Designed for rehabilitation professionals, this workbook combines current evidence, clinical reasoning, and structured treatment planning to help you confidently manage dogs with Type I IVDD—from acute pain and neurologic impairment through progressive recovery of functional mobility.
Includes:
• Two distinct rehabilitation pathways: Conservative Management and Post-Operative Rehabilitation
• Acute, Subacute, and Chronic phases of recovery
• Dos, Don'ts, and Red Flags for clinical decision-making and neurologic monitoring
• Goal-oriented treatment plans for each phase of recovery
• Positioning, pain management, passive range of motion, soft tissue mobility, and functional mobility interventions
• Task-specific locomotor training strategies, including body-weight support and underwater treadmill rehabilitation
• Conservative management guidelines for activity restriction, serial neurologic assessment, and safe rehabilitation
• Post-operative rehabilitation guidelines for progressive restoration of mobility
• Therapeutic exercise cross-references to GoGoCharlie® prepopulated home program templates
• Dedicated Notes sections for individualized treatment planning and patient progress
• Neurodevelopmental Sequencing (NDS) Addendum with guidelines for progression from recumbency through standing and supported gait
• Underwater Treadmill (UWT) Addendum with clinical use guidelines for neurologic rehabilitation
Managing a patient with Type I IVDD? This protocol helps clinicians match rehabilitation to neurologic status, functional ability, and treatment pathway. Conservative management emphasizes spinal protection, neurologic monitoring, controlled rehabilitation, and safe progression during disc healing, while post-operative rehabilitation progresses from pain management and protected mobility to high-repetition, task-specific locomotor training, strengthening, coordination, and return to function.
Designed for rehabilitation professionals, this workbook combines current evidence, clinical reasoning, and structured treatment planning to help you confidently manage dogs with Type I IVDD—from acute pain and neurologic impairment through progressive recovery of functional mobility.
Includes:
• Two distinct rehabilitation pathways: Conservative Management and Post-Operative Rehabilitation
• Acute, Subacute, and Chronic phases of recovery
• Dos, Don'ts, and Red Flags for clinical decision-making and neurologic monitoring
• Goal-oriented treatment plans for each phase of recovery
• Positioning, pain management, passive range of motion, soft tissue mobility, and functional mobility interventions
• Task-specific locomotor training strategies, including body-weight support and underwater treadmill rehabilitation
• Conservative management guidelines for activity restriction, serial neurologic assessment, and safe rehabilitation
• Post-operative rehabilitation guidelines for progressive restoration of mobility
• Therapeutic exercise cross-references to GoGoCharlie® prepopulated home program templates
• Dedicated Notes sections for individualized treatment planning and patient progress
• Neurodevelopmental Sequencing (NDS) Addendum with guidelines for progression from recumbency through standing and supported gait
• Underwater Treadmill (UWT) Addendum with clinical use guidelines for neurologic rehabilitation
Managing a patient with Type I IVDD? This protocol helps clinicians match rehabilitation to neurologic status, functional ability, and treatment pathway. Conservative management emphasizes spinal protection, neurologic monitoring, controlled rehabilitation, and safe progression during disc healing, while post-operative rehabilitation progresses from pain management and protected mobility to high-repetition, task-specific locomotor training, strengthening, coordination, and return to function.
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