Tag: muscle

  • welcome to Chester

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    Hello and welcome to chester. This is the third and final dog from the same family. Mum knows its better to get them all a good check over and find things early! Mum has been taking her family to hydrotherapy for a while and one session, they noticed one of the legs had a bit…

  • Welcome to Charlie

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    Hello and welcome to Charlie. A dear little thing. He has been through the works as he ruptured both his cruciate ligaments in the past. But both have healed seemingly well and he was back to full normal life. But more rescently he has shown lameness. This is potentially quite a complicated case. On exam…

  • Welcome to Louie

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    Hello and welcome to Louie. Such a sweet cavalier king charles spaniel. He was seeming off balance and his mobility was getting worse. He was referred to fitzpatric and diagnosed with degenerative myleopathy. This was confirmed with genetic testing which came back positive. Sadly it means this illness will never be cured. Its very sad.…

  • Welcome to Delilah

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    Hello and welcome to Delilah. Lovely bulldog. He started showing lameness. Mum wanted it investigated but wanted to avoid anaesthetics if it was not needed. So he has come for physiotherapy. We have done our assessment and found a few issues. He has upright hocks, which can suggest hip pain, but there was no other…

  • Welcome to Delilah

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    Hello and welcome to Delilah. Lovely bulldog. He started showing lameness. Mum wanted it investigated but wanted to avoid anaesthetics if it was not needed. So he has come for physiotherapy. We have done our assessment and found a few issues. He has upright hocks, which can suggest hip pain, but there was no other…

  • Welcome to Boo

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    Hello and welcome to Boo. Oh such a cute jack russel with such lovely parents. He has had a happy life. Then he suddenly became very ill and vestibular syndrom was diagnosed. This is a nasty illness with unknown causes. It effects the inner ear. It makes the dogs eye track side to side (nystagmus),…

  • Welcome to Rosie

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    Hello and welcome to Rosie. She is such a dear little dog and well loved. Sadly she has become sore and lame over the past few months. Her mum remembers the first occurance like it was yesterday! She ran after a rabbit amd that was that. She recovered very fast though which was wonderful, but…

  • Welcome to Skipper

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    Hello and welcome to Skipper. He is such a sweetheart.  This beautiful Springer is a well loved boy. His mum noticed him “clicking”. We have all heard clicking in ourselves and others, but for skipper it seemed to get worse and there seemed to be some consistencies. So mum wanted to be sure there was…

  • Welcome to Poppy

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    Hello and welcome to Poppy.  Poor little cockerpoo. She is only 8 months old and already had a nasty accident. She is a super lucky girl! Hit at 50mph and just had her fractured pelvis! But it was a nasty fracture in 3 pieces, and took fitzpatrick referrals to fix it.  They have done a…

  • Welcome to Jake

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    Hello and welcome to jake.  This hansome cockerspaniel was rescently diagnosed with hip dysplasia and arthritis.  Both owner and vet agree conservative managment is ideal in this case and not surgery.  So he has come for physio. He had already responded well to the accupuncture which relieved the pain. Having done our assessment, we have…