In today’s news, Oreo is doing great after his 9th PT visit for DJD of Rt. hip. If I understand the article correctly, it looks like dog physical therapy has some of the same issues as our over-regulated medicare patients. Somebody please answer!
-Did Oreo (referred to as a “prospective patient”) really need to have a referral before initiating PT? No direct access.
-Do you really not need to be injured to obtain benefits from physical therapy? Can owners really bring them in and receive treatment to avoid becoming overweight? What a novel concept.
-Do other services really include “canine” massage? Educational materials to make sure the dog does all of the exercises correctly?
-A few minutes of diathermy? Please make sure that it is at least 8.
-Please tell me that the physical therapy assistant in the picture was “line of sight” supervised or it is a rehab agency at least telephonic?
With stories like this, does anybody wonder why we have an identity problem in PT? For the record, I love dogs-no ASPCA complaints please.
