Month: May 2019

  • Welcome to Nelly

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    Hello and welcome to Nelly. This very cute labrador has elbow disease. Also know as elbow dysplasia and developmemtal elbow disease. This is incredibly common and its severity varies. It is a nasty dysfunction of the elbow that leads to pain, cartilage damage and eventually arthitis. Getting help early is essential. Nelly did have her…

  • See gravity force in action on limbs.

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    One of my clients kindly filmed this video when she was at the beach with her dog. It clearly shows gravity force in action. Our dogs body and limbs go through a lot during ball play. Here you can see how the paw prints change depth in the sand dramatically, when the ball is clearly…

  • Welcome to Storm

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    Hello and welcome to Storm. Such a happy, massive labrador. Poor thing has been suffering arthritis in his hocks from an early age. It was so bad that he was referred to a specialist orthopeadic surgeon who felt the only solution was an arthrodesis. This is not uncommon and involves using a plate to stabalise…

  • Welcome to Monty

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    Hello and welcome to Monty. This is a very sweet and excitable dog who loves to have a lot of fun! Monty was out having fun in a lake, when he came back severly bleeding. He had managed to cut right through 5 of his digital tendons on his hind limb! He had emergancy surgery…

  • Welcome to Scarlett

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    Hello and welcome to Scarlett. A very nervous standard poodle. But very sweet. Her mum told us at the end of the session, that she had never laid down in a therapy session anywhere before. So we were super proud of how well she relaxed for us! She was no stranger to physio, but her…

  • Welcome to Skye

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    Hello and welcome to Skye. Such a sweet hungarian Visla. She is super nervous too. Luckily we could put her at ease enough for our treatment programe. This one was pretty intence. She managed to rupture her cruciate ligament. Very sad at 10 years old. But she is so fit and healthy so she had…

  • Welcome to Wilma

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    Hello and welcome to Wilma. She is very cute. Sadly she is quite a poorly girl, with immune mediated polyarthiritis, and skin issues when not on her steroids. She most rescently had a FHO also know as a femoral head ostectomy. This is where the head of the femur is removed so thst the body…

  • Welcome to Baloo

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    Hello and welcome to Baloo. Such a sweet labrador. He is a biggun! Sadly he ruptured his cruciate ligament. His mum decided to opt for conservative management. This is very difficult in any dog over 15kg, but as he was not totally lame and had improved by himself over a week, we thought it was…

  • Welcone to Jack

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    Hello and welcome to Jack. Such a sweet man. He is also great proof of how well a patient can relax in our chilled, homely environment. He is a rescue and has clearly had a difficult past, so the vets sent a care warning with his referral. Well, we have never seen anything other than…

  • Welcome to Harley

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    Hello and welcome to Harely. He is massive! Continental giant! And so beautiful. This one really knows how to pull your heart strings. Harley was starting to have some mobility issues. So an x-ray was done. This showed arthritis in both knees. Harley was referred to physio. It soon became apparent that the issue was…