Animal Physiotherapy Ltd.

Author: Brian_S

  • Welcome to Nell

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    Hello and welcome to Nell. You will have seen the rescent post about Coco. This is Coco’s sister. After having such a wonderful effect on Coco, mum decided we must work on Nell! We are thrilled to report that there were less issues to find on Nell and so she has responded to treatment very…

  • Welcome to Coco

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    Hello and welcome to Coco. She is such a sweet little terrier with quite a story. Her and her sister were rehomed at 7yrs old due to owner illness. But they have landed on thier feet with an amazing new family. Life was all good until the dog walker started to notice some slight lameness…

  • Welcome to Lacie

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    Hello and welcome to Lacie. She is a dearly loved staffie, and suprisingly calm! She had luxating patella and had to have surgery. Sadly she needed both sides opporated on in less than a year. She came for physio to help with the recovery. Physio wasn’t started immediatly, but her mum really noticed the fast…

  • Welcome Nala

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    Hello and welcome to Nala. Such a sweet girl! Nala had luxating patella on both sides. Her knees dislocated. She had surgery to fix the issue. However she was still having issues with lameness. This is not unusual. Rehabillitation is very normal in the human world following surgery, but is often missed in the animal…

  • Welcome to Rebel

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    Hello and welcome to Rebel! Such a cute Yorkie. He really is a dear little dog with a huge personality! This little bean refused to let a sore knee slow him down! He was crazy difficult to keep calm! Fortunately it is far easier to conservatively manage a small dog with a ruptured cruciate. So…

  • Welcome to Crystal

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    Hello and welcome to Crystal! Amazing story….she lived in south Africa and hurt her back….she saw one of my fellow physios in south Africa.During lockdown i “meet” her physio Candice… This owner moved to the UK and changed to us for physiotherapy….it was amazing when we realised we had both treated the same dog from…

  • welcome to Bowen

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    Hello and welcome to Bowen. He is a lovely boy with a very worried mum. His brother had degenerative myleopathy which we know is a genetic issue. The difficulty with this illness is that you can’t diagnose it with a test. We can test only to see if you carry the gene, but not that,…

  • Pain score halved!

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    We had to blog that a pain score had been halved! We routinely use LOAD scores now to determine pain levels. LOAD is a liverpool university validated pain scoring system for arthritis. So you can’t argue with the science! We are thrilled when we get the scored back as they show us progression. What we…

  • Welcome to Bella

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    Hello and welcome to Bella. Such a lovely Labrador. She was referred to us for her arthritis. She had lameness in her knee. Bella really enjoyed her massage and PEMF treatment. However it was also evident we had to help her with her body weight. Correct body weight is highly important in fighting arthritis as…

  • Welcome to Albert

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    Hello and welcome to Albert! This was an earlier photo of this lovely lad. Albert sadly suffered a spinal disk rupture and had spinal surgery. Sadly his case wasn’t one of the successful ones. But he is still loved and cared for and its still a really important story to share. Afterall, if we could…