14/12/2025
My absolutely stunning little pal, Ralph, is dropping in today to talk about his sessions!
Ralph’s family contacted us to ask about how swimming might help Ralph to keep his joints healthy for as long as possible!
Some of Ralph’s brothers and sisters have been told they live with hip dysplasia - a condition which is caused by a mis-shaped hip joint, and can lead to painful movements, arthritis, and a general lack of wanting to walk, run or play. While Ralph doesn’t show any symptoms of the condition, his mum and dad just want to make sure that they’re doing everything they can to minimise any discomfort for him as he gets older.
Ralph’s sessions, therefore, are preventative measures for him - while he’s not been diagnosed with a joint condition, we can still work to help the joints, by strengthening the muscles around his hips, keeping the joint stabilised, and making sure that the range of motion through them is as normal as possible!
Hopefully Ralph will have avoided dysplasia, but, if not, we’re getting a nice early start on helping him to manage - and we can always work harder to keep him comfortable if needs be in the future, since he’ll be used to this whole swimming thing by then! Prevention, as they say, is better than cure!
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