Susan D. Mize,
PT, CCRP
Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner
At Hampton Roads Pet Rehabilitation,
each patient will be evaluated and provided treatment by Susan D. Mize, PT,
CCRP. Susan received her Physical Therapy degree from The Medical College Of
Virginia in 1985. She has extensive experience in all areas of Physical
Therapy-- in the hospital, home and outpatient settings; including orthopaedic,
neurologic, intensive care, wound care, geriatric and industrial medicine, as
well as canine rehabilitation. She established and managed several large
facilities prior to opening her own private "human" practice in 1999, Hampton
Roads Physical Therapy. Susan has obtained multiple specialty facility
certifications, published Physical Therapy patient instruction manuals,
presented educational seminars and workshops and provided numerous newspaper
and television media interviews on a variety of informational and educational
Physical Therapy and Rehab topics.
In 2001, Susan sought to combine her
passion for Physical Therapy and her life-long love for all animals in the
establishment of a second practice, Hampton Roads Pet Rehabilitation; --"my
heart's desire". Over the course of twenty-plus years, Susan has witnessed the
difference that Physical Therapy makes in the lives of her human patients; and
she has worked with her own pets and those of many others to help them with a
variety of orthopaedic, neurological and internal medicine diagnoses, to
achieve the same results.
"Can you imagine having surgery on
your knee, or a hip replacement, or suffering a life-altering paralysis, and
NOT having Physical Therapy or Rehab? How could that be any different for
animals? Taboo, Miko, Sierra, Cody, Lucky, Jaguar, Mercedes and countless
others have all taught me that animals benefit and respond to physical
rehabilitation just like humans; and that it can make all the difference in the
world". - Susan D. Mize, PT, CCRP.
Susan devoted 2.5 years to the formal
study of Canine Rehabilitation. She received her instruction from the world's
top experts in the field, and also completed one year of Veterinary
internships. She obtained her certification in Canine Rehabilitation from the
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine and the Program in
Physical Therapy in 2003, and she is one of only a few Certified Canine
Rehabilitation Practitioners in the world.