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Hearts and Paws Gala: Interview with Dr. Debbie Torraca of Wizard of Paws

Hearts and Paws Gala: Interview with Dr. Debbie Torraca of Wizard of Paws.

Dr. Debbie (Gross) Torraca has been involved in the field of canine physical rehabilitation and conditioning for over twenty years. She began her career in human sports medicine and quickly made the transformation over to canine physical rehabilitation and sports medicine.

You can support our K9 Gala and help keep our K9 Teams in CT safe!

The Hometown Foundation, Inc., and iHeartMedia are teaming up to host the first annual Hearts & Paws Gala. The Gala will not only benefit the Foundation's K-9 pillar, which provides K-9s, training, and equipment to departments in need but also celebrate our K-9 officers for their dedication in the field.

The event will feature hors d'oeuvres, dinner and dessert, an open bar, raffles, giveaways, music, special surprises, and more! Individual tickets, full tables, and sponsorship opportunities are available. Buy a ticket to support the K-9 program or purchase a ticket that will be gifted to a K-9 officer to enjoy a night out.

This event will take place at Farmington Polo Club on Saturday, February 11th.

To buy tickets, look into sponsorships or donate a ticket/table to K-9 Officers, click here!

More about Dr. Debbie Torraca:

Dr. Debbie (Gross) Torraca has been involved in the field of canine physical rehabilitation and conditioning for over twenty years. She began her career in human sports medicine and quickly made the transformation over to canine physical rehabilitation and sports medicine. She began with a BS at Boston University, an advanced MS from Quinnipiac College, and a doctorate at the University of Tennessee. She is also a certified canine rehabilitation practitioner and is one of the founding persons involved in the University of Tennessee Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner program. She continues to play an integral role in the continued growth and advancement of the program. She founded the Certified Canine Manual Therapy program through the University of Tennessee. In addition, she believes that each day should be a learning experience and continuously seeks continuing education opportunities in the classroom and in real life experiences!

Dr. Torraca has been teaching throughout the world on many topics related to canine physical rehabilitation and canine sports medicine and is widely published on the topic of canine physical rehabilitation, photobiomodulation in a rehabilitation and performance setting, joint mobilization and manual therapy, as well as canine performance. She has many DVDs, articles, and additional information published for the professional and dog lover on topics ranging from conditioning, structure, injury prevention, stretching, strengthening, performance, and rehabilitation. She has been very involved with professional research in the area of canine performance and treatment of canine performance issues and the use of photobiomodulation in the treatment of canine sports performance and degenerative myelopathy. She absolutely loves spending time in her clinics, Wizard of Paws Physical Rehabilitation for Animals, LLC. Her love of animals and rehabilitation is demonstrated through her practice and her teaching – she loves what she does and it is obvious. She is often sought out for her advice throughout the world and is thrilled to be able to offer her advice to others to help animals. She co-owns TotoFit (TotoFit.com) and is dedicated to providing phthalate and latex-free, quality, and affordable fitness equipment and programs for dogs.


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