EmpowerPhysioPet
Confidence in Movement
Previously in practice in Maryland and Massachusetts, EmpowerPhysioPet is the premier source and resource for pet parents and animal athlete trainers for focused, individualized solutions to mobility and performance challenges, whether after surgery, injury, or hospitalization or due to a puzzling or previously undiagnosed problem. EmpowerPhysioPet has worked with pets with:
Cranial cruciate ligament (ACL or CCL) injury or surgery (including TTA, TPLO, lateral suture/extracapsular repair)
Patellar luxation injury or surgery
Iliopsoas (hip flexor) muscle strain
Hip dysplasia (HD)
Hip surgery (including THA/THR, FHO, TPO, JPS)
Neck or back injury or surgery (due to Wobblers, IVDD, AA luxation, trauma, or FCE)
Arthroscopy
Tendon injury or rupture (including Achilles/common calcaneal tendon)
Neurological injury (including brachial plexus injury and degenerative myelopathy)
Osteoarthritis
Elbow dysplasia
Tendinitis/tendinopathy
Carpal hyperextension injury
and more
The EmpowerPhysioPet Virtual Mobility Consultation is a one-on-one, online video conference call with you, your pet, and Amie, focusing on what YOU want to focus on to help you help your pet be more confident in movement. Virtual mobility consultations are a great adjunct if you’re taking your pet to rehabilitation, but are having a hard time scheduling follow-up sessions, whether because of your schedule or the schedule of your pet’s rehabilitation facility.
They’re also a great option if you’re unable to regularly take your pet to a rehabilitation facility, due to travel or time constraints or your pet’s anxiety or inability to travel. EmpowerPhysio offers short- and long-term programs, with regular online support, tailored to your lifestyle, schedule, and location, near or far.
Sessions May Include:
Guided mobility assessments
Home safety assessment
Instruction in therapeutic exercise, massage, range of motion, or stretching techniques
Biomechanical analysis of your pet in his natural environment
Coordination with your pet’s veterinary care team
Prescription or review of a progressive home exercise program specific to your pet and his mobility challenges
Local networking and referral when appropriate
and more
“We had the pleasure of working with Amie when our Border Collie, Tug, pulled up lame with a psoas strain. Amie examined Tug thoroughly on our first visit and then prescribed a series of exercises for her. Because schedules are busy, we did a lot of work with Amie via video! Before progressing to more difficult exercises or more strenuous activities, we’d send a series of videos of Tug doing her exercises and/or moving about. Amie would analyze them at full speed and in slow motion and would offer feedback, both about how Tug looked and what to do next. It was a great way allow Amie to closely guide Tug’s rehab, even though there were several weeks between visits. ”