Sports Medicine focuses on the medical and surgical problems our canine athletes and working dogs encounter. Its function is not only curative and rehabilitative, but most importantly, preventative.
Illness or injury in sports can be caused by many factors – from environmental to physiological and psychological. At VOSM, we believe the management of diseases and other such problems in the canine athlete demands both medical expertise and sport-specific knowledge.

- Lameness and gait analysis - Canine lameness, or limping, is a decrease in an animal's ability to bear weight on a limb, a decrease in activity and normal limb mobility, and/or stiffness upon rising.

- Medial Shoulder Instability - Also known as Rotator Cuff Injury

- Diagnosis and treatment of tendinopathies - Tendinopathies involves any problems with tendons, such as tendonitis, tendonosis, or tenosynovitis.

- Assessment for rehabilitation - VOSM is committed to providing the highest quality veterinary rehabilitative care. We offer a variety of services in order to relieve pain, retain movement, restore function, and promote health and wellness in our animal community.

- Chronic pain management - At VOSM, we take a comprehensive approach to pain management in order to best determine the treatment that is right for your pet.

- Working and Performance dog consultations - Dr. Zink is our canine Sports Medicine Consultant, evaluating canine structure and locomotion and designing individualized re-training and conditioning programs for canine athletes and working dog breeds.