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VetVine Client Care
Body Weight Supported In Water
Integrative Care & Pain Management
This question was submitted in a past webinar (2016) on the topic of Water Therapy:
Question: Can you please indicate, again, the % body weight supported at the various water levels (as depicted in this slide):
Answer provided Deirdre Chiaramonte, DVM, DACVIM, CCRT, CVA:
Weight bearing is approximately 91% of body weight when the water is at hock level. It is approximately 85% if at stifle level and 38% of body weight when at the level of the greater trochanter.