Deborah Carroll's Blog, page 4
June 18, 2017
We Are Proof that You Can Successfully Rehab Your Pet at Home Without the Trauma and Recovery of Surgery
“Deborah Carroll provides effective exercises for physical therapy that are non-invasive and can be done at home with successful outcomes. This is a great introduction book that explains the physical therapy instead of surgery route and what it means for you and your pet. These guidelines and exercises are a way of treating a torn […]
June 17, 2017
Miniature Poodle Pearl Does Successful Non-Surgical Rehab for Two Torn Knee Ligaments
“This book saved me!! My vet referred me to Deborah Carroll. I read her book and followed the weekly program, and my Pearl is walking like she never had an injury! Right after Thanksgiving last year Pearl, my miniature poodle, blew out both her back knees. It was awful. I had to carry her everywhere. […]
June 16, 2017
Veterinarians Give Support to Non-Surgical Rehabilitation of Torn Knee Ligament in a Dog
“Thanks so much, Deborah! The book is impressive. Maybe you should leave a copy at (some shelters) since they put so many cruciate dogs on the euthanasia list…Great work and thank you!” DVM, Austin, TX “Read your book. Excellent job. Now at ACVS they are all for non surgical acl (rehab)…Good job!” DVM, Austin, TX […]
June 15, 2017
Great Dane With Neurological Problems, Torn Knee Ligament, Inflammation
“I can’t say enough good things about Deb. She really helped our 12 year old Great Dane maintain her mobility up to end. 12 is ancient for a Great Dane, and Miss Moneypenny battled a lot of inflammation and ACL issues at the end of her life. Deb had a plan, she had easy manageable […]
June 14, 2017
Pocket Pit With Torn Knee Ligament (CCR, CCL Rupture, CCL Tear)
“My pit bull was diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament. I was told by the vet that without the surgery, he would become increasingly lame and I would have to put him down. A friend whose dog she worked with, suggested I contact Deborah Carroll. Deborah spoke with me over the phone and had clearly […]
May 26, 2017
Dobi the Doberman-Lab Mix with Torn Knee Ligament (CCL Tear, CCR) & Bad Hips
“Our old lab-doberman mix blew out his knee darting after a squirrel and only narrowly avoided surgery since he had a small amount of stability left. I reached out to Deb, and I’m so glad I did. Her plan was honestly a lot of work, but it paid off beautifully. Our pup got better than […]
May 25, 2017
Sully the Great Dane With Neurological Problems
“I highly recommend Deborah for any pet rehab. My 9-year-old Great Dane collapsed for some unknown reason and was paralyzed. Two vets told me he probably wouldn’t recover and I should consider putting him down. Fortunately one of the vets told me about Deborah and, being a Great Dane owner herself, she came to visit […]
May 23, 2017
Top 5 Tips For Successful Dog, Cat, and Other Pet Rehabilitation After Injury or Surgery
Here they are! The top 5 tips to help you and your pet get back to doing more of the things you want to do together and to help avoid (more?) surgery and complications: 1) Do only controlled exercise in a sequential and methodical manner and otherwise restrict your pet as much as possible. 2) […]
May 3, 2017
Dietary Thiols in Exercise: Oxidative Stress Defence, Exercise Performance, and Adaptation
Yanita McLeayEmail authorView ORCID ID profile, Stephen Stannard, Stuart Houltham and Carlene Starck Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition201714:12 DOI: 10.1186/s12970-017-0168-9 © The Author(s). 2017 Received: 3 September 2016 Accepted: 14 April 2017 Published: 27 April 2017 Abstract Endurance athletes are susceptible to cellular damage initiated by excessive levels of aerobic exercise-produced reactive oxygen species (ROS). Whilst ROS can contribute to the onset of […]
March 27, 2017
FCE – Fibrocartilaginous Embolism – Rehab for Sammy
Hello, I adopted Sammy from the Humane Society in 2006, we’ve had a great journey together! Two years ago, he had a very rare accident that they called FCE (fibrocartilaginous embolism), he recovered and was able to walk again…thank god!!!!!! Recently, he has shown significant signs of his back legs being very weak, my vet […]
