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Just like people our pets can suffer from pain and discomfort. A large proportion of dogs over the age of five have joint, ligament and/or back issues. Physical therapy is a huge part of keeping us all moving comfortably. Many patients, people and animals can benefit from exercises and treatments to improve function, especially post-surgical, arthritic or overweight patients. Fit Pet is here to help the animals in Bermuda to improve their mobility whether the issue stems from damaged joints, ligaments, neurologic disease or obesity. We are here to try and improve your pets health with complementary treatments, including hydrotherapy, acupuncture, laser therapy and home exercise programs.

Hydrotherapy at Fit Pet, has a specialized underwater treadmill. This equipment provides a unique opportunity to maintain and build the same muscles used for walking, running and general activity. The water provides buoyancy taking the weight off the joints while exercising, making it more comfortable for your pet to use its full range of motion comfortably. We provide a safe temperature regulated environment while monitoring movement to improve mobility, aid in weight loss and increase muscle tone for normal movement.  Why is this better than swimming? Our pets as well behaved as they can be, aren’t usually very responsive to sentences like, “make slow gentle strokes in the water”. We often see dogs with arthritis, other joint or neurologic issues becoming sore after swimming due to overextending their joints and straining their muscles. The muscles used for swimming are also predominantly different groups than that of walking. So while good exercise it doesn’t usually help dogs who have issues with walking.  

Conditions for which we use Hydrotherapy:  

Weight loss 

Recovery from surgery  

Arthritis/ joint disease 

Neurologic disease Fitness 

Traditional Chinese medicine has been around for such a long time, part of this medicine is acupuncture, Fit Pet focuses acupuncture treatment plans surrounding neurologic and pain management conditions but can offer conjunctive therapy for other conditions where requested. Acupuncture treatments are tailored to the individual’s need. Fit pet can offer dry needle, electroacupuncture and laser acupuncture.

Laser therapy or Photobiomodulation is a therapy used to assist with healing and pain management it is non-painful treatment involving laser light on a joints, sore muscles, healing wounds or incision sites for example. This treatment has been proven to increase energy in the mitochondria (the power house of the cells) helping to improve healing times and has benefit of modulating pain and reducing inflammation in areas being treated. Laser treatments are tailored to each patient’s need and area being treated, dose levels are calculated for the individual.