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Veterinary Physiotherapy
Veterinary physiotherapy fundamentally aims to restore and optimise functional, pain free movement in animals following dysfunction, injury, disease, surgery, and for general performance improvement.
What can physiotherapy do?
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Optimise recovery following injury or surgery
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Promote healing
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Improve mobility
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Enhance performance
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Improve balance and co-ordination
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Reduce pain
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Improve quality of life
How do we do this?
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Taking a thorough case history of your animal
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Performing a comprehensive assessment of your animals posture, movement, musculoskeletal health and joint range of motion
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Formulating a holistic, individually tailored treatment plan to set them up for successful recovery or optimal performance
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Performing a full treatment
What techniques do we use?
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Soft tissue techniques eg. massage, myofascial release and trigger point therapy
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Manual therapies eg. stretching and joint mobilisations
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Electrotherapeutic modalities
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Remedial exercise prescription
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Management advice
See lists of conditions and indications below
So how do I know if my animal could benefit from physiotherapy?
Does your horse show any of the following?
Reduction in performance
Misbehaviour
Grinding teeth
Sensitive back
Lameness
Decreased hindlimb engagement
Girthing issues
Difficulty mounting
Uneven shoe wear
Favours one rein
Difficult to shoe
Favours one canter lead
Struggles with jumping
If so, they could benefit from physiotherapy
Does your dog show any of the following?
Stiff when getting up
Reluctance to play
Difficulty with stairs
Weakness
Reduced performance
Signs of old age
Adverse to touch
Injury
Decreased mobility
Poor performance
Lameness
Bad tempered
Sensitive back
Misbehaviour
Loss of function
If so, they could benefit from physiotherapy
Equine
Conditions
Poor performance
Back pain
Kissing spines
Arthritis
Locking stifle
Wound healing
Neck pain
Sporting injuries
Fractures
Swollen/restricted joints
Geriatric care
Soft tissue injuries
Tendon injury
Sacroiliac dysfunction
Suspensory desmitis
Neurological injuries
Wobblers
Canine
Conditions
Arthritis
Patella luxation
Intervertebral disc disease
Geriatric care
Fracture repair
Sporting injuries
Neurological conditions
Cruciate ligament injury
Pain
Loss of function
Wound healing
Hip dysplasia
Elbow dysplasia
Spinal stiffness/soreness
Neck pain
