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Physical Therapy for Animals in California

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Renee Schmidt
11 years ago

Vets do NOT have the training or expertise to perform PT for animals. A PT gets licensed and has many hours of training, let the vets do surgery and dispense medicine as a cure, but they can NOT know everything about physical therapy.

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Renee Schmidt
11 years ago

Vets do NOT have the training or expertise to perform PT for animals. A PT gets licensed and has many hours of training, let the vets do surgery and dispense medicine as a cure, but they can NOT know everything about physical therapy.

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Wendy Luna
11 years ago

Without Rod Newman in Goodlettsville, TN, my dog Bayla would've never have improved at the rate that she did. She was paralyzed but his treatments helped her to gain mobility.

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Wendy Luna
11 years ago

Without Rod Newman in Goodlettsville, TN, my dog Bayla would've never have improved at the rate that she did. She was paralyzed but his treatments helped her to gain mobility.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

I support animal rehab physical therapists!

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carole gagne
11 years ago

I support animal rehab physical therapists!

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Deborah Rohssler
11 years ago

It's ridiculous to limit the area this way, when others who become certified therapists pay good money, do the same studying, & earn their certificates, have the ability to offer the same therapy to animals!!!

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Deborah Rohssler
11 years ago

It's ridiculous to limit the area this way, when others who become certified therapists pay good money, do the same studying, & earn their certificates, have the ability to offer the same therapy to animals!!!

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Anonymous
11 years ago

PTs have a valuable role to offer in animal phiical rehabilitation! Please do not discount them. (massage therapists may be different, really should be overseen or referred by veterinarians)

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jill bailey
11 years ago

PTs have a valuable role to offer in animal phiical rehabilitation! Please do not discount them. (massage therapists may be different, really should be overseen or referred by veterinarians)

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Katie Evans
11 years ago

This is ridiculous! I'll choose who I want working with my dogs!

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Katie Evans
11 years ago

This is ridiculous! I'll choose who I want working with my dogs!

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Randi Johnson
11 years ago

Vets also think they are qualified nutritionists, promoting Hills Prescription garbage, etc. It's not about high level of care anymore. It's about making a buck anywhere they can.

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Randi Johnson
11 years ago

Vets also think they are qualified nutritionists, promoting Hills Prescription garbage, etc. It's not about high level of care anymore. It's about making a buck anywhere they can.

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Bairbre
11 years ago

I am both a fully qualified human physical therapist, veterinary therapist and veterinary surgeon and thus am in a great position to testify that the therapy provided by physical therapists is definitely not subservient to that of vets. I would go as far as to say the physical therapist has a greater set of skills in this area.

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Bairbre
11 years ago

I am both a fully qualified human physical therapist, veterinary therapist and veterinary surgeon and thus am in a great position to testify that the therapy provided by physical therapists is definitely not subservient to that of vets. I would go as far as to say the physical therapist has a greater set of skills in this area.

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Scott Bedenbaugh
11 years ago

http://www.apta.org/uploadedFiles/APTAorg/About_Us/Policies/Practice/AnimalRehabilitation.pdf#search=%22animal%22

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Scott Bedenbaugh
11 years ago

http://www.apta.org/uploadedFiles/APTAorg/About_Us/Policies/Practice/AnimalRehabilitation.pdf#search=%22animal%22

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Come on veterinarians. You take classes from the PT's to learn how to do rehab and then turn around and try to exclude the very people that have taught you?

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Rod Newman
11 years ago

Come on veterinarians. You take classes from the PT's to learn how to do rehab and then turn around and try to exclude the very people that have taught you?