We recommend taking your pet for short 5 minute leash walks multiple times a day, beginning within 24 hours after surgery. Weight bearing is good for bone healing, maintaining range of motion in the joints of the affected limb, and maintaining muscle mass. Please check with your veterinary surgeon to ensure there are not any extenuating circumstances for your pet.įrequent leash walking is an important part of the TPLO aftercare. If professional rehabilitation is not an option, we recommend several gentle at-home rehabilitation protocols to follow. However, we know this is not always going to be possible. Ideally, every pet would be able to follow up with a rehabilitation therapist following a TPLO so that their doctor can develop an individualized protocol. Just as returning an athlete to a game day situation too early can lead to re-injury, excessive rehabilitation can deter postoperative recovery from a TPLO procedure. Like much of medicine, it is important to tailor a rehabilitation protocol to a specific patient, considering the pet’s range of motion, strength, degree of healing, and ability to perform each exercise. Children with arthritis may need range-of-motion exercises in all their joints, including the back, neck, and even jaw and ribs.Though physical rehabilitation protocols benefit recovery following a TPLO, no established or standardized rehabilitation protocol exists. For a child with one paralyzed limb, range-of-motion exercises usually only need to be done with that limb (including the hip or shoulder). For a child who is very ill or newly paralyzed, this may mean exercising all the joints of the body. Or simply check every few weeks to be sure there is no loss in range of motion.Įxercise all the joints that the child does not move through full range of motion during her daily activities. If the range of motion remains good, and the child seems to be getting enough motion through daily activities, then the exercises can be done less often. Therefore it is important that a child learn to move the affected parts of his body through their full range of motion as part of work, play, and daily activity. To prevent contractures or deformities, range-of-motion exercises often need to be continued all through life. If some joint motion has already been lost and you are trying to get it back, do the exercises more often, and for longer each time.įor how long should range-of-motion exercises be continued? ROM exercises should usually be done at least 2 times a day. children who have lost part of a limb (amputation).children with progressive nerve or muscle disease, including muscular dystrophy and leprosy.children with parts of their bodies paralyzed from polio, injury, or other causes, especially when there is muscle imbalance, with risk of contractures.stroke (paralysis from bleeding or blood clot in the brain, mostly in older adults, see Where There Is No Doctor, p. 327).meningitis or encephalitis (infections of the brain).polio (during and following the original illness).persons who have an illness or trauma causing injury to the brain or spinal cord, including:.persons who are so sick, weak, or badly injured that they cannot get out of bed or move their bodies very much.babies born with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, club feet, or other conditions that may lead to gradually increasing deformities.Range-of-motion exercises are important for: Range-of-Motion and Strengthening Exercises for the Hand and Wrist.Strengthening Exercise for the Muscles on the Side of the Hip.Strengthening Exercises to Help Your Child Have Stronger Thighs.Strengthening Exercises to Get Arms Ready to Walk with Crutches.Exercises and Positions to Help Avoid Pressure Sores and Contractures.Stretching Exercises for a Bent-Hip Contracture.Stretching Exercise to Straighten a Stiff Knee.Stretching Exercise to Help Your Child Put Her Foot Down Flat.Exercise Instruction Sheets-for Giving to Parents.Range-of-Motion Exercises-Neck and Trunk.Complete Range-of-Motion Exercises-Upper Limbs.Common Sense Precautions When Doing Exercises.There Are 3 Main Ways of Doing Range-of-Motion Exercises.Guidelines for Doing Stretching and Range-of-Motion Exercises.Different Exercises for Different Needs.Chapter 42: Range-of-Motion and Other Exercises.
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