What Is Veterinary Physiotherapy?
Veterinary physiotherapy helps speed up recovery from injury or surgery, reduces pain and inflammation, and improves mobility and overall quality of life for animals.
It supports performance enhancement and helps prevent future injuries through targeted rehabilitation and conditioning.
It is used with agreement from your veterinarian to support your animals needs.
What Treatments Can I Expect?
Manual/Hands On Therapy
- Soft Tissue Mobilisation and Massage
- Myofascial Release and Trigger Pointing
- Joint Mobilisation and Manipulation
- Active and Passive Stretching
- Reflex Inhibition
- Exercise Advice and Prescription
- Taping
Electrotherapy
- Laser
- Neuromuscular Electrostimulation
- Cryotherapy advice
Splinting and Equipment
- Bespoke splinting
- Advice on pre purchase splinting
- Registered Zoomadog Wheelchair fitter
Equine
Equine physiotherapy benefits horses across all disciplines
whether they're recovering from a specific injury or condition, or simply aiming to maintain peak performance and prevent future issues.
What To Expect At Your Horses Appointment?
- I’ll start by taking a thorough history with you - understanding why you’ve asked me to see your horse, and reviewing any veterinary investigations or treatments they’ve had
- We’ll talk about your support team - farrier, saddler, dentist, nutritionist - and how we can work together for your horse’s benefit
- I’ll watch your horse move in-hand and if possible on the lunge, unless there are any exercise restrictions
- If you have any videos of them being ridden, I can review these too
- Next, I’ll do a hands-on assessment - feeling for pain, stiffness, movement limitations, throughout the whole body
- After the assessment I will build a treatment plan tailored to your horse and we will go through this in the session
Canine
Canine physiotherapy can benefit dogs of all activity levels
Whether they're....
- Family pets,
- Working dogs
- Agility athletes
Our bespoke service is tailored to meet the needs of every dog!
- I’ll start by taking a thorough history with you -understanding why you’ve asked me to see your dog, and reviewing any veterinary investigations or treatments they’ve had
- I’ll watch your dog move on a lead, in a straight line and in circles
- If you have any videos of them doing their sport or activity, I can review these too
- Next, I’ll do a hands-on assessment - feeling for pain, stiffness, movement limitations, throughout the whole body
- After the assessment I will build a treatment plan tailored to your dog and we will go through this in the session
What to Expect at Your Dogs Appointment?
Exercise Prescription
To get the most out of your treatment you will commonly be given and individualised exercise or rehabilitation plan for your animal.
This is for you to continue after/between sessions.
Exercise prescription involves creating individual rehabilitation and conditioning program to address the problems identified in the assessment process.
Each plan is customised to your animal’s specific needs, whether for post-injury care, managing chronic conditions, or optimising fitness and performance
Electrotherapy
Laser
We have a class 3B Laser which may benefit your animal's program.
Therapeutic laser can help reduce pain and inflammation and speed up healing after injury.
It is a non-invasive procedure which can be incorporated as part of your wider treatment plan.
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES), also known as e‑stim or muscle-stim, is a common electrotherapy modality used in veterinary physiotherapy to support muscle health, function, and recovery.
It can help to enhance strength, improve circulation and promote pain relief and healing.
Splinting and Equipment
Splinting
Our Physiotherapist has 13 years human NHS physiotherapy experience specialising in bespoke splinting. We can advise and assist in fabrication of your individual splinting needs.
Please get in touch with your issue so we can help you further.
We can also assist with advising and fitting of pre-fabricated splints to ensure they work effectively for your animal.
Equipment
We can help with advice, fitting and use of equipment such as walking assistance harnesses and wheelchairs.
Please get in touch with your issue so we can help you further.