Sports Medicine & Rehab - FUSION VETERINARY ORTHOPEDICS

Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation

Ensuring performance canines stay active and healthy for years to come.

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What is Canine Sports Medicine?

Canine sports medicine and rehabilitation is one of the newest specialties in veterinary medicine. It integrates multiple fields of veterinary medicine such as orthopedics, exercise physiology, neurology, cardiology, pulmonology, and nutrition, among others.

A large portion of sports medicine is dedicated to rehabilitation, as it is critical to this specialty. Rehabilitation encompasses conditioning, maintaining, and regaining fitness of both canine athletes and working dogs.

Keeping Working K9s

In addition, veterinary sports medicine and rehabilitation is a specialty concerned with injuries sustained in the canine athletic/working population, and companion animals, which includes the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of injury.

While Dr. David Dycus’ primary role is as a surgeon; he also has expertise and experience in the area of sports medicine (non-operative orthopedics).

Why Rehabilitation?

Aside from the working K9s; at Fusion Veterinary Orthopedics we see agility, dock diving, field trial, hunt test, hunting dogs, barn hunt, and flyball amongst others. Dr. Dycus understands the particular functions of these animals as well as the specific injuries they may achieve.

A Holistic Approach

At Fusion Veterinary Orthopedics we understand that handlers and owners want to get their canine friends back to working and competing at peak performance. Therefore, we take a holistic approach to our patients and consider all options both surgical and non-surgical to restore mobility, strength, performance, and function.