Correcting Your Pet's Bone, Joint & Ligament Issues
Orthopedic Injuries or diseases can affect your dog or cat's bones, nerves, tendons, ligaments, or muscles. They often cause considerable pain and significantly reduce your pet's quality of life. If your pet develops an orthopedic condition, you may notice that your once active companion is no longer as enthusiastic to play, run, jump, or walk like they used to be.
When other treatment options prove ineffective, surgery may be able to help reduce your pet's pain and restore their zest for life. Even in severe cases, orthopedic surgeries can help prevent recurring injuries and joint degeneration. Our professionals work with patients with a variety of problems including cruciate tears and arthritis.
From planning and performing your pet's surgery to guiding you through post-operative care at home, we will do everything in our power to keep you and your pet as comfortable as possible.
Managing Pain Before & After Surgery
Pain management before, during, and after surgery is essential to proper healing and a positive patient experience. We follow strict protocols for addressing pet pain and have a wide variety of pharmaceutical and non-traditional therapies to help relieve discomfort.
Injuries & Illness That Requires Orthopedic Surgery
Our pets can experience a wide range of conditions affecting the health of bones, joints and ligaments. When these conditions strike, pain develops and reduced mobility is inevitable. To get your pets up and playing comfortably again, our clinic provides surgery to treat the following conditions:
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Cruciate Ligament Tears
A dog's cranial cruciate ligament connects the lower leg to the upper leg and works to stabilize the leg during movement. This essential part of your dog's leg is similar to the ACL in humans. Injuries to the cruciate ligament result in partial or complete joint instability, pain and immobility.
Torn cruciate ligaments in dogs typically require surgical repair to relieve pain, prevent arthritis and restore mobility.
At Veterinary Medical Associates, our team uses an extracapsular technique for repairing these injuries. This approach requires fewer post-surgical restrictions for dogs and heals much more quickly than traditional cruciate surgeries.
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Luxating Patellas
The patella (knee cap) lies in a cartilaginous groove at the end of the femur at the stifle. A luxating patella occurs when the knee cap moves out of its natural position. Knee cap problems are common in many dog breeds, both large and small.
Surgery is recommended for pets that have significant lameness due to luxating patellas. Surgery can help to stabilize the patella, keeping it in its appropriate location at all times.
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Broken Wings & Legs in Birds
At Veterinary Medical Associates, we can repair damaged wings and legs for our avian patients. Every patient is different, so we will determine the best treatment option once we've evaluated your bird's condition.
Extracapsular Surgery For Cruciate Injuries in Dogs
Here at Veterinary Medical Associates, we want to help pets get back to walking and running comfortably as quickly as possible but that can be a challenge with cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) tears.
There are a number of treatment options for minor CCL tears including physical therapy, cold laser therapy, and acupuncture, but when it comes to surgical intervention for more serious tears, we prefer to perform extracapsular surgery.
We have surgically repaired hundreds of CCL injuries with this technique, as it allows for a faster return to function for our patients compared to other cruciate surgeries.
New Patients Welcome
Veterinary Medical Associates is accepting new patients! For over 50 years, our team has been setting the bar for exceptional veterinary care. Book your pet's first appointment today.
Hours
Saturday Appointments Available
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- Monday:08:00 am - 06:00 pm
- Tuesday:08:00 am - 06:00 pm
- Wednesday:08:00 am - 06:00 pm
- Thursday:08:00 am - 06:00 pm
- Friday:08:00 am - 06:00 pm
- Saturday:08:00 am - 01:00 pm
- Sunday:Closed
We may not always have a doctor on duty on Saturdays. In these cases, we are only open from 9:00am until 12:00pm for medication pickup.