Muller Veterinary Hospital is a recognized leader in pain management for your pet. We have practitioners who have received advanced training in or are certified in treatments like chiropractic, acupuncture, pain management, massage therapy, and animal physical rehabilitation.
When to Consider Pain Management for Your Pet
- Signs of pain – Pets may not exhibit the signs of pain that people do. When you notice changes in mobility, daily habits, posture, or expressions, bring him or her in for evaluation. Review these tips for more information – Is Your Pet Hurting?
- Chronic conditions – when your pet suffers from a chronic problem, such as arthritis, limping, declining mobility, joint pain, and/or other challenges of aging, we may be able to significantly improve quality of life.
- To support healing – many of our pain management therapies enhance and speed healing in patients who have undergone surgery, traumatic injuries, and neurologic conditions.
Pain Management & Integrative Care Treatments We Provide
Acupuncture
Effective in managing a wide range of chronic conditions, pain management, systemic diseases, and musculoskeletal issues - Learn More
Veterinary Chiropractic
Useful as a complement to traditional veterinary medicine or for treating spinal problems, biomechanical related musculoskeletal disorders, and associated chronic pain.
Massage
For pain management, rehabilitation and mobility.
Photobiomodulation (Therapeutic Cold Level Laser)
Non-invasive treatment option to reduce pain and stimulate healing.
The Assisi Loop® Targeted Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (TPEMF)
Post-operative pain & swelling, Osteoarthritis and other skeletal conditions as well as soft tissue wound care.
Pulsed Signal Therapy
Particularly useful in treating joint pain without drugs or surgery, this treatment allows us to treat injuries, hip dysplasia, degenerative joint conditions, osteoarthritis and other joint diseases.
Therapeutic Ultrasound
Beneficial in treating soft tissue injuries, increasing muscle flexibility, and decreasing muscle spasm and scar tissue.
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave therapy is a high-energy sound wave technology offering a noninvasive treatment option of animals with lameness and pain. The high-energy sound waves, or pulses, travel through soft tissue at customized depths, reaching specific treatment areas such as knees, elbows, and bones. These waves trigger the body’s repair system to activate, bring blood flow to the area, and promote faster healing.
Intra-articular Injections (PRP, Synovetin OA® , HA)
After a tendon, ligament, muscle or joint injury, intra-articular injections can speed up healing. Learn More about PRP and Synovetin OA®
Cold/Heat Therapy
Can be beneficial in decreasing pain and inflammation.
TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
Is an effective noninvasive method of reducing chronic or acute pain resulting from surgery, trauma or osteoarthritis. TENS uses low voltage electrical current to decrease discomfort by reducing the pain impulses that reach the brain and by potentially causing the release of endorphins.
Therapeutic Exercises
We evaluate each patient and design a set of exercises that are most effective in that patient’s rehabilitation. These are designed to achieve the goals set for that patient’s recovery. Exercises may be directed at helping the patient with strengthening specific muscles or stretching to increase flexibility or learning how to regain the feeling and use of a foot or limb. We demonstrate each activity in our hospital and teach our clients to perform these at home on a prescribed schedule. We try to incorporate the special needs and skills of patients and their families.
Canine Rehabilitation Center – our commitment to maximizing the quality of life for the pets and pet owners in our area led to establishing a dedicated rehabilitation center. Ensuring your dog returns to the greatest level of mobility and strength hinges on starting the process early and combining our expertise and equipment with a therapy program at home. Learn more.
To schedule an appointment with one of our doctors, complete our Registration Form, then give us a call at (925) 934-8042 or email us.