CW Clinical Canine Massage

29/12/2024

And so we edge ever closer to a brand new year.

For CWCCM, appointment availability will unfortunately be massively reduced whilst I head into my final year of the Masters in McTimoney Chiropractic (humans) which includes treating patients in clinic twice a week in Oxford for a full year.

Please bear with me as response times may be slow but I am still accepting clients where I can.

I hope you and your dogs had a great Christmas and embrace the endless possibilities of the new year x

16/10/2024

Two years ago this happened.

Two years on I’ve evened up and sliced the top of my index finger on the left hand!

Apologies to those clients I’ve had to postpone. Looking forward to seeing you next week instead.

Slight mishap putting a halt on all proceedings for a short while.

See you all again very soon!

24/08/2024

Finally a law has been passed for up to 5 years imprisonment for people who steal dogs and cats.

It’s not much for our furry family friends but it is recognition of how important our pets are to us at last and a far cry from the ludicrous decision that they are not sentient beings.

30/07/2024

Very interesting

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

06/03/2024

Did you know:
If you have a pacemaker, you can put it in your Will to have your pacemaker donated to a dog in need after you pass. Pacemakers cannot be donated to another human, but they can be donated to dogs with cardiac issues who would depend on it to stay alive.
You can have the pacemaker brought to a vet of your choice. So many of those get thrown away and dogs die because people don't know they can do this. It even saves the dog's owner the cost of the actual pacemaker which sometimes means the difference in being able to afford lifesaving treatment or not.

05/02/2024

04/01/2024

Back to business and a brand new sparkly year ahead.

Exciting news! I’m expecting to be able to welcome new clients again from the summer. This makes me very happy!

In the meantime I’m looking forward to catching up with existing clients and expanding skills and knowledge to benefit your dogs.

Here’s wishing you a happy and fulfilling new year!

15/12/2023

Merry Christmas to clients past, present and future.

May those that have left us twinkle bright among the stars forever loved and remembered.

I wish you all a happy, relaxed and comfortable holiday with your loved ones.