Dr. Verma has a special interest in pain management, rehabilitation, and the nutritional modulation of disease. As such, our Fear Free Certified Staff provides a wide array of veterinary rehabilitation services at our brick and mortar location in Fenton, Michigan as well as on a limited basis via house call. Veterinary rehabilitation is similar to both the physical therapy and physical medicine and rehabilitation fields (PM&R) in human medicine.

The rehabilitation services Personalized Veterinary provides to dogs and cats include but are not limited to post-operative rehabilitation, underwater treadmill, pain recognition, and management, stance analysis, therapeutic Class IV laser, customized exercise plans, brace/ wheelchair/ harness fitting, therapeutic, massage, weight management, neuromuscular electrostimulation, hydrotherapy, acupuncture, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, nutrition/supplement counseling, and kinesiology taping. Please continue below to read more about various rehabilitation modalities.

Conditions treated include osteoarthritis, cranial cruciate ligament injury, intervertebral disc disease, degenerative myelopathy, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, biceps tenosynovitis, idiopathic facial nerve paralysis, and obesity.

As with all of the services, we provide direct doctor communication to our clients. To learn more about Dr. Verma's experience and qualifications in rehabilitation and nutrition, please click here. 

Underwater Treadmill

Personalized Veterinary Behavior and Rehabilitation has an underwater treadmill at our location in Fenton, Michigan. Hydrotherapy using our underwater treadmill is an important animal rehabilitation tool that we can provide to dogs as well as cats. It can help strengthen muscles, build endurance, and improve range of motion while reducing joint stress. Resistance, water height, speed, and incline are adjusted to the needs of each pet for the best results.

Therapeutic Exercises

Therapeutic exercises are a cornerstone of veterinary rehabilitation. They are useful for orthopedic, soft tissue, and neurological ailments. Much like human physical therapy exercises, they can improve muscle atrophy, proprioception, range of motion, and pain. The exercises can be performed with one of our technicians during a rehabilitation session and by you with your companion animal at home. We often can design a program that uses what you already have in your home without the need to purchase expensive equipment.

Therapeutic Laser

Also known as cold laser therapy and low-level laser therapy, Class IV therapeutic laser utilizes light to increase cell metabolism and reduce inflammation and pain (photobiomodulation). On a microscopic level, the primary target is the cytochrome c complex on the inner mitochondrial membrane. Common conditions treated in veterinary rehabilitation medicine include osteoarthritis, post-operative pain, tendonitis, muscle spasm, intervertebral disc disease, and degenerative myelopathy.

Nutrition

Nutrition counseling is essential for every veterinary rehabilitation patient. Weight loss can often be the most beneficial treatment for many orthopedic and neurological patients. For those dogs and cats with severe muscle atrophy or who are under conditioned, a nutrition plan that involves appropriate weight gain can likewise be important. All nutrition plans developed by Dr. Verma considers every health condition that a patient may have. We offer both commercial diet assessment as well as homemade diet formulation to our patients.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture uses needles and sometimes electricity (percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) to stimulate the nervous system at neurovascular intersections. Endorphins and other neurotransmitters are released, which causes a physiological response in our dog and cat patients. In addition to helping preserve nerve function in our patients with degenerative neurological disease, acupuncture can be useful for treating chronic pain. In veterinary rehabilitation, common conditions treated by acupuncture include osteoarthritis, degenerative myelopathy, intervertebral disc disease, muscle spasm, and idiopathic facial nerve paralysis.

Pain Management

Virtually all of our rehabilitation modalities help control pain. However, some of our canine and feline rehabilitation patients require daily medications and/or supplements to function day to day as well as to perform therapeutic exercises. Dr. Verma is well versed in both pharmaceutical pain management protocols as well as pain relieving supplements. All recommendations he makes in this regard consider the patient’s overall health, including kidney and liver function.

Kinesiology Taping

This unique tape can be applied to help control edema and swelling, reduce pain, increase range of motion, and improve muscle function.  

Therapeutic
Massage

Therapeutic massage treating myofascial can enhance recovery time, improve range of motion, and decrease pain. It increases vascular circulation while stimulating nerves. We regularly use myofascial massage in conjunction with our other modalities.

Regnerative Medicine

Personalized Veterinary Behavior and Rehabilitation offers regenerative medicine for our dog and cat patients, including platelet-rich plasma ( PRP ) joint injections and soft tissue injections, stem cell joint injections and intravenous ( IV ) infusions, high dose intravenous (IV) vitamin C therapy, and gene-specific treatments for cancer. We consider all of these therapies safe complementary therapies that should be used alongside rather than in place of conventional medicine.

Essential Oil Aromatherapy

Essential oils can be helpful with reducing anxiety before and during a rehabilitation visit. They may also help decrease inflammation and increase circulation. We often use them along with myofascial massage; a special blend is made for each patient.

Michigan communities served include: Ann Arbor, Brighton , Northville , Fenton , Howell , Farmington , Farmington Hills , Whitmore Lake , White Lake , Livonia , Grosse Pointe , Bloomfield Hills , West Bloomfield , Birmingham , Commerce , Ypsilanti , Scio Township , Dexter , Chelsea , Manchester , Livonia , Rochester , Rochester Hills , Royal Oak , Ferndale , Clarkston , Burton , Clawson , Fraser , Utica , Shelby Township , St Clair Shores , Huntington Woods , Berkley , East Lansing , Okemos , Williamston , Fowlerville , Holly , Hartland , Jackson , Grass Lake , Dundee , Dixboro , Detroit , Pinckney , Perry , Hamburg , Leslie , Mason , Superior Township , Dearborn , Saline , Salem , South Lyon , Milan , Wolverine Lake , Adrian , and more. See below for the full-service map. *We do not necessarily provide house calls to all of these communities but behavior technician can sometimes make radius exceptions for pets that can safely be seen at home.