Initial Assessments

First I will have chat with you about why your animal is starting physiotherapy, what conditions they may have been diagnosed with and any concerns or worries you have. I will also double-check that your vet is happy for me to progress with physiotherapy and I have all the up-to-date forms and case history of your animal. Next, I will start, my assessment, depending on your animal it may vary in order. Generally, I start with a visual static assessment, looking at your animal's confirmation, muscles balance and general behaviour. Followed by a dynamic assessment to see how they are moving and how comfortable they are moving. After which I will palpate (feel) your animal to assess for any differences in texture, tone, tenderness and temperature while assessing their behavioural reactions.

After the assessment, I will feedback to you and talk you through what I would like to do for the rest of the session. Click here to find out what treatments I offer. I will carry out my treatments.

Once I have performed the treatments, at this point I may be able to give you a very rough timescale of how long it will take for your animal to heal/improve. Please note this is NOT set in stone, each animal is different. I then set what I call homework, which is basically exercises, management tips and advice and treatments you can do at home to ensure your animal gets the most out of physiotherapy. All homework will be demonstrated where appropriate to ensure that you feel comfortable and happy performing it.