Loren Pearson - Optimal Dynamics Veterinary Physiotherapy

14/01/2025

Monday 27th January:
9am appointment - now filled 🐎🐎 ✅

10/01/2025

𝔽𝕦𝕟 𝔽𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪
Did you know that D to D measurements is a totally useless way of measuring saddle width? Cos the D rings can be placed anywhere on the saddle.
Pictured are two saddles - one is XW and the other is MW. They both have the same D to D measurement.

07/01/2025

🐝Bumble🐝 one of my favourite little faces to see and treat (AKA spend an hour planting kisses on 🤭) 💙💙

07/01/2025

Little Joe is new to Physiotherapy after being referred by his vet to help conservatively manage a grade 2 luxating patella that had been causing him discomfort 🙁 lots of gentle home strengthening exercises given before reassessment in 2 weeks 🐾💪🏼

06/01/2025

❄️Some signs your horse maybe struggling with the cold❄️

▫️Reluctance to walk out or be exercised
▫️Lacking forwardness or usual enthusiasm
▫️Stiff for picking feet out or for the farrier
▫️Stiff when turning or reluctant to turn one way
▫️Resting or favouring a leg
▫️Negative change in behaviour
▫️noticeable or increased clicking when moving
▫️New or increased toe drag
▫️Reluctance or unhappy with rider mounting (particularly those with spinal/back problems such as kissing spine)
▫️New or more exaggerated lameness

Please comment below if you can think of anymore, this might help other people reading identify signs relatable with their own horse😊

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06/01/2025

🐾🐎January availability
Friday 10th PM, Wed 15th AM, Tues 21st 9-11am,
Fri 24th AM & PM,
Fri 31st PM 🐎🐾 pm to book.

06/01/2025

My thoughts are with all of my equine clients and friends in this horrid weather 🥶🥶

This cold weather really takes its toll on animals (both horses and dogs alike) that are older, arthritic or compromised through any injury/condition and those that have had surgery with metal work used.

There are lots of signs that your dog maybe be struggling, such as:
❄️ increased or new stiffness
❄️ reluctance to go for walks
❄️ sleeping more
❄️Hesitant/tentative steps taken when walking both in and outdoors
❄️paying attention to particular areas on the body such as looking or licking
❄️limping
❄️a negative change in behaviour/demeanor

If you think your dog is displaying any of these signs or are concerned they maybe be struggling but you are unsure, please contact me for a chat to discuss symptoms and what might be best for your animal ☺️

January is looking pretty busy but I have some scattered availability left for anybody that is in need of an appointment, I will post more specific dates shortly.

02/01/2025

Starting off the new year with the same as last year motivation to use this page a whole lot more! (I really mean it this time)🙈🥴

So … here is a new face this week “Joe” the handsome little Heinz 57 who has a grade 2 luxating patella causing him some discomfort and lots of weakness. His vets would like to manage conservatively so after Joe’s initial assessment, his owner has been given homework with lots of exercises so we can regain muscle back in this leg 🤞🏼 🐾

01/01/2025

Wishing all my clients and their fur babies all the best for a very happy and healthy 2025 🐾🐎

Thank you for all of your continued support, and for welcoming our little Bessie dog into the team 🤍✨

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of my clients, thank you for your continued support it is especially appreciated being a small business ❤️🎄

I will also be thinking of all of my past clients who’s beloved pets are sadly no longer with us 🤍 🪽

15/12/2024

What does it really mean to "let them go on a good day?"

It means it will be your hardest day. It won't matter if you've never done it before, or if you're gifted a dozen good days, each good day is always the hardest one.

It means they won't know what the fuss is about, why they're getting so many treats and extra belly scratches and hugs.

It means you will second guess your decision right up to the very last moment, the very last breath. You'll second guess yourself afterwards.

They'll knicker at you when you arrive, just like any other day.

The weather, perfect. They are content. They look sound today. They are breathing well, eating well, they get up easily enough from a nap in the sun....the list goes on. Whatever issue they struggle with, today they aren't.

Today you euthanize them.

This is what going on a good day means: sending them out while they are happy, while they are healthy, while they are eating well, walking well, etc. You make the choice to do it before an emergency takes the choice away from you, before your horse has to experience any more trauma or pain.

Their last memory will be filled with love.

It'll rip your heart out every time.

We can see the patterns and the increasing trends. We can predict it a little. We can obsess over the past and worry about the future.

Fortunately, horses, all animals, live in the moment. They don't worry about those things. They aren't worried about winter. They aren't worried about July, or allergies, or progressive diseases like cushings or dsld. They don't think about the close calls they've had before, and they certainly aren't thinking about the close calls that are destined to come, as their body continues to age and break down. They just are. They are happy and healthy, or fearful and in pain, on that day, in that moment.

It is the most difficult, most loving gift we are blessed to be able to give.

And that first ice storm will come, that first deep snow, that first heat wave....and you will find a little relief, no longer doubting the choice you made.

They were happy, and safe, and loved. That is all that matters.

It is never easy. ~Kelly Meister, author

22/11/2024

Little Kobe posing on his blue throne 👑💙

Kobe started treatment a couple of years ago following surgery after falling off the bed and fracturing his elbow, his other elbow was also pinned to support the joint whilst he was still growing.

Kobe has done very well, although these days displays some clinical signs of arthritis in his elbows following the trauma. Kobe recieves physio as maintenance now to ensure we can keep an eye on things and ensure his body is comfortable enough that he can keep being an active little doggo at only nearly 4 years old!

Physiotherapy is not only for older dogs that slow down, but also to enhance recovery post-surgery or injury ☺️

21/11/2024

Does anyone else have difficulty taking pictures of their all black dog? 🥲

no flash = featureless pooch with barely noticeable eyes
with flash = activates laser power eyes 😂😂🙈

Any tips would be greatly appreciated 😅

21/11/2024

The lovely young, Connemara ‘Tomsk’ giving us some positive (I think 🤔) feedback after his last session 🤣

He is as they all are at 5yr old, ever growing, changing and mucking about in the field 😅 These lead to asymmetries or imbalance in muscle development, often leaving horses vulnerable to certain exercise such strenuous or repetetive work and when ignored can therefore cause problems such as muscle and joint soreness.

Tomsk is a great example of a young horse that is allowed time to grow and develop and has his work changed accordingly during these times, such as hacking and in-hand ground or lunge work only. Tomsk’s owner listens and amends his exercise, which continuously allows him to become an even stronger, more confident and happier version of himself, ultimately resulting in better performance in training ☺️

Please listen to your horses, monitor their growth and development or lack of?! And if your unsure on how best to support them, ask the professionals who have studied and can explain how anatomy and physiology works 🐎

18/11/2024