Animal Physiotherapy Ltd.

Tag: disk

  • Welcome to Murphy

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    Hello and welcome to Murphy! That was one very cute dog! So well behaved! Poor thing has a bad back. All seemed well, until one day he came in looking super sore and his back was arched Vet exam concluded he may have some disk damage. He was given pain relief and physio suggested, so…

  • Welcome to Falcon

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    Hello and welcome to Falcon. Such a sweet whippet x. Sadly she has had some back problems in her past. She recovered well. But she started to slow down and look a little stiff. So mum and dad decided it was time to see if there was anything else that could be done. She came…

  • Welcome to Henry

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    Hello and welcome to Henry. A very nervous Weimerana. But so loving and sweet. He has come for physiotherapy to help with his hip arthritis and disk disease that was all diagnosed at the vets. Mum is keen to keep him comfy and off the drugs for as long as possible. As a physiotherapist, we…

  • Welcome to Crystal

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    Hello and welcome to Crystal. This was a feisty little pek! It involves one of travel and proves that moving continent does not mean we don’t take our problems with us. Poor crystal had suffered intervertebral disk disease in South Africa. She had recovered well and was under her SA physio. But the family relocated…

  • Welcome to Monty

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    Hello and welcome to Monty. So sweet. He had an intervertebral disk disease issue a few years ago that was fixed and everything seemed to be fine. But then it seemed to happen again. The owner did really well and was very pleased with opting for conservative management, so no surgery. The healing was quite…

  • Welcome to Dolly

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    Hello and welcome to Dolly. She is a very cute and well behaved little dachund. Sadly this breed are very prone to poor disks. This is the case in most dwarf breeds. The issue was detected quickly and she was rushed for surgery and the spine was fixed. However there was already damage done to…

  • Welcome to Larry

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    Hello and welcome to Larry. Such a sweet german sheppard. And massive one too! He has currently been crate rested following his hemilaminactomy. He is doing wonderfully well. This was not a straight foward disk disease as it took a while for the symptoms to come on enough for the vets to diagnose it. But…

  • Welcome to Hershy

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    Hello and welcome to Hershy. She has been doing very well in her later years but has sadly rescently deteriorated and needs some more help. She has a calcifed disk in her neck, possible intervertrable disk disease and possible cruciate ligament disease. She has seen a specialist. She has now been referred to us for…

  • Welcome to Rene

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    Hello and welcome to Rene. Such a cute and loved boxer.  Sadly one of his spinal disks exploded under pressure and some of the disk material has bruised his spinal cord. Luckily for him, it moved quickly and the pressure was quickly relived meaning he could start healing.  He went to Fitzpatrick referrals and has…