Species: Dog
Breed: Newfoundland
Gender: Female
Age: 12 years old
Clinical Case
Dusky, a 12 year old newfoundland, was unable to walk due to back pain and hip arthrosis.
Therapy
Dusky had hydrotherapy and MLS Laser Therapy.
She had MLS for 4 weeks:
- 3 sessions on the first week
- 2 sessions on the second and the third week
- 1 session on the fourth week
- The ninth session was made after 15 days.
The programs used were” arthrosis” point to point on hip joint and “back pain” point to point on lumbar and sacral spine tract. After the therapy Dusky has one session every 3 weeks for maintenance.
Courtesy of Dr. Roberta Burdisso, Physiotherapy Service Director at CHV, Fregis, Paris
