Thrive Animal Therapy

11/12/2024

⭐️Chrissy the Christmas Dog ⭐️

It’s wonderful to see our patients getting into the Christmas spirit! 🐶🎄Here’s Chrissy looking very festive in her Christmas jumper before her physio session! Chrissy has osteoarthritis in multiple joints and is treated with massage, laser therapy and therapeutic ultrasound!

05/12/2024

This week’s ⭐️Patients of the Week⭐️ are Mia and Diesel, a mother-and-son duo. Mia is 14 years old, and Diesel is 9. They were both rehomed just two weeks ago and both suffer from osteoarthritis. Despite her advanced OA, Mia remains energetic, while Diesel is a little anxious and holds a lot of tension. However, both were able to fully relax and enjoy their visit, allowing me to treat them thoroughly. I assessed their gait, conformation, muscle tone, and body condition, and treated them with massage, Myofascial Release (MFR), and Laser Therapy to help alleviate their osteoarthritis symptoms. They are both so lucky to have found their forever home and have certainly landed on their feet! 🥰🐶

30/11/2024

At Thrive Animal Therapy, we offer Laser Therapy, also known as Photobiomodulation Therapy, which provides a range of benefits. This non-invasive, painless treatment helps alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, and accelerate healing. As an added bonus, laser therapy also boosts endorphin levels, promoting a sense of well-being (the "happy hormone").

Laser Therapy can be used to treat various conditions, including:

• Osteoarthritis
• Joint pain
• Neck and back pain
• Ligament/muscle sprains
• Hip dysplasia
• Elbow dysplasia
• Wounds
• Post-orthopaedic surgeries

Here are a few photos of our patients making the most of their treatment sessions 🐶🐴

22/11/2024

⭐️Exciting News ⭐️

I am proud to announce that I am now a member of the Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance (VOA) and have earned the Blue Paw Award. I am always eager to expand my knowledge to provide my lovely clients with the highest level of care🐶

19/11/2024

Summer and Archie definitely needed their equafleeces on today 🥶❄️

Did you know the effects of cold weather on your pets?

-Keeping your pet warm and dry is essential for their comfort and mobility.
-Cold and damp conditions can worsen joint pain and stiffness especially those with arthritis or joint issues.
-Providing extra warmth with a coat or jumper for outdoors or drying your pet after walks, can significantly improve their well-being and manage the symptoms of joint pain.

Now let’s see your pets wearing their Winter best! 🐶🥰

19/08/2024

Teamwork = progress
When I first saw this mare a couple of years ago she wanted nothing to do with me. It was as though she found all touch or contact aversive. Her body and mind were so out of kilter and as a result, she was tense and anxious. Her owner has diligently searched, researched, experimented, patiently selected advice and followed protocols, tried abstract innovations and gradually with a combination of nutritional adjustments, careful management, environmental adaptations, regular bodywork from myself and her owner, different tack and new training regimes.... This is the result. A calm, relaxed, accepting soul, communicating with me and participating in the treatment.
This has been an incredibly satisfying transformation for me to be part of - exemplifying holism.

22/07/2024

We had such a great day yesterday at supporting the great initiative and showcasing our new venture with Equischolars
It was great to demonstrate some of the games and activities that involves and see children and adults engaging and interacting with them. The pony bones were also a big hit!
Thank you to my lovely clients who came to visit and support me 😀 and to my lovely family who came along to help out too!

22/07/2024

We had such a great day yesterday at supporting the brilliant initiative and showcasing our new venture with Equischolars
It was great to demonstrate some of the games and activities that involves and see children and adults engaging and interacting with them. The pony bones were also a big hit!
Thank you to my lovely clients who came to visit and support me 😀 and to my lovely family who came along to help out too!

17/06/2024

I love hearing about my patients successes! Pilot here is showing off his treasures after his big win at his agility competition last week. He had a check over beforehand to ensure his body was in optimum condition for the demands of the competition

14/06/2024

✅ New name

✅ Shiny New Website (with a few technological/teething errors which is the norm for me)... www.thriveanimaltherapy.com btw 😂

✅ New email address (but don't worry I'm still keeping my old one as well!)

✅ Same old Sophie... (sorry about that)

✅ Same standard of care for your animals

✅ A few exciting new business developments 😁

16/05/2024

This week I've been reunited with some great friends.
I've really missed working on the very handsome Freckles. It has been about 4 years since I treated him on a regular basis before he moved to the beautiful Pyrenees with
He quickly reminded me what techniques and treatments he preferred me to use and gave great feedback, I'm really pleased I could bring my .therapy.tech phototherapy device to France with me as he really appreciated this as an introduction to the session. Its super to have a check in with his body and I can really see how life in the mountains has altered his physique and improved his muscle tone 💪🏼🥰

02/04/2024

I'm proud to announce that I am now a member of the International Equine Professionals, an organisation promoting a wide array of professionals with an equine-centred ethos and first class welfare and ethical practices 🐎



https://www.iepglobal.net/equine-massage-physiotherapists

02/04/2024

I'm proud to announce that I am now a member of the International Equine Professionals, an organisation promoting a wide array of professionals with an equine-centred ethos and first class welfare and ethical practices 🐎

IEP Member Equine Massage Therapists, Physiotherapists, TTouch Practioners

01/03/2024

Super Solo
This adorable little fluff began life fending for himself on the streets of Romania. He was found with a mangled hind leg by a charity who rescued him and amputated the leg as it was so painful and beyond repair. He was then rehomed to the most wonderful family here in Yorkshire and, well, his life now is a far cry from his Romanian roots! He loves his physiotherapy sessions, which are based around managing the compensatory patterns which arise from the biomechanical changes due to having 3 legs instead of four and supporting all the remaining limbs to ensure he stays active and mobile for as long as possible. He really benefits from LASER therapy but couldn't tolerate this initially so we started with red light therapy which really helped him to relax and helped break down some of the trigger points along his back 🥰

13/02/2024

Heading home after a truly magical visit to Scotland, including a very special trip to visit Nicky Ross at
Nicky teaches equine behaviour to help promote better welfare for horses and more species appropriate care for them. It was awesome to walk with her little herd of Shetlands, watching them pick their way across the beach using their sense of smell to detect safe routes over ditches and their incredible proprioception skills navigating the rugged terrain - exactly what they were designed to do!
Nicky was incredibly generous with sharing a wealth of knowledge and advice to help me to do more to promote this sort of equine education and attain the necessary resources to start some equine behaviour and welfare lessons at home. Watch this space!

I had a lovely day with Sophie Pickard Animal Therapy and her gorgeous little family this week, talking horse behaviour, horse/human relationships and teaching all this to others. 🐴
It's such a pleasure to be able to share our unique approach in this amazing environment with other professionals. We have such great conversations. 😁