Georgia Veterinary Rehabilitation FAQs

Our medical team has the training, experience, knowledge and desire to deliver the best in veterinary rehabilitation. Our treatment philosophy is to first understand the patient as a whole, then tailor a rehabilitation plan with the right combination of treatment options for your pet, as well as for you.

The best rehabilitation results are achieved through a combination of experience, skills, techniques, and tools, which GVR is well positioned to provide. GVR’s veterinarians have significant experience and post graduate training in soft tissue and neurologic condition diagnosis, rehabilitation and pain management. Effective soft tissue diagnosis, rehabilitation and pain management are skills developed through a great deal of experience and specialized training.

Our initial evaluation appointments are usually 60-90 minutes but can be up to 2 hours if we are examining a very intense case such as a paralyzed dog. All first-time patients receive this thorough ‘nose to tail’ examination from one of our experienced and certified veterinarians. This evaluation assesses for structural abnormalities, strength imbalances and loss, connective tissue weaknesses, loss of flexibility, loss of feeling and hidden pain.

To schedule an initial appointment, call us at 678-803-2626. Our initial appointment phone calls can take up to 20 minutes, as we need to collect information about you, your pet and their medical history. To expedite the process of scheduling your pet’s initial appointment, we welcome you to complete our short online form or print out the PDF on the pet owners tab and either email it to [email protected] or fax it to 678-803-2646.

At GVR, we are dedicated to making sure each patient gets individual attention and individual treatment. This means that we cannot predict exactly what treatments a rehabilitation plan will include or how long your pet will need to receive rehabilitation. However, we are dedicated to developing a plan appropriate for you and that will give your pet the most successful outcome.

Rehab is best started within 3-5 days of being discharged from the hospital (sooner in some cases). Due to the amount of time we dedicate to initial evaluations, their appointment availability can be limited in any week. We recommend that you call GVR before your pet’s surgery so that our Customer Service Representatives can coordinate our initial evaluation appointment with the scheduled surgery date. By scheduling early, you will be assured of having an initial evaluation appointment in place.

An initial evaluation by a rehabilitation veterinarian is important to the success of rehabilitation in many ways. Without a thorough initial evaluation, our doctors won’t be able to craft a customized treatment plan for your pet’s specific situation or know how well your pet is doing after surgery. The initial evaluation allows us to determine your pet’s stage of healing and best customize a treatment and rehabilitation plan.

When making a medical decision about your pet, it is best to get a surgical as well as a rehabilitation evaluation. In some cases, the most conservative approach to treatment is the better option. Rehab is a more conservative approach than surgery. However, the only way to understand if rehab will be effective in your dog’s case is to have an evaluation. This will allow us to understand the case so we can lay out all your options,, including surgery if indicated.

For your convenience, GVR is open Monday through Thursday from 8am to 8pm, and Fridays from 8am to 4pm. We are also open every other Saturday from 9am to 2pm. There are relatively few options in the Atlanta area for the quality of veterinary physical rehabilitation services we offer. As such, our caseload can be heavy.We ask for your patience and cooperation when booking appointments.

Most pet insurance companies cover veterinary rehabilitation performed at GVR, as our services are performed in a veterinary clinical setting and prescribed by our veterinarians. The American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians (AARV) lists the pet insurance companies and how they treat rehabilitation services, including physical exercises, hydrotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture and laser.

Most pet insurance companies cover veterinary rehabilitation performed at GVR, as our services are performed in a veterinary clinical setting and prescribed by our veterinarians. The American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians (AARV) lists the pet insurance companies and how they treat rehabilitation services, including physical exercises, hydrotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture and laser.

GVR accepts MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express, cash, and personal checks. Full payment is required at the time of treatment.