Practical Physiotherapy for Small Animal Practice E-Book

David Prydie

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 425

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Practical Physiotherapy for Small Animal Practice provides a concise and accessible introduction to physiotherapy that demonstrates its benefits to both veterinary patients and practitioners.  One of the fastest growing specialties in veterinary medicine, this book will help you to successfully introduce physiotherapy into your practice improving rehabilitation and recovery of dogs and cats. 

Key features:

• Covers an array of different treatments and techniques, such as manual therapies, therapeutic exercise, electrotherapy, and hydrotherapy
• Includes practical advice on selecting equipment, examinations, treatment protocols, and charging
• Offers strategies for introducing physiotherapy into the practice schedule, including space and staffing requirements
• Companion website provides over 50 printable client education handouts for download

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

About the authors

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the companion website

Chapter 1: Introduction

The benefits of physiotherapy

Contraindications

Chapter 2: Anatomy: structure and function of the musculoskeletal system

Collagen

Elastin

Bone

Cartilage

Tendons, ligaments and entheses

Joints

Intervertebral discs

Muscle

Chapter 3: Healing

Stages of healing

Different tissue responses to healing

Consequences of maladaptive healing

Factors that also affect healing

Where physiotherapy can work with body to prevent/improve maladaptive healing

Chapter 4: Clinical examination

Subjective

Objective

Range of motion

Muscle mass

Analysis

Plan

Outcome measures

Subjective

Objective

Analysis

Plan

Physiotherapy

Chapter 5: Modalities

Superficial hot and cold therapies

Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS)

Laser therapy

Therapeutic ultrasound

Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMFT)

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT)

Land treadmill

Hydrotherapy

Chapter 6: Manual therapies

Massage

Joint movements

Chapter 7: Common neurological conditions and their rehabilitation

Neurological examination

Reflexes

Rehabilitation techniques

Neurology rehabilitation protocols

Cervical disc disease

Caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy

Thoracolumbar intervertebral disc disease (Figure 7.33)

Lumbosacral disease

Lower motor neuron disease

Acquired acute LMN, for example, polyradiculomyelopathy

Acquired chronic LMN

Degenerative myelopathy (DM) (Figure 7.35)

Fibrocartilaginous embolism

Chapter 8: Therapeutic exercise

Range of movement

Core stability and proprioception

Strengthening

Plyometrics

Endurance

Designing a home exercise program

Warm up/cool down

Chapter 9: Splints, supports and aids

Splints

Supports

Aids

Chapter 10: Pain

Signs of pain

Physiology of pain

Drugs that act on pain

Other practices affecting pain

Chapter 11: Treatment protocols

Shoulder

Shoulder tendinopathies

Elbow

Carpus

Hip

Hock

The non-weight bearing/skipping small terrier-type dog

Osteoarthritis

Chapter 12: Setting up a physiotherapy clinic

In-house

Stand-alone

Space requirements

Equipment

Staffing and charging

Appendix 1: Nomenclature

Appendix 2: Regenerative medicine

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)

Stem cells therapy (SCT)

Appendix 3: Further reading

Appendix 4: Useful websites for aids and equipment

Aids, splints and braces

Carts

General physiotherapy equipment

Lasers

Underwater treadmills

Organisations

Miscellaneous

Pain scoring charts

Index

End User License Agreement

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Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

Preface

Begin Reading

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Figure 1.1

Post fracture

. This picture shows an Alaskan Malamute following a femoral fracture after being kicked by a horse. The main aims of physiotherapy for this dog are to improve its weight bearing on the leg and increase its muscle mass/strength.

Figure 1.2

Respiratory physiotherapy

. Following anaesthesia any animals requiring ventilation have the potential to develop retained secretions. Ventilated animals will also be sedated and therefore not move around, which can cause secretions to pool in the lungs and need removal.

Figure 1.3

Neurological physiotherapy

. After a neurological event, physiotherapy can aid recovery by providing sensory input and re-education of normal movement.

Figure 1.4

Poor conformation

. This shows poor conformation where the angle of the joints is not ideal leading to muscle imbalance that can cause dysfunction and pain.

Figure 1.5

Good conformation

. An animal with good conformation is less likely to have injuries and develop problems as its muscular and skeletal systems are in balance.

Chapter 2: Anatomy: structure and function of the musculoskeletal system

Figure 2.1 Schematic representation of the structure of a long bone showing the Haversian systems, cancellous bone, periosteum, endosteum and bone marrow.

Figure 2.2 Diagrammatic representation of the structure of tendons.

Figure 2.3 Schematic representation of muscle and the sliding filament theory.

Figure 2.4 Motor unit consists of a single neuron and all the muscle fibres innervated by it.

Figure 2.5 Schematic representation of a vertebra head on showing body, neural canal, dorsal spinous process and transverse processes.

Figure 2.6 Schematic drawing showing location of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and coccygeal spine.