Veterinary Orthotics and Prosthetics Help Animals Live Their Best Lives

Helping Animal Live their best lives with the help of Orthotics and Prosthetics is a reality thanks to forward thinking individuals and the talent of orthotics and prosthetic technicians willing to pave the way.  Using time honored traditions, and techniques as well as the same quality materials used for human orthotics and prosthetics we can now help animals move more freely and easily when injury, amputation, or a deformity is present.  20 years ago if an animal was severely injured the last thing people thought about was rehab and a custom orthotic or prosthetic.  Today we google “dog knee brace” or “Horse prosthetic” and up pops several options including pictures and video’s.  Animal rehabilitation is also becoming more mainstream thanks to increased education for veterinarians, and when combined with orthotics nod prosthetics animals can be healed in the same way as humans with less invasive measures.  Surgery is expensive, scary and dangerous and non invasive measures can be a better way to help your special pet.  It’s no longer taboo to love your pet like a child and do all you can to help them live life to its fullest.  We are lucky to have the compassion, knowledge and technology to make animal dreams come true.  

“Client interest and demand has helped fuel the evolution of the field and profession, and veterinarians now can find more published studies as well as opportunities to learn about veterinary orthotics and prosthetics at meetings” writes Sandy Chebat in an article she wrote for Veterinary Practice News in 2017.  We have continued to see even more growth since then in the field of animal O&P.  Patrice M. Mich, DVM, MS, Dipl. ABVP, Dipl. ACVAA, Dipl. ACVSMR, CCRT was quoted as saying “Veterinary orthotics and prosthetics do work,” and “It can be a lifesaving and life-changing therapy in the right cases.”

 

Specialized Pet Solutions offers custom mobility devices for animals of all shapes and sizes, made with the highest quality materials available.  With 20+ years of O&P experience and 15 years working with animals Angela Boncz the owner, CEO and lead fabricator continues to improve upon this exciting and relatively new industry.  While maintaining high standards and a commitment to best practice.  Her mission is to provide affordable, less invasive, and easily accessible solution for animals with injuries, deformities, and amputations, and her vision is to help animals live their best lives.