Physiotherapy

The benefits of physiotherapy for animals include reducing pain, accelerating healing times, improving range of motion, increasing strength and muscle tone, reducing the risk of re-injury, improving proprioception and reducing muscle tension and trigger points. 

Physiotherapy can be used to help animals who have recently undergone surgery or sustained an injury, animals suffering from arthritis or other orthopaedic conditions such as elbow dysplasia/hip dysplasia, animals suffering from spinal problems causing them to display neurological deficits, animals with muscle tightness or trigger points and animals with damaged tendons or ligaments. 

Not only can physiotherapy help treat the primary issue, but by strengthening the animal and reducing pain, physiotherapy also reduces the risk of compensatory or secondary issues as well as the risk of re-injury. 

What to expect from a physiotherapy session? 

- Initial consult will include a full history check, full assessment (including static, dynamic, range of motion and palpation), followed by the relevant treatment. This will last 45 mins. 

- Follow up treatments will last 30 mins. 

- Treatments may include massage, stretching, passive range of motion, LASER therapy, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF), shortwave ultrasound therapy (3MHz and 1MHz), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), neuromuscular electrical nerve stimulation (NMES), heat therapy and cryotherapy. 

- A detailed report outlining assessment findings and treatment administered will be provided after the session.

- Homework exercises will be given that must be carried out between sessions to optimise treatments.