The objectives of rehabilitation programmes for animals and humans with spinal cord injury are to restore function and address pain and in so doing improve the patient’s quality of life. While the previous article indicated that starting a stretching protocol during the acute phase of the injury had an adverse effect on restoring locomotion function, this article will discuss other treatments to restore function and address pain.

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an injury to the spinal cord that can results in motor and/ or sensory defects and paralysis.

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Joint hypermobility syndrome or JHS is a disorder affecting the connective tissue that leads to joint laxity.

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