For Pet Professionals

ANIMAL PHYSICAL THERAPY & REHABILITATION

Evidence-based Guidance for Movement, Healing, and Care.

What The Pet Professional Path Looks Like In Practice

A consistent framework to move from evaluation to treatment to client education — with clarity, in real-time.

LEARN

Understand rehabilitation concepts with clarity and confidence.

DO

Apply clinical reasoning through structured treatment planning.

EDUCATE

Support clients with clear, consistent, home-ready guidance.

Together, these tools support confident clinical reasoning, consistent care delivery, and meaningful client engagement — without adding complexity to your workflow.

Why I Built It This Way

When I first entered the field of animal rehabilitation, I didn’t have the resources I needed.

I felt uncertain and alone — which was very different from my background in evidence-based human physical therapy. In human practice, I understood the recovery process. I knew how to reason through treatment, how long progress typically took, and how to guide clients through home programs with confidence.

Animal rehabilitation was different.

Over time, I began teaching for an international rehabilitation education company and saw firsthand how differently physical therapists and veterinarians learn, think, and apply information.

Both groups are capable of extraordinary outcomes — but their training, clinical instincts, and problem-solving approaches are different.

Later, working as a physical therapist at a leading veterinary teaching hospital deepened this understanding. I learned how veterinarians interpret and apply evidence, where their strengths lie, and which rehabilitation-specific skills are simply not part of their formal training — not as a criticism, but as a reflection of how different professions are educated.

At the same time, I saw how challenging it can be for physical therapists to treat patients who cannot provide verbal feedback, and how isolating that responsibility can feel.

What became clear to me was this: the greatest challenge in animal rehabilitation was not a lack of knowledge —

it was a misalignment in how the two professions are trained to think, learn, and apply care.

So I built a system that supports both physical therapists and veterinarians.

It is a shared process of learning, doing, and educating that respects how each profession thinks and works.

This approach helps physical therapists feel confident treating non-verbal patients, and it helps veterinarians develop hands-on rehabilitation skills and clinical reasoning strategies traditionally rooted in physical therapy practice.

The result is better collaboration, mutual respect, and clearer care — for professionals, for clients, and for pets.

That process is now available to you:

in your clinic, and at home, with clarity — in real time.

You can enter the process where it best supports your work right now.

Supporting Physical therapists and Veterinarians

the full clinical care process

From evaluation and treatment planning to video-based home programs.

  • Learn

    Evidence-based clinical insight.

    Build and refresh your understanding using current evidence and real-world clinical experience — without overwhelm.

    What you’ll find

    Educational videos with diagnosis-specific overviews

    GoGoCharlie Exercise of the Month Newsletter

    The APTA Animal Physical Therapy SIG podcast

    Explore Free Clinical Education
  • Do

    Do

    Treatment plans and clinical reasoning

    Translate knowledge into confident treatment planning to support — not replace — clinical judgment.

    What you’ll find

    Region-specific evaluation videos

    Diagnosis-specific treatment videos

    Dignosis-specific treatment plans (download)

    Access Clincal Plans

  • Educate

    Client-ready home programs and resources

    Provide clear, consistent home programs that help clients understand what to do — and why it matters.

    What you’ll find

    Video-based home programs

    Handouts and exercise trackers

    Ongoing content updates

    Learn About Home Programs
“Support strengthens clinical judgment. When we feel safe, our minds lean in to challenges with grace and ease.”
— Sasha Foster

Who This Is For

This platform was built to support professionals who carry the responsibility of clinical decision-making — and want to do that work with clarity, confidence, and collaboration.

This platform is designed exclusively for licensed Physical Therapists (PTs) and Veterinarians (DVMs) providing or integrating animal rehabilitation care.

It’s for professionals who:

  • Perform evaluation and clinical decision-making

  • Use or are developing manual therapy and hands-on skills

  • Are exploring certification, newly certified, or integrating rehab alongside another clinical role

  • Are expanding diagnoses in their caseload and want structured support

  • Are veterinary specialists in training (Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Neurology)

  • Value a professional, collaborative learning environment without judgment

Who This Is Not For

To maintain clinical safety and scope:

  • Not for veterinary technicians or assistants

  • Not for PT assistantsPTAs or aides

  • Not for unlicensed or non-PT/DVM professionals

  • Not for pet owners or general audiences

License verification is required at sign-up.

Built for clinicians responsible for evaluation, treatment decisions, and patient outcomes.

Enter the process where it best supports your work right now.