Designed for rehabilitation professionals, this workbook combines current evidence, clinical reasoning, and structured treatment planning to help you confidently manage dogs with degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) and related lumbosacral disease—from pain and nerve root irritation through progressive strengthening, functional mobility, and return to activity.
Includes:
• Acute, Subacute, and Chronic phases of rehabilitation
• Dos, Don'ts, and Red Flags for clinical decision-making and neurologic monitoring
• Severity definitions, predictors for improved outcome, treatment frequency, and objective progression criteria
• Positioning and postural management strategies to minimize provocative lumbosacral extension
• Pain management, passive range of motion, soft tissue mobility, and functional mobility interventions
• Progressive core stabilization and lumbopelvic control strategies
• Conservative rehabilitation guidelines for pain management, controlled loading, activity modification, and long-term management
• Post-operative rehabilitation considerations following dorsal laminectomy with or without fixation
• Therapeutic exercise cross-references to GoGoCharlie® prepopulated home program templates
• Dedicated Notes sections for individualized treatment planning and patient progress
• Addendum with Modified Neurodevelopmental Sequencing (NDS) guidelines for progression from basic functional mobility through community mobility, vehicle transfers, recreational activities, and sport- or work-specific tasks
• Addendum with phase-specific Underwater Treadmill (UWT) clinical use guidelines progressing from unloading and control of pelvic excursion to dynamic stabilization and strengthening
Managing a patient with lumbosacral disease? This protocol helps clinicians match rehabilitation to pain, neurologic status, lumbopelvic control, functional ability, and movement quality. Rehabilitation progresses from pain management and protection from provocative extension to progressive core stabilization, pelvic limb strengthening, gait conditioning, dynamic stabilization, and task-specific return to daily, recreational, sport, or working activities.
Designed for rehabilitation professionals, this workbook combines current evidence, clinical reasoning, and structured treatment planning to help you confidently manage dogs with degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) and related lumbosacral disease—from pain and nerve root irritation through progressive strengthening, functional mobility, and return to activity.
Includes:
• Acute, Subacute, and Chronic phases of rehabilitation
• Dos, Don'ts, and Red Flags for clinical decision-making and neurologic monitoring
• Severity definitions, predictors for improved outcome, treatment frequency, and objective progression criteria
• Positioning and postural management strategies to minimize provocative lumbosacral extension
• Pain management, passive range of motion, soft tissue mobility, and functional mobility interventions
• Progressive core stabilization and lumbopelvic control strategies
• Conservative rehabilitation guidelines for pain management, controlled loading, activity modification, and long-term management
• Post-operative rehabilitation considerations following dorsal laminectomy with or without fixation
• Therapeutic exercise cross-references to GoGoCharlie® prepopulated home program templates
• Dedicated Notes sections for individualized treatment planning and patient progress
• Addendum with Modified Neurodevelopmental Sequencing (NDS) guidelines for progression from basic functional mobility through community mobility, vehicle transfers, recreational activities, and sport- or work-specific tasks
• Addendum with phase-specific Underwater Treadmill (UWT) clinical use guidelines progressing from unloading and control of pelvic excursion to dynamic stabilization and strengthening
Managing a patient with lumbosacral disease? This protocol helps clinicians match rehabilitation to pain, neurologic status, lumbopelvic control, functional ability, and movement quality. Rehabilitation progresses from pain management and protection from provocative extension to progressive core stabilization, pelvic limb strengthening, gait conditioning, dynamic stabilization, and task-specific return to daily, recreational, sport, or working activities.
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