Quick Start Guide: Core Modalities

Every patient’s recovery is unique — but starting with the right combination of modalities can dramatically improve outcomes, reduce recovery time, and improve client compliance.

Assisi Loop / Assiso Loop Lounge PEMF

⚡ Reduces Inflammation
💓 Accelerates Healing
🧠 Nerve Repair
🏥 Clinic Treatment
🏠 Home Care

What It Does: PEMF works at a cellular level to reduce inflammation and stimulate the body’s natural healing processes via the nitric oxide cycle.

Frequency: Acute: 2–4 treatments/day (1 wk). Chronic/Maintenance: 1–2 tx/day (15 min ea).

Placement: Directly over affected areas.

Safety: Avoid cranial use in patients with a history of seizures.

Companion Animal Therapeutic Laser

⚡ Reduces Inflammation and Pain
💓 Accelerates Healing
🏥 Clinic Treatment

What It Does: Laser therapy supports cellular repair and improves blood flow, making it particularly useful in early postoperative recovery and soft tissue injuries.

Frequency: 1–2 sessions/week for 2–3 weeks, then taper to every 1-2 weeks to sustain benefits while reducing clinic visits. 

Synergy: Combine with PEMF for enhanced healing / reduced frequency.

Safety: Avoid direct application over known tumours.

Pulse Vet X-Trode Shockwave Therapy

💓 Stimulates Healing in Chronic Conditions and Tendinopathies
🏥 Clinic Treatment

What It Does: Shockwave therapy promotes healing in poorly vascularised or slow-healing tissues by stimulating biological repair mechanisms.

Frequency:  1 session every week for 3 total sessions. Repeat as needed every 6-12 mths.

Safety: Avoid areas with acute swelling, or over major nerves. Use with caution in neurocompromised patients.

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Quick Start Guide: Supportive Products

Rehabilitation doesn’t end with modalities alone. Supportive products improve safety, maintain muscle mass, and help clients successfully manage recovery at home.

Quick Start Guide: Supportive Products

Help 'Em Up Harness

Purpose: A dual-support shoulder and hip harness designed to improve mobility in dogs with weakness, instability or surgery recovery. 

Best Suited For: Post-operative orthopaedic patients, senior dogs, neurologic weakness or hindlimb instability. 

Client Guidance: Advise use for stairs, toileting, car transfers, and assisted walking to reduce fall risk and protect surgical repairs. 

Standout Benefits: Reduces strain on owners and pets; encourages safe, controlled movement; supports rehabilitation compliance at home. Tripawd attachements. 

Quick Start Guide: Supportive Products

Dr Buzby's Toe Grips

Purpose: Improves traction on smooth surfaces, reducing slips and falls that can compromise recovery or cause repetitive strain. 

Best Suited For: Seniors; neurologic conditions; post-operative orthopaedic patients and tri-paws. 

Client Guidance: Ensure nails are trimmed prior to fitting. Replace every 4–6 weeks or as wear occurs. 

Standout Benefits: mmediate improvement in confidence and stability; non-invasive and well tolerated; ideal adjunct to rehab protocols. 

Quick Start Guide: Supportive Products

MYOS (Fortetropin)

Purpose: Clinically studied nutritional support to build and preserve muscle mass due to disuse atrophy, or sarcopaenia. 

Why Muscle Matters: Maintaining muscle is critical for joint protection, strength, and long-term mobility — particularly during periods of restricted activity or aged pets. 

Clinical Applications:

  • Supports muscle to offload painful joints.
  • Post-operative & neurologic cases.
  • Senior patients, maintains strength, balance, and vitality
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Protocol

Osteoarthritis & Chronic Pain

GOAL: Reduce inflammation, preserve mobility, and support long-term joint health.

In Clinic

Laser therapy and shockwave therapy. 

At Home

Daily PEMF (Assisi Loop/Lounge) + MYOS + Help ’Em Up Harness  + Toe Grips.

Modality Specifics
  • PEMF: Target affected joints and surrounding musculature for ongoing inflammation control.
  • Laser:  Best for active joint inflammation, soft tissue pain, and acute flare-ups.
  • Shockwave: Use for better pain management in chronic and multi-joint OA patients, stiffness and lumbosacral disease.
Osteoarthritis & Chronic Pain

Protocol

Post Surgical (TPLO / CCLR / FHO)

GOAL: Reduce pain, support mobility, preserve muscle mass.

In Clinic

Laser therapy ± shockwave therapy (case-dependent). 

At Home

PEMF 1–2× daily from Day 1 + MYOS + Help ’Em Up Harness for assisted mobility. 

Modality Specifics
  • PEMF: Apply to surgical site and compensatory muscles.
  • Laser: Useful early for incision healing and control of local post-op inflammation and compensatory muscle soreness.
  • Shockwave: Reduce patellar tendon inflammation and improves use after TPLO.
Post Surgical (TPLO / CCLR / FHO)

Protocol

Neurologic Conditions (IVDD, Nerve Injury)

GOAL: Support nerve repair, improve stability, and maintain muscle mass during recovery.

In Clinic

Laser therapy and PEMF (Lounge) 

At Home

Daily PEMF (targeted spinal application) + MYOS + ToeGrips + HEU.

Modality Specifics
  • PEMF: Excellent for supporting neuroplasticity. Target the affected segment of the spine. Avoid cranial application in seizure-prone patients.
  • Laser: Beneficial for IVDD paraspinal musculature, post-surgical neurologic cases, degenerative myelopathy (neuropraxia) and peripheral nerve injuries.
Neurologic Conditions (IVDD, Nerve Injury)

Protocol

Senior Wellness & Mobility Maintenance

GOAL: Maintain muscle mass, reduce baseline inflammation, and support long-term quality of life.

In Clinic

Laser therapy ± shockwave therapy. 

At Home

Assisi Loop / Loop Lounge daily + MYOS for long-term strength support.

Modality Specifics
  • PEMF: Assisi Loop Lounge is well suited for relaxed, whole-body application in senior patients.
  • Laser: Useful for managing focal or extensive areas of discomfort, muscle soreness,  and chronic joint pain.
  • Shockwave: Consider for chronic tendon issues, osteoarthritis or LS disease.
Senior Wellness & Mobility Maintenance

Protocol

Soft Tissue Injury & Muscle Strain

GOAL: Accelerate tissue healing, reduce pain, restore normal movement patterns.

In Clinic

Laser therapy ± shockwave therapy (based on injury stage). 

At Home

Targeted Assisi Loop over injured tissue + MYOS. 

Modality Specifics
  • PEMF: Apply over the muscle belly and tendon insertions to reduce inflammation and support tissue repair.
  • Laser: Use in acute and subacute phases to reduce inflammation and pain.
  • Shockwave: Great for chronic or slow-healing soft tissue injuries or tendinopathies.
Soft Tissue Injury & Muscle Strain

Safety & Compatibility

All listed modalities and products are considered safe for use in patients with: Kidney disease • IBD • Pancreatitis • Liver disease • Cardiac disease • Hypertension • Diabetes • Oral/dental disease

PEMF

Avoid cranial PEMF in seizure-prone patients.

Laser

Avoid laser therapy over known tumour.

Shockwave therapy

Not recommended over acute swelling or fresh surgical repairs.