Isle of Man K9 Caring Hands Massage Clinic

14/08/2024

An amazing demonstration and explanation of fascia 🙂

18/08/2022

Do I actually possibly have the best job in the whole wide world?! Adorable Flo saying 'thanks' for her massage this morning and telling me how much better she feels after it! 🥰

15/05/2022

This is a great brief explanation of Trigger Points, which most of us refer to as “knots”, that we all get especially around our shoulders and neck, but can form anywhere, and can be really uncomfortable, painful and restrictive.
Dogs get just the same and is one of many issues that massage treatments such as I give help to ease very effectively.

This first video is a short explanation and introduction to the trigger point. Many health and pain problems, like frozen shoulder, chronic neck stiffness an...

12/05/2022

Wishing Sally and Ian McMullen a very happy 1st Gotcha Day for beautiful Dottie! She is a joy to treat to her regular massages that have helped her massively with her mobility and ability to enjoy her long walks both on- and off-island! X

🐾💗⭐️Dottie's 1st Gotcha Day⭐️💗🐾
Dottie recently celebrated her first Gotcha Day. She is a dainty little hound who joined our family as a 'tripaw'. She has settled in really well with Biddy and Ellie. (She is a bit over enthusiastic about the chickens who reside safely on the other side of a fence - I am sure they are pulling faces at her) She has adapted to life on 3 legs (with the help of some massage therapy from marvellous Mary at K9 Massage) and hurtles around the garden without a care. She loves going on adventurous walks and paddling in the sea on hot days.
Very soon, she will experience her first TT fortnight - the course is just over our garden wall.

27/11/2021

I just love hearing such fabulous feedback as this! Superstar tripawd Greyhound, Dottie on her recent adventurous walking holiday 🥰😍

16/10/2021

A lovely write-up from this beautiful girl's owner. Dottie sadly lost a front leg a few months back but is managing really well on her remaining 3 legs. There will inevitably be knock-on effects to other areas of Dottie's body due to over-compensation and an altered gait, as well as the injuries she sustained when she sadly lost the leg. Just getting used to balancing and functioning on only 1 front leg is a challenge in itself, especially when she is caught unawares, on slippery surfaces such as wet leaves, a sudden gust of wind, simply 'forgetting' she needs to be a little more careful now, or any number of other scenarios, which has resulted in a couple of further minor knocks and bumps. Dottie has been coming to me for a few weeks now for a weekly massage and is doing amazingly well. She is going to continue to receive weekly massages for a while longer to prepare her for the family's forthcoming walking holiday in the UK, and will receive regular maintenance massages thereafter to help her keep in as good a condition as she possibly can be to cope with her new way of living. She is the most sweet natured and co-operative poppet when she's being massaged, she almost 'melts' into the couch and she is a joy to treat, it is a shame to have to end each massage session! The improvements she is clearly feeling have helped her to walk in a more balanced and efficient way, this results in saved energy and a more comfortable gait meaning greater stamina, and a better quality and more enjoyable walk for everyone. She previously needed to be carried back to the car mid-walk on some occasions prior to her starting her massage treatments, but a recent staycation break meant a number of quite lengthy walks which she apparently managed without a problem and took them all totally in her stride (pun completely intended!) - well done Dottie and family, keep up the great work!

🐾💗Dottie💗🐾
Here is Dottie enjoying the benefits of Mary's magic hands! Dottie is our happy little 'tripaw' - She always loved her walks, but tired quickly with the exertion of hop, step, hop etc and needed rest stops.
She has only had a few massage therapy sessions so far, but already her mobility has improved and she is able to enjoy longer walks. Not only that, but she looks positively blissful with little sighs of pleasure during her massage and clearly doesn't want it to end. It's a new lease of life for Dottie and soon she will be going on her first walking holiday in the Peak District - taking it easy to see how she gets on.
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19/11/2020

Massive congratulations to this incredible girly, Purdey, and her equally incredible owner Gill Young, who have only gone and qualified to represent the Isle of Man in the International Invitational Agility event at Crufts 2021!
Gill and Purdey did some amazing agility and jumping runs last Sunday at the event to decide who should represent the Island next year, which is doubly-fabulous because only a matter of a few weeks ago, Purdey was lame on her front leg and came for three sessions of massage to see if the problem could be resolved.
Following these treatments, this was Gill's feedback :-
“At the age of 7½ Purdey, a very active and crazy agility dog, started to show signs of slowing down with no obvious signs of lameness. However, at 8½, she developed a limp on her front left leg. A trip to the vet, with Metacam and short lead walks prescribed, I requested a visit to Mary, a canine massage therapist. Thinking competition days were over, anything to help Purdey’s discomfort was a bonus. Three sessions later I had a completely new dog. Purdey returned to agility training and everyone was amazed at the change - she was described as “on fire!”. I was ecstatic to be able to run Purdey again, who was behaving more like a 5-year-old, and 2 months later nothing has changed.”
Huge congratulations, and enjoy every moment of your Crufts experience :-)