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E&C Animal Physiotherapy

Equine and Canine Physiotherapy

Rehabilitation and maintenance appointments available. Covering Surrey and West Sussex
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07/11/2024

Watching the World Horse Welfare Conference 2024 and catching up on paperwork today while I recover from my minor op on my head yesterday. Being kept a close eye on by my assistants…

26/10/2024

Just a few of the wonderful canines I saw for their regular physio treatments last week.

🐾 Star the Norwegian Buhund 🐾
🐾 Loki the Labrador 🐾
🐾 Hali the Labrador 🐾

23/05/2024

Catching up on admin this morning with my very sleepy assistant!

09/03/2024

Thank you so much for everyone’s well wishes for yesterday! Merlin placed third in his class and was a superstar all day!

Back to crufts again today, we will be on the Barbet discover dogs stand if anyone is coming up!

28/02/2024

Lovely poodle cuddles from Zena during her pre crufts check up! 🐾

15/02/2024

Spring is round the corner! Blue was making the most of some naked field time today!

08/02/2024

Lovely delivery to come home to! Lots of goodies from Optimus Therapy Tech, thank you!! ☺️

22/01/2024

Very excited to say I am now a brand ambassador for Optimus Therapy Tech!

21/01/2024

Keep your 👀 peeled for an exciting announcement tomorrow 😁 🐾

19/01/2024

Hope everyone is keeping warm! Looks like we are nearly at the end of the cold snap.. I can’t decide if freezing temperatures or warmer but with mud is a better deal!

Winter can be hard to manage particularly with animals living with arthritis, don’t be afraid to change routines and make adaptations to keep your animals happy. They may struggle more with the frozen ground and cold temperatures.

Aero has been in every night this week to give him a break from the rock hard ground. Last year he went lame after struggling with the frozen, rutted field. This year we have kept him in and along with a new, flatter field gateway, he has stayed sound!

01/01/2024

Wishing all of our clients and friends a very happy new year.

2023 was busy and I’m looking forward to more of that this year! I was very lucky to meet so many new four legged friends and even add a couple to the family.

I am currently booking the end of January/ February so please give me a shout if you need to book in!

I look forward to seeing you all soon,

From myself, Remy, Merlin, Aero and new addition Blue the pony

29/10/2023

A lovely busy day full of fluffy dogs today,

I had to post this before and after of lovely Percy, he has come on leaps and bounds since I first saw him in April! We have been focusing on rebuilding strength in Percy’s hind legs and it’s totally changed how he stands! Top picture is today, below is from Percy’s first physio session

02/10/2023

I talk a lot to my clients about the dogs I see losing confidence in their bodies. I see it a lot in cases of recovery from TPLOs and similar surgery or injuries. Part of their body let them down and it takes a long time for them to start trusting it to support them again. These things take time but you can build strength and confidence back up!

Chronic pain is chronic pain - regardless of the species

19/06/2023

So lovely to see Boris back to his usual bouncy self!

02/05/2023

This is so true. We have to stop creating dogs who can’t function without pain for their whole lives, no matter how long or short that may be.

24/04/2023

We say this a lot...

Ball . throwers . are . not . good . for . your . dog!

They might be having a great time, but the wear and tear on their joints is no joke.

What is it doing to your dog's joints?
- Repeated micro-trauma to muscles and cartilage is a cause of long-term damage.
- Chasing or even carrying items like a ball can shift your dogs weight distribution to their front legs, putting excessive weight through the joints of the front legs.
- Joints weakened by arthritis will be especially prone to further damage.
- High speeds can double the forces generated in the muscles.
- Braking is thought to be the most dangerous part of ball chasing and often responsible for shoulder injuries.

What can you do instead?
- Make sure to have a short warm up period before more intense exercise.
- Only ever throw the ball a short distance, on surfaces that avoid slipping and sliding.
- Throw below waist height so as to avoid jumping and don't do it repetitively
- Consider alternatives like scent work, varying location of the walk to keep things exciting, or playing hide and seek with the ball rather than playing fetch.

23/03/2023

It’s National Puppy Day!!!

Let’s see those puppy pics!

Remy was a lovely but quite worried puppy… Merlin is the total opposite, nothing shy about him!

12/03/2023

A Huge good luck to standard poodle Zena and her mum Tina today as they head to Crufts!

I first saw Zena in November as she was having some issues with her movement, after ruling out any physical issues we concentrated on building Zenas strength, coordination and proprioception with targeted exercise therapy. Zenas mum has worked incredibly hard with her and the results have been amazing. Not only has Zena improved in her straightness and her movement, her confidence has bloomed and she’s a completely different dog to the one I first saw.

As you can see from the first picture of screenshots (left was November, right side from beginning of the March) she is SO much straighter. Good luck to both of you, and hope you have a wonderful day!

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Videos

Oh I’m glad it’s Friday! thank you to all of you who have rearranged appointments this week while Remy has been poorly, thankfully he is feeling a lot better and will hopefully be back to his normal bouncy self in a few days. Trying to keep his brain happy while keeping his body resting is proving to be challenging however our canine fitness and conditioning work is helping, lots of concentration needed but means he can do something without getting over excited and over doing things. How do you keep your dogs occupied while they aren’t allowed out to run?

Packing orders ready for shipping next week! I am thrilled with the response to the diaries, we only launched a week ago and now they are off all over the world! More than anything I hope that they help dog owners to manage their dogs the best they can. Some exciting projects in the pipeline including The Equine Health Diary and also something very special for puppies!

Happiness is... a Labrador snorkelling for stones in a muddy puddle. Volume up for bubble noises! ⁣ ⁣ What’s your dogs favourite thing to do? Let us know in the comments below, even better if you’ve got a picture or video to add 🐕 ⁣ #happydog #labrador #dog #puddle #snorkeling #smallandsupercharged #myruralbusiness

Beautiful golden girl! Sofie was a star for her session this morning, and her mum made a fab video of her enjoying her treatment! ❤️

Front paw targeting

🐾 Canine Exercise - Front paw targeting 🐾 This exercise is a good starting point for other conditioning exercises that you can do with your dog. You simply ask your dog to put his front paws on the object or surface you are using. It’s brilliant for building core strength and you can adapt it in so many different ways. Core strength is really important for balance and agility. In this video I am using a Theraband pad as it’s fairly stable but using wobble board/discs and other less stable surfaces such as cushions increases the difficulty. You can ask your dog for different behaviours such as sit and down while they have their paws on the target meaning they have to really use their core and balance themselves. Always speak to a veterinary professional before starting these exercises. You should always begin these exercises at the easiest level, a mat on the floor is a great starting point especially for puppies! Take a picture or a video if you decide to have a go, make sure you tag us or post below! Get in touch to learn how to do these exercises for your dog, along with many others that can be hugely beneficial. [email protected]

Little massage and stretch for Aero this morning as he was carrying some tension over his thoracic and lumbar region of his back. At the start of the video I am using the scratch reflex to ask him to engage his core and lift up through his back, he likes doing this one! Unfortunately I missed it on camera but the first stretch he really lifted and then also really stretched out his hind legs after, so lovely to see them have such a big stretch under their own steam.