Montserrat Roca is the Physiotherapy professional for gossos, pet physiotherapy specialist. She works in Canópolis del Garraf, for the Associació d'Usuaris de Gossos Pigall de Catalunya and carrying out private visits
Works with dogs suffering from spinal problems, lameness, joints, injuries, fractures, neurological problems, sports injuries and movement difficulties. Physiotherapy also works before and after an operation or preventively.
The services offered Montserrat Roca are:
- Kinesitherapy and stretching: these are exercises and passive or active movements. It serves to improve the mobility of joints, ligaments and muscles. To increase flexibility, improve muscle elasticity or to regain lost strength.
- Thermotherapy: application of superficial heat. This service is indicated for dogs suffering from musculoskeletal problems, contractures and muscle spasms, for example.
- Cryotherapy: application of superficial cold. Helps to improve traumatic injuries or inflammations, sprains and strains or to reduce edema.
- Therapeutic massage: manipulation of tissues with hands and body. Helps to rehabilitate dogs with injuries, to treat chronic orthopedic problems, muscular artofia or an improvement of the dog's performance. It can also help with certain behavior problems.
- Electrical stimulation: application of electric current through transcutaneous electrodes, TENS and EMS. Helps muscle contraction, passive mobilization of joints or as an analgesic.
- Hydrotherapy: into the water. It is indicated for the postoperative period of surgeries and neurosurgeries, tendonitis and sprains, maintenance, treatment against obesity or recovery of physical form.
Services: Veterinarians, At home, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture and laser therapy, Hydrotherapy
