Physical Rehabilitation for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses

Mary Ellen Goldberg, BS, LVT, CVT, SRA, CCRA, CVPP, VTS-Lab Animal Medicine (Research Anesthesia), VTS-Physical Rehabilitation (OC), is Executive Secretary of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management, Orlando, Florida, USA. She is an Instructor at VetMedTeam, LLC, staff at the Canine Rehabilitation Institute, and the Examination Chair for the Academy of Physical Rehabilitation Veterinary Technicians.

Julia E. Tomlinson, BVSc, MS, PhD, DACVS, DACVSMR, CCRP, CVSMT is in private specialty practice at Twin Cities Animal Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine in Burnsville, Minnesota, USA. She is a past President of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation.

List of Contributors vii
1 Introduction to Physical Rehabilitation for Veterinary Technicians/Nurses 1Mary Ellen Goldberg
2 Joining a Rehabilitation Team 11Julia E. Tomlinson
3 The Veterinary Technician and Rehabilitation Pain Management 26Mary Ellen Goldberg
4 Communicating the Treatment Plan 49Tracy A. Darling and Cynthia M. Otto
5 Manual Therapy Treatment 59Judy Coates
6 Home Exercises 79Abby Rafferty and Jacqueline R. Davidson
7 Supporting the Client and Patient 95Robin Downing and Mary Ellen Goldberg
8 Nutritional Counseling 109Kara M. Burns
9 Motivating Your Patient 127Megan Nelson and Julia E. Tomlinson
10 The Disabled Patient Part 1: Assistive Devices and Technology 145Mary Ellen Goldberg and Julia E. Tomlinson
11 The Disabled Patient Part 2: The Neurological Patient 163Stephanie Kube and Mary Ellen Goldberg
12 The Disabled Patient Part 3: Special Considerations for Geriatrics 187Mary Ellen Goldberg and Julia E. Tomlinson
13 The Disabled Patient Part 4: Home Nursing Care 205Julia E. Tomlinson and Elizabeth E. Waalk
14 Modalities Part 1: Thermotherapy 218Julia E. Tomlinson and Mary Ellen Goldberg
15 Modalities Part 2: Laser Therapy 231Kristin Kirkby Sha and Liz Brown
16 Modalities Part 3: Electrotherapy and Electromagnetic Therapy 241Shari Sprague and Mary Ellen Goldberg
17 Modalities Part 4: Therapeutic Ultrasound 262Carolina Medina and Wendy Davies
18 Modalities Part 5: Shockwave Therapy 273Douglas Stramel and Angela Stramel
19 Therapeutic Exercises Part 1: Land Exercises 286Janice L. Huntingford and Jessy Bale
20 Therapeutic Exercises Part 2: Hydrotherapy (Aquatic Therapy) 308Padraig Egan and Noel Fitzpatrick
21 Troubleshooting as a Team 329Amie Hesbach, Julia E. Tomlinson, and Erin White
22 Equine Rehabilitation 347Steve Adair and Dawn Phillips
23 Adjunctive Therapies Part 1: Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine 377Carolina Medina and Mary Ellen Goldberg
24 Adjunctive Therapies Part 2: Veterinary Chiropractic 390Robin Downing
25 Adjunctive Therapies Part 3: Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy 398Douglas Stramel
Index 408