diagnostic joint anesthesia (“joint blocks”)
  • Targeted, interventional pain management
    • Therapeutic injections (intra-articular, lumbar epidural, and cervical perineural)
      • Regenerative medicine
        • Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
        • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
    • 2.5% polyacrylamide hydrogel (Arthramid Vet)
    • Hyaluronic acid
    • Corticosteroid
  • Modalities
    • Shockwave therapy
    • Laser therapy
    • Thermal modalities (heat therapy, cryocompression)
  • Injury prevention and conditioning for working/sporting dogs
    • Fitness assessments
    • Individualized conditioning programs
  • Therapeutic exercise for injury recovery and maintenance of chronic musculoskeletal disease
    • Rehabilitation programs to improve strength and flexibility
      • Post-operative
      • Geriatrics
      • Non-surgical orthopedic/neurologic disease
  • Inpatient physical rehabilitation
    • Post-operative rehabilitation for various orthopedic and neurologic procedures
    • Bedside rehabilitation for critical care patients
  • Assistive device assessments and fittings
    • Custom orthoses (braces) and protheses
    • Carts (hindlimb and quad carts)
    • Hobbles
  • Orthopedic screening for breeding fitness
    • PennHIP radiographs
    • OFA radiographs (hips, elbows, shoulders, stifles)
    • OFA patella checks
    • Conformation assessment
  • Weight loss programs

Coming Soon:  

  • Therapeutic ultrasound
  • Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
    Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
  • Under water treadmill
  • Acupuncture
  • Spinal manipulation therapy (“animal chiropractic”)

Conditions we treat

Our team works with pets experiencing a wide range of conditions, including:

  • Joint conditions
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Hip/elbow dysplasia
    • Cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injury
    • Patellar luxation
    • Joint instability
  • Neurologic conditions
    • Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD)
    • Fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE)
    • Degenerative myelopathy
    • Peripheral nerve injuries (i.e. brachial plexus avulsion)
    • Cervical spondylomyelopathy (Wobbler’s syndrome)
  • Obesity
  • Performance issues for working/sporting dogs
  • Soft tissue injuries (acute and chronic):
    • Calcanean (Achilles) tendinopathy
    • Biceps tenosynovitis
    • Supraspinatus tendinopathy
    • Iliopsoas strain
    • Fibrotic myopathy (gracilis, semimembranosus, infraspinatus)
    • Carpal hyperextension

A Collaborative Approach

We work closely with your primary care veterinarian and other specialty teams at PVESC to ensure a seamless, coordinated approach to your pet’s care. Our goal is to help each patient achieve their highest possible level of function, comfort, and quality of life.

Is Rehabilitation Right for Your Pet?

If your pet is recovering from an injury or surgery, struggling with mobility, living with chronic pain, or could benefit from fitness conditioning, our Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine team can help. Talk to your veterinarian about a referral or contact us to learn more.