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The goal of physical rehabilitation is to give your pet the best quality of life for the longest possible time. Physical rehabilitation speeds up recovery from injury, surgery, or other physical problems. Physical rehabilitation restores the best possible function whether your pet is an athlete living life in the fast lane or enjoys a more laid back lifestyle. In providing physical rehabilitation, we strive to ensure wellness and balance for pets. A well and balanced pet is a healthy and happy pet.

Veterinary or animal chiropractic is a manual method of treatment used to complement traditional veterinary medicine and surgery. As a manual method of treatment, veterinary chiropractic seeks to restore and maintain the proper functioning of the joints of the spine and extremities. In making adjustments to these joints animal chiropractic aims to ensure the best possible function of your dog or cat’s nervous system and body. It is therefore a holistic approach, recognising the connection between biomechanical dysfunction and the entire nervous system throughout the body. Veterinary chiropractic can often eliminate the source of acute or chronic pain syndromes.

Acupuncture for pets is offered at Southern Cross Veterinary Clinic. Acupuncture is the practise of inserting fine, solid needles into the body for pain relief or, in some cases, to help the body deal with other diseases. Acupuncture works through the nervous system. The needles block the pain messages and encourage the brain and central nervous system to produce more of the body’s natural painkillers. In conditions that are not painful, acupuncture may help to reset the body’s normal functioning. Pain is the most common indication for acupuncture. Usually this means pain associated with arthritis, but also muscle strains, pain secondary to disc disease and bony changes of the spine (spondylosis). Other kinds of pain may also respond. Functional conditions such as constipation and cystitis in cats and irritable bowel type problems, colic and acral lick dermatitis (lick granuloma) in dogs may respond.

We offer a wide range of pet products and diets in our Online Shop. You can collect your purchases at the practice or we can deliver them to your front door.

Treadmill exercise supplements your dog's walks. It is very useful when you have a busy schedule or when the weather is bad. Treadmill exercise is an important part of weight loss programmes and behavioural rehabilitation.