Veterinary Rehabilitation Services

14/02/2025

🎓🐾 Happy Graduation Money Penny! 🐾🎓 This energetic girl has been working with us for the past two months on her hip arthritis and compensatory spinal pain.

Through a combination of laser therapy, massage and therapeutic exercise she has managed to get back to a normal pain free life and without medication!

Well done Money Penny, here’s to many happy, healthy adventures ahead

09/11/2024

You see us at work all the time, but ever wonder what we are doing when we aren’t at work?

This past month has seen Dr Yoko travel to Sydney to speak at and then present at the giving talks on for neurologic patients and this week, she will be presenting a veterinary webinar for Zoetis on for patients with osteoarthritis ! 🤓

08/11/2024

🎓🐾 Happy Graduation Maggie! 🐾🎓 This cheeky little girl has been working with us for the past couple of months on her hip arthritis and compensatory spinal pain.

Through a combination of laser therapy, massage and therapeutic exercise she has managed to get back to a normal pain free life and without medication!

Maggie’s mum describes her as being the “most Jack Russel she’s ever been” 😂 Well done Maggie, here’s to many happy, healthy adventures ahead

24/10/2024

Happy Graduation to Baloo & Winston! These two boys (and their families) have been working very hard to improve their mobility.
🐾 Baloo has been suffering with hip dysplasia since a puppy and had atrophy of the supporting muscles.
🐾 Winston also has hip arthritis but had been overusing his muscles which resulted in compensatory spinal pain and hamstring tension

We’re very pleased they are both back to normal pain free lives ❤️

01/08/2024

Our team have been sharing this research with you since Dr Khan presented at ANZCVS Science Week 2022, and are excited to share it’s publication (free to read) in the link below 🤓

Over the past couple of years, some of you may have heard of the Cambridge Vet School non-surgical IVDD study. The results have just been published. It’s a great write-up and quite groundbreaking!

Dogs unable to walk due to disc extrusion (IVDD) were cared for WITHOUT surgery. They had an MRI scan at the start of the study and another MRI scan after 12 weeks. These scans helped to make the diagnosis, and they also showed how compressed (squashed) the spinal cord was in each case.

The big questions were:
❓How many of these dogs would start walking again without having had surgery?
❓How compressed was each dog’s spinal cord at the start of the study?
❓Were they still just as compressed at the end of the study, 12 weeks later?

Results were interesting and included the following:
✅Out of the dogs that had deep pain sensation, NEARLY ALL of them (49 of 51 dogs, 96%) started walking again within 12 weeks. Most of them walked much sooner than this.
✅Out of those with NO deep pain sensation, nearly half of them (10 of 21 dogs, 48%) started walking again within 12 weeks. That’s WITHOUT surgery.
✅Spinal cord compression reduced in some dogs over the 12 week study period. That’s despite not having had surgery to remove the disc material that caused this compression.
✅Many dogs started walking again despite the fact that their spinal cord was still compressed, ie ‘Recovery was not dependent on the resolution of compression’

💛The authors concluded that if spinal surgery isn’t possible as it’s not available in the area or is too expensive, non-surgical management is a valid alternative.

There’s plenty of detail in the write-up, and it’s free for all to read or download via this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jvim.17149

Many thanks to Jep for this photo

31/07/2024

Did you know that outside the busy times at work, Dr Yoko keeps herself busy not only preparing and giving talks on but also organising the pre conference workshop and lecture stream of the conference?

Last week she was at the annual Gold Coast event, hosting the pre conference workshop on ultrasound and lectures on rehabilitation for and amongst other topics featuring leaders in the field of .

Once again she has come back to Perth full of the latest in and can’t wait to share it with you! 🤓

07/06/2024

Congratulations on all your hard work Kara!! We are very proud of your achievement❤️🤓

Congratulations to CRI's May graduates! Great job!
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08/05/2024

We are super excited to share that Kara has officially become a Certified Canine Rehabilitation Vet Nurse through the Canine Rehabilitation Institute !!🥳 Congratulations Kara, we are all very proud of you and extremely lucky to have you as part of our team!! 👏

28/01/2024

Billie is our first graduate for 2024. She presented for assessment of an intermittent right hind lameness that was thought to be related to bilateral grade 2 luxating patellae.

On examination, in addition to her luxating patellae, a few arthritic joints and secondary fascial tension and sacroiliac joint pain, we identified a thickened right calcaneal tendon and a painful gastrocnemius which were more significantly affecting her gait.

With a targetted and progressive manual and physical therapy program she is now comfortable and moves consistently without lameness even if she goes for a sup or crazy run at the park 🥳.

19/12/2023

22/09/2023

Gearing up for the we proudly announce our favourite Jimmy’s graduation from his program! He presented with a six month history of left hind lameness mid 2022, and had numerous causes of this symptom identified on palpation at his initial assessment that were confirmed with advanced imaging. He has had specialist surgery and of course to get him to his optimal level of function, and we couldn’t be prouder of his achievements!! It has been a long hard road to get him to this point and SO worthwhile 🥳 Well done Jimmy 👑 we will miss you!

30/07/2023

Committed to continuing education to bring the best care we can to your pets.

Kara travelled to Brisbane last week to complete a 4 day hands on course with Canine Rehabilitation Institute. She then travelled to the Gold Coast where she met up with Dr Yoko for the annual Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week conference.

We ran a pre-conference practical workshop on laser and shockwave therapy and were so lucky to have such amazing speakers, even coming from the USA to share their knowledge with us.

Dr Yoko established the ANZCVS chapter in Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation (VSMR) and is the currently the chapter President and Science Week Convenor. She and her “partner in crime” Jane from Paws in Motion Veterinary Physiotherapy were also recognised for their hard work at the annual conference dinner!

11/07/2023

Clever little Bella is recovering from and learning new tricks along the way to help make her stronger. Here she is working on her spine flexibility as well as coordination by weaving through the cones and stepping over the pole.

16/06/2023

Corrina is this week’s because she graduated from her program. She has and can’t tolerate certain types of pain relief, but is also on various medications that mean she can’t be dispensed other types of pain relief . Her don’t show all of her gains, but they are listed in the text. Of note: she is no longer in pain, is stronger and her joint are all back to normal. Additional, her was a grade 3 to start and is now a grade 2 (more stable, no need for surgery)! We used a combination of targeted and provided with an to achieve our goal of making her and as possible. She is back to enjoying her walks at the park again and running her household 🥳🧑‍🎓

14/06/2023

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🐾 Benji perfectly demonstrates how this harness can help you and your pet. He has been scooting around unable to support his weight following spinal surgery for . With the aid of the he is able to move his legs in a normal position and go out for walks with the support of his dedicated owner.
💪🏻 He will also be visiting us regularly to improve his function and strength so stay tuned for more updates on his progress

29/05/2023

Kora is our most recent graduand 🥳. She started her journey with us as a 3.5 month old two weeks after she had her cast removed following a left sustained four weeks before the cast was put on. are tricky at the best of times, especially in - Kora’s vets had done a great job of everything and referred her to ensure she had every chance of returning to . She started with pain and reduced extension in multiple joints as well as significant ; but by the time she graduated earlier this month, she had even thigh size and normal muscling, full and comfortable range of motion in her hind limb joints and was off all medication! Congratulations to Kora and her family for all their hard work, 🥳 it had paid off and will maximise her for years to come 😎

14/05/2023

update: Dr Yoko returned to work last week having attended the inaugural ! It was a jam packed 3 day conference in (a very good quaint city ❤️). She learned how to use to scope joints, and how technology is advancing in addition to many other in and is looking forward to putting this knowledge to use 🤓

10/05/2023

We recently said “adieu” to Hog, who graduated from his rehab program having presented in October; paralysed since June 2022 & graduated being able to go for walks (he demands them now!) that are at least 20 minutes long 🥳 He has since moved to France (being a it seemed très raisonnable 😉). to his family for all their hardwork and to improving his ; we will miss you Hoggy! ❤️