Lucas Veterinary Physiotherapy

19/03/2024

Love this! ❤️

We commit to the ethical and fair treatment of all horses and other equids under our care ❤

Today, we’re uniting with our member bodies and other industry leaders to endorse the highest standards of equine welfare, wellbeing and ethics under a new Charter for the Horse 🤝

The charter outlines the actions we all must observe to meet the mental, physical and behavioural needs of each individual horse, under six headings…
1️⃣ Empathy
2️⃣ Care
3️⃣ Respect
4️⃣ Consideration
5️⃣ Ethics
6️⃣ Learning

Read the full charter and find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/BEFCharterForTheHorseLaunch

Want to show your commitment to our horses? Download a copy of the charter via our website and display it on your tack room wall or venue notice board 📌

14/03/2024

Feeling very grateful to have attended some fab CPD courses over the past couple of months and really enjoying seeing the positive effect of these new skills on my lovely canine clients. In this industry, it’s so important to ensure my practice and methods are as effective as possible and backed by the most up to date knowledge and research in the field.

If any of my clients are interested in furthering their knowledge on canine behaviour, I highly recommend those run by dog-and-bone.co.uk!

25/02/2024

Yay! Excited to see you whizz around those courses 🤩

Woop woop 🙌

Dutch is officially dinky - she measured as ‘Intermediate’ today for 😁 super pleased as knew she was borderline. Now we can continue getting her ready to compete 🧡

Thank you to Lucas Veterinary Physiotherapy for helping keep her fit.

29/01/2024

The dream team 🥰

23/01/2024

Just two Labs holding hands during their physio session today 🙈🥰

11/01/2024

So important ❤️

The pet professionals in your life should always be advocating for your animals. ❤️

07/12/2023

Thank you Jo ❤️ Niff and Dutch are always such a pleasure to treat! Lovely Riley too 🧡

03/12/2023

Love this little summary on coats! Have a read if you’re unsure when a coat is appropriate for your dog 😊 Thank you Dogology Dogs - Hertfordshire

31/10/2023

When it’s Halloween but you’ve still got to get your physio exercises done!! 😂 Amazing step stretch Tango 🎃

05/10/2023

The wonderful Daisy ❤️ at 14 years young she has physio once every few weeks to keep her moving well and her arthritis managed. She’s always such a happy, waggy girl!

26/09/2023

And streeeeeetch! Post-race physio for Nero and Mango, my amazing canicrossers today ❤️

21/09/2023

Exercise technique is so important!

It's all well and good using generic exercises to help strengthen your dog, but you can see here that Dutch avoids flexing her elbows in a down-stand transition (AKA doggy push-up!), rendering this exercise far less effective for her than it could be.

It takes a trained eye to ensure your dog's exercises are targeting what we want them to, in the way we want them to... Get in touch to see how simple exercises, done correctly, can help your dog.

12/09/2023

Ana was unfortunately involved in a RTA back in April this year. After an operation on her left hip, she struggled to load her left hindlimb and engage the leg properly when walking, which also caused the muscle to atrophy.

Through PMFT, laser and a home exercise plan that her lovely owner has been very dedicated in carrying out, you can see Ana is now much stronger through the leg with increased loading, more stability, better hip extension and increased muscle mass and tone ❤

05/09/2023

It's so important to listen to our dogs and the sometimes subtle signals they give us! From a physio's perspective, these early signals provide huge amounts of information as to where animals are possibly in discomfort. In all aspects of dog handling and ownership, we must respect these signals so that dogs trust us to listen, and don't feel the need to escalate their behaviour and skip through the early signals...

⚠️❗️🛑 ✋❗️✋ 🛑 ❗️⚠️

Before a dog bites, there are plenty of potential warning signs telling you to STOP.

Don’t ignore them.



Edit: these are just examples of how things can escalate, each dog is individual.

It’s also important to note these escalations can happen very quickly. Especially if warning signs have been previously missed and the dog has had to escalate their behaviour, for example when a growl hasn’t worked previously so the dog skips the growl and goes straight for the biting.

29/08/2023

Gorgeous Hollie, dozing off during this morning’s session ❤️😴

14/02/2023

A very lovely day spent with my gorgeous valentine’s Dinky and Bunny the Rottweilers and Tella, Nero, Mango and Ash the Labradors ❤️🥰

08/02/2023

Hating every second 😂😍

07/02/2023

Hopefully feeling more comfortable after today’s physio session! Laser, pulsed electromagnetic field therapy, soft tissue massage and stretches today all helped improve her general comfort, muscle tone and quality of movement. A pleasure as always Niff, we’ll get you back on those walks soon with the help of your lovely vet team! ❤️

17/11/2022

It really is exhausting having cuddles and eating sausages whilst your sister has her physio session! 😴

12/09/2022

Koura was recently diagnosed with bilateral elbow dysplasia, shoulder OCD and associated strain to her biceps tendon - a lot going on for a young dog!

Working closely with Koura’s vet and behaviourist, an intensive physio plan was carried out, mainly consisting of laser, therapeutic ultrasound and exercise prescription - she has now come out the other side of her rehab comfortable, strong and happy, with her conditions under control! ❤️

05/09/2022

I don’t just provide vet physio services, I also make a great head rest 😏

20/06/2022

Diesel has a tough life, often falling asleep during his physio sessions, cuddled up with his teddy 🥰

Diesel is recovering really well following surgery on a ruptured cruciate ligament a few months ago. He’s now fully weight bearing on the leg and has rebuilt his muscle mass and tone brilliantly. We’re nearly there lovely boy! ❤️

24/05/2022

Physio and your favourite lick = one happy Bertie ❤️

19/05/2022

PMFT, soft tissue massage and snoozes with the wonderful Onyx 😴 so much love for this gorgeous boy who has regular physio to help manage his spondylosis and osteoarthritis ❤️

16/05/2022

Price Update

Due to the recent increases in business costs, including fuel prices, I'm unfortunately in the position where I need to increase my prices for the first time since starting LVP!

As of the 1st June, prices will be as follows for NEW canine, equine and feline clients:

Initial Assessments: £65
Follow Up Appointments: £50

Travel
Between 10 and 15 miles of SG7: £5
Between 15 and 20 miles of SG7: £10
Over 20 miles of SG7: POA

As a thank you to all my current clients, I'll be freezing the price increase until 20th June.

Thank you so much for your support with this, I really appreciate it to be able to continue helping your lovely animals ❤️

11/05/2022

Working closely with each client and their multidisciplinary team gets the best results. Always such a pleasure working with the team at House of Hydro - Canine Hydrotherapy Centre Bedfordshire!

Atticus has been fortunate to have been visited by Jen from Lucas Veterinary Physiotherapy for a physio assessment.

Supporting the multi modal approach enables the best outcomes for your dogs 🐾