What is the history of hydrotherapy in veterinary medicine?
Drawing initially from the documented success in human physical therapy, hydrotherapy was one of the earliest modalities to be integrated with veterinary practice. Because productivity in certain industries at one time depended on keeping highly valued working animals in functioning condition, inventions to provide hydrotherapy to animals as large as horses appeared as early as the 19th century. The specific interest in canine rehabilitation started with the horse racing industry and branched out to include house pets. Veterinarians today continue to gain confidence in hydrotherapy through performing scientific case studies on animals comparable to those performed on humans and by observing similarly positive results. On which types of animals is hydrotherapy practiced? Horses and dogs most frequently participate in hydrotherapy, however it is not unheard of for cats to be prescribed sessions in the water and surprisingly they are often quite cooperative. Who practices hydrotherapy? Ou
