Registered Veterinary Nurse providing class IV laser therapy and rehabilitation services for small a
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🔔 Urgent appeal 🙏🏼
A client is in need of borrowing a buggy/pushchair for her dog ~ so that she can get her out and about 💛
Is anyone able to help please?
She is a rough collie X sheltie and is appx 85cm long and 29kg - thank you! 😌
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Meet Taylor! I recently met Taylor and have been treating her for some muscular discomfort likely relating to a previous injury when she was younger. Maintenance massage and laser treatment are a great idea to help keep dogs active into their teenage years (believe it or not Taylor just turned 12!). I may be slightly biased as she is a pug cross but this girl is really adorable and has a sweet nature to match- just look at that little face! 🥰
Sorry its a longish video but it really is a treat for me to watch Kiki melt into her massage treatment, I love how gentle and calm our sessions are. Everything is built on trust and respect. Beautiful 😍🐾
Meet gorgeous Kiki, a gentle and sweet labradoodle who started treatment with me recently to ease her arthritis and support her mobility. Over the course of the last few weeks Kiki has really relaxed into her treatments and now tends to enjoy a snooze during her massage 🥰
Wow- time flies! This month marked a year since Bailey's knee surgery (11th Jan to be precise). As you can see there's no stopping this girl! Bailey enjoys life to the full with a little help from regular pain relief medication and some massage and laser therapy as needed to keep her comfortable. Bailey is a great example of how the right combination of careful management, meds and complementary therapies can mean dogs with arthritis can have great quality of life (and still act half their age!!). Go Bailey!!😍
Dotty, back to enjoying more freedom and showing almost 100% normal movement in her affected leg!
Dotty, working hard at some of her exercises! Pole work is useful in re-eductaing the gait and encouraging awareness of foot placement and balance. We combined this and other targeted exercises with laser therapy to encourage nerve healing
Dotty, knuckling on her right hind prior to starting treatment
Meet Dotty, this sweet girl sadly suffered an acute spinal episode early this year causing compromised nerve function to her right hind leg. Dotty showed signs of her right hind leg being unable to take her full weight and the foot knuckling under as her sensation and control of the leg was compromised. This can happen for a number of reasons and it is crucial if you notice any signs like these in your dog (or cat) to seek veterinary care without delay.
Having done just this Dotty was diagnosed with a suspected FCE (fibrocartilaginous embolism)- this is where a fragment of fibrocartilage, associated with the intervertebral discs in the spine, breaks off and causes obstruction to the local blood supply, which in turn compromises nerve health and function. The causes of FCE are not fully understood but it is thought that minor trauma such as (overexertion, jumping, twisting etc) is often a factor. This can happen to any breed and age of dog. Prognosis for recovery is often good. Intensive physiotherapy and laser therapy as soon as possible are both recommended to improve return to function by reducing swelling and inflammation, promoting nerve healing and re-learning an appropriate gait pattern. With lots of hard work from her owners Dotty has made amazing progress in a short space of time and has now been signed off to gradually return to her normal, active lifestyle!
Progress videos to follow!
Lovely Tess and sleepy little sister Peggy! 🥰
Tess has been having laser therapy and massage to help with her rehab following knee and wrist surgery. Tess has made really good progress and is a star for her treatment 🌟 Baby Peggy helps by being cute, napping and trying to eat my hair 🩷
Cuteness overload anyone? 😍
This is Duke, who has been having some rehab with me recently to help with recovery from hip surgery. Duke is doing amazing and has gained a lot of confidence as we have worked through his immediate post op period with a combination of laser therapy and targeted exercises. Well done Duke! 🏆
Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! Here's Eddie (one of my own) showing off her Christmas outfit and teefs! Thank you to all my clients (old and new) and supporters for a wonderful year! I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be working with so many lovely owners and dogs, seeing them enjoy better mobility is just so hugely rewarding 🎉💙💜🩷
Look who's under the tree! 🌲 🎁🐾 lovely Amber started therapy with me a few weeks ago to help with recovery from knee surgery. When she's not drinking her festive cocktail (aka Christmas tree water) Amber can be found working really hard on her exercises, as you can see from the pic on the right 👏🏻 well done Amber and family for all your hard work!
Meet Lexie! This sweet girl suffered a spinal injury earlier this year and has started treatment with me to help with her recovery. Laser therapy in particular can be really useful to stimulate healing of spinal and neurological conditions and I look forward to seeing her progress 🥰 Lexie was really excited to have some fuss and cuddles during her therapy and was a total star for her first treatment 🐾
Handsome Brody always makes me laugh when I see him for a treatment! He loves showing off his selection of toys and can't resist checking my case for treats!
Brody has been having treatment with me for a while for elbow dysplasia- we have seem some good improvements in his comfort level and his range of movement in his forelimbs 🥰
Meet Rufus! 😍 This handsome chap started treatment with me recently after showing general reluctance to enjoy exercise. Rufus has shown some discomfort and offloading of one of his hindlimbs, so we are working to unwind his muscular discomfort (with laser and massage) and improve his posture and movement (with functional exercises). Looking forward to getting him up and running again soon 🐾
Wishing Peanut a very happy birthday today, may there be lots of ham! 🎉
Peanut has regular massage to help keep her mobile and comfy, her interests include eating ham, telling off the local cats and squirrels and scowling at me during treatments! 😂
Shades- tick ✅
Sass- tick ✅
Trying to kill me with clouds of fluff shedding- tick ✅
Meet Willow, who has joined me recently for some massage and laser therapy to help with her mobility and comfort levels. Willow is a senior girl and has suspected arthritis and has developed some weakness in her back legs in recent months.
Arthritis and pain in general is very under-recognised in our small furry pets but luckily Willow's owners are very experienced and recognised the signs and sought treatment from their vet and then from me.
Willow has been super to work with and is very tolerant and seems to enjoy her treatment. After 3 sessions I can feel some improvement in her muscular and joint comfort and we can now work on some strength and stability exercises to help support her further🐰
Meet Sootie, this lovely girl is such a gentle, sweet soul and seems to really love her massage sessions 🥰 We are working to support Sootie's mobility after a spinal episode earlier this year. Sootie has a combination of massage, laser therapy and targeted exercises and is working very hard - we have seen some little improvements in her posture already 💪
Zoom! There goes Bailey enjoying her freedom after rehabbing with me after knee surgery earlier this year! This is what its all about, just love this crazy girl and seeing her happy and running! 🥰 I'm so lucky that I still get to see Bailey for maintenance treatments to help keep her in tip top shape...oh and did I mention she's almost 10!? 🐾
Alongside laser therapy and land based physiotherapy at home another important part of Silky's rehab after her op is hydrotherapy. This allows for controlled exercise and gait adjustment with the benefit of the warmth, buoyancy and resistance of water (think aqua-aerobics!). Charlotte and Katherine at DogFish-Hydrotherapy have looked after my dogs for years so I know Silky is in the best hands for her water treadmill sessions. Shout out to -Cheese for making the perfect product to motivate pugs!! 🧀🐶
Lovely Buster, who belongs to my colleague Canine Myotherapy by Tracey enjoying some laser therapy! Buster had a flare up of his arthritis recently so needed a little extra help to get comfortable again. Laser is such a useful tool for giving rapid pain relief and reducing inflammation- side effect free and drug free- compatible with other therapies- cuddles included! 😉
Silky's story cont'd: after consulting with the orthopaedic team at the Royal Vet College we decided to go ahead with surgery for Silky- to remove the fractured part of the hip (essentially the ball of the 'ball and socket') and to create a clean cut at the top of the femur.
This surgery is called a 'femoral head and neck excision', or 'FHNE'. After removal of the broken bone segment rehabilitation is really important as essentially there is no longer a hip joint- we rely on scar tissue to create a false joint and so rehab is crucial to:
* ensure early use of the leg
* ensure muscles remain supple and do not shorten- restricting ability of the leg to move through it's full range of movement
* encourage healthy scar tissue to form
* reduce pain and prevent secondary issues developing
We concentrated on manual therapy such as massage and stretching, controlled exercises and lots of laser therapy to promote healing and reduce pain 😊
So some of you will be aware that one of my puggies had surgery recently- I haven't had time to post about it but now that things have calmed down a bit I thought it would be good to share her story!
Silky (Silky Nutmeg Ganache to use her full name) came to me just over a year ago after her previous owner sadly passed away. Silky has always had a bit of a hop to her back legs but appeared in no pain and so I decided to monitor her and focus on getting her down to a healthy weight before we investigated further.
So a year on and down from a very chunky 10.5kg to a slim 6.1kg (!) here is what we found when we took some Xrays at Henlow Vets !! Yes, that is a (very) old fracture to the top of her thigh bone, right where the hip joint starts- yikes...not what we were expecting!!
Next step was off to the specialist vets at the Royal Vet College to make a plan on surgery- as this was a very old fracture we decided a specialist referral was best as any surgery was likely to be complicated by lots of old scar tissue.
To be continued...(spoiler alert- she's OK)
Oh Louie! Who can resist that cheeky face 🥰
I started seeing Louie in mid April after he had spinal surgery with Dick White Referrals
When I first met Louie he was unable to stand and had very limited use all four limbs due to loss of nerve function- this was a really scary time for Louie and his owners!
However, with lots of intensive laser therapy, massage and exercises (and loads of hard work from his lovely owners) I am so pleased to report Louie has made amazing progress and is getting stronger every week! In fact it's now hard to slow him down!! Go Louie!
With thanks to his GP vet North Weald Vets for the referral 🫶
Meet Tyson and Peanut, this lovely pair are 13 years old and have just started seeing me to help keep them mobile and comfortable into their golden years. They both took to their massage and laser treatment really well- it was lovely to see Tyson staying nearby to keep Peanut company as she was a little nervous to begin with 🥰
Phew! What a busy week we have had! Spent the weekend learning some new skills in myofascial release work and its safe to say the Curly Tails pugs all approve! 🤗
It was lovely to see Henry again recently, this handsome chap really responds well to massage and laser treatment and is such a lovely gentle boy (as well as being simply gorgeous!) 🥰
Meet Bubbles, this sweet girl had knee surgery a couple of weeks ago and is seeing me to help with her rehab. Alongside laser therapy (to help boost healing and reduce pain) we are using targeted exercises to make sure the muscles and joints are healing appropriately and to re-train a functional gait. Bubbles is doing great so far- what little star- look at her working those poles!! 🤩
Meet Millie, this gorgeous girl is such a sweetheart and seems to enjoy her treatments once she stops searching for where I've hidden the treats! Millie is recovering from a spinal disc issue and laser therapy is really useful for its anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Millie also has massage to support her recovery and help to keep her comfortable 🖤🤍
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Sorry its a longish video but it really is a treat for me to watch Kiki melt into her massage treatment, I love how gentle and calm our sessions are. Everything is built on trust and respect. Beautiful 😍🐾
Wow- time flies! This month marked a year since Bailey's knee surgery (11th Jan to be precise). As you can see there's no stopping this girl! Bailey enjoys life to the full with a little help from regular pain relief medication and some massage and laser therapy as needed to keep her comfortable. Bailey is a great example of how the right combination of careful management, meds and complementary therapies can mean dogs with arthritis can have great quality of life (and still act half their age!!). Go Bailey!!😍
Dotty, back to enjoying more freedom and showing almost 100% normal movement in her affected leg!
Dotty, working hard at some of her exercises! Pole work is useful in re-eductaing the gait and encouraging awareness of foot placement and balance. We combined this and other targeted exercises with laser therapy to encourage nerve healing
Dotty, knuckling on her right hind prior to starting treatment
Zoom! There goes Bailey enjoying her freedom after rehabbing with me after knee surgery earlier this year! This is what its all about, just love this crazy girl and seeing her happy and running! 🥰 I'm so lucky that I still get to see Bailey for maintenance treatments to help keep her in tip top shape...oh and did I mention she's almost 10!? 🐾
Alongside laser therapy and land based physiotherapy at home another important part of Silky's rehab after her op is hydrotherapy. This allows for controlled exercise and gait adjustment with the benefit of the warmth, buoyancy and resistance of water (think aqua-aerobics!). Charlotte and Katherine at DogFish-Hydrotherapy have looked after my dogs for years so I know Silky is in the best hands for her water treadmill sessions. Shout out to @Primula-Cheese for making the perfect product to motivate pugs!! 🧀🐶
POV- Emily has been round and made you work really hard!! Good work Bailey!!😴
Smudge! 😝
Chip- this progress video was taken just 6 days after the previous video, after 6 daily treatments. You can see the left hind limb (nearest the camera at the start of the video) is now being placed much more normally- the nerve pathways are reconnecting and healing- meaning that sensory feedback is now telling Chip when his foot is the right/wrong way up 🥳 I am always amazed at how the body can heal- with some help from laser and physiotherapy it's incredible what we can achieve 👏 We have seen more progress since this video and I am hoping to catch some footage to update soon!
Chip- video taken before his first treatment, you can see his left hind limb (nearest to the camera) is knuckling over and he is struggling to place the foot normally- this is due to nerve damage- he is not receiving sensory feedback that the foot is in the wrong position 😔
I love improving my knowledge and adding new therapies to my repertoire 😊 Here we have a neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) machine in action. NMES stimulates muscle contraction using electric impulses (similar to a TENS machine), this can be used to encourage nerve and muscle function, here I am using it on Lila's back legs, targeting her quadriceps and hamstring muscle groups 💪
