Stephanie Dootson Veterinary Physiotherapy

23/05/2024

Rehab starts too late and finishes too soon

I was intending on writing a post about kissing spine rehab but when I thought about what I wanted to say it occurred to me that the point I want to make isn’t just about rehab following surgery. it applies to any situation where we have had a change to management and we are aiming to restore normal function.

When we rehab people we get them moving really soon even with major surgery such as hip replacements. People are discharged from hospital on the same day and when they have spinal surgery they’re often walking around the day after their operation.
I understand that we have different factors to consider such as the environment, keeping the wounds clean and the behaviour of the horse but I think we all agree that keeping a horse on box rest for four weeks after having an ISLD- ligament snip operation with not being allowed to start any physiotherapy exercises is far too conservative. I personally believe this is going to limit the potential for rehab.

I am fortunate to work with vets that are really up-to-date on their understanding of recovery and the stages of rehab so I start programs following the veterinary intervention early. However, it frustrates me when I hear that this doesn’t happen around the country or around the globe.

Controlled and progressive loading, with a protocol individualised for each horse starting as soon as possible is essential. Obviously, this must take into account the experience of their owner, the injury or surgery, the environment, the pre-existing injuries, their goals, their facilities and all the other factors that influence designing a rehab plan.
But, a safe low intensity selection of exercises is going to start the progress to resuming function soon, taking advantage of the veterinary intervention and being both mentally and physically productive.

Then at the other end of the time frame, I don't actually think any rehab is ever over! Transitioning to normal work but keeping some of the useful strategies and exercises employed during rehab - scaling these up and down - is for life after injury or surgery.

04/04/2024

27/03/2024

Urgent appeal for a foster mare for filly foal. Based Mexborough area. Please let us know if you can help. Thank you

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01/03/2024

Did you know we have a regular visiting physiotherapist here at Bold? This is Narla today receiving treatment. She looks like she is enjoying every second! 💚

27/02/2024

| GMP is looking for loan horses to join their Mounted Unit. 🐴 If you are interested, please send all enquiries to [email protected]

03/01/2024

08/12/2023

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11/11/2023

Household Cavalry Remembrance

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

📸

05/11/2023

Lucinda may have a point here!

31/10/2023

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18/10/2023

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12/10/2023

**THURSDAY RESEARCH MEME**

Todays meme relates to back templates pre and post exercise.

Back templates are an essential part of saddle fit, and if done correctly can provide information on how the horse’s back shape “may” have altered.

Whilst useful, it is important to consider the horses posture, the time of day that measurements are taken, the horse’s standing posture (square), pre/post exercise and head/neck position etc.

Image A (Top) with the pre and post exercise templates superimposed on each other, appears that the horse has “come up” or it’s back muscles “have got smaller”.

Image B is the same templates (as A) but corrected for a change in horse height.

Whilst useful, these complexities highlight the need for the ridden element of saddle fit, impossible to fit a saddle statically (in the stable and not ridden) or through the post!

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www.centaurbiomechanics.co.uk/blog/

04/09/2023

Hi everyone! Back from holiday and on the catch up with messages, emails, etc. please mither if I haven’t been in contact.
Merci beaucoup 🇫🇷

18/08/2023

I’m away on family holiday so will be slow with replies!
Thank you for understanding and for your patience!
Still managed to squeeze in a horse day

24/07/2023

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13/06/2023

🐝🇬🇧❤️Very proud of the brave boys and girl! True professionals! Well done to all the team❤️🇬🇧🐝

13/06/2023

On a massive catch up after getting back from holiday so I will reply to all messages and calls asap this week, in between seeing horses and dogs. Thank you for your patience.

05/02/2023

We are delighted to announce that this year we have a new sponsor on board for the GPW Recruitment St Helens 10k Run.

Bold veterinary clinic situated on Leach Lane in Clock Face will be the 2k Marker point sponsors.

This is the first timing point of the 10k that you can track on the fantastic TDL Event Services GPW St Helens 10k App https://track.rtrt.me/e/TDL-GPW10-2023

Bold Veterinary Clinic provide the best care for your pet with compassion, integrity and skill and discuss any questions or concerns you have as their family. They provide care for thousands of pets each year.

There facilities mean that most procedures can be carried out in house, with new digital x ray, industry leading bloods machines and ultrasound.

Bold Vets staff are encouraged to do high quality courses so they are continually improving and aware of new developments.

They also have visiting specialists in cardiology, soft tissue, orthopaedics and imaging so those more complicated cases that are often referred elsewhere can still be treated in house.

If that was not enough they also have a registered training practice for student nurses and also regularly have veterinary students seeing practice with us. It is invaluable to help the next generation to be the best they can be. It also means that your pet is getting the best care.

The owners Catherine and David Chana are born and bred in St Helens and are now bringing up their children in the town.

Catherine is also running the 10k for the organisers The Steve Prescott Foundation and you can support Catherine and her efforts by donating here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/catherine10ktarget

Please download the TDL Event App by clicking this link

https://track.rtrt.me/e/TDL-GPW10-2023

We still have the 8k Marker Point available to sponsor, if your company is interested please email [email protected]

In picture all the amazing staff from Bold Vets along with SPF Trustee Linzi Prescott and the adorable Molly and Riley who loved the extra attention of the photoshoot.

14/10/2022

Meet seven-year-old Thomas French who was rushed to hospital after the family dog, Poppy, a two-year-old Spaniel, sniffed out his dangerously low blood sugar levels before he fell into a diabetic coma.

Thomas, who has type one diabetes, had just finished his dinner when Poppy's behaviour 'became erratic' and the pooch 'launched' herself onto Thomas's dad's shoulders. Jennifer, Thomas's mum, said: "Poppy usually paws the ground when Thomas is low, and sometimes she seems a bit more urgent, but she's never been like this.

"We tested him, and his bloods were normal. But she kept going, and her nose is so precise."

After monitoring Thomas, his mum Jennifer called for an ambulance after he had been sick. Jennifer explained: "He'd had cake fondant to get his bloods up, and he really didn't look very well. In the ambulance, his lips started to go blue, and he had grey bags under his eyes.

"They gave him a gluco-gel, and then they blue-lighted him. He'd dropped to 2.2., which is catastrophic."

"I truly believe that she has saved Thomas from going into a life-threatening diabetic coma.

"She is his heartbeat at the end of the day. There's no price tag on my son's life. I really don't think he would be here if it wasn't for her."

Poppy has been specially trained by the charity Hypo Hounds to detect dangerous changes in type one diabetes sufferers like Thomas and after she arrived in the family home in June last year, the loving pup had become smitten with the young lad.

Well done, Poppy. ❤

08/09/2022

❤️ Rest In Peace Our Queen ❤️

07/09/2022

Still on catch up with messages and calls after holidays so I’ll be in touch before the end of the week if you haven’t heard from me. As always thank you for your patience 🙏🏻❤️

07/06/2022

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02/06/2022

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29/05/2022

Too cute ❤️ Little does he know what very important occupation is ahead of him

Introducing Howard...

He couldn't be any cuter if he tried and even he doesn't know how clever he is yet.

One day this adorable little chap will use that inquisitive, wet nose to detect the odour of disease and help save lives.

https://www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk/

23/05/2022

Where has all the grass gone?...

“But there isn’t any grass on the field…” We hear these words a lot at this time of year, from the exasperated owners of fat horses fighting what sometimes seems like a losing battle with their horses’ weight.

Have you ever wondered why horses on a seemingly bare paddock can still gain weight?
It is worth keeping in mind, the picture of the un-grazed side of the field below. Of course, it can be very difficult for owners to monitor what a horse is taking in, but one thing is certain: when that side of the field is full of horses, it won’t look like this! That grass would be nipped off as soon as it poked up high enough to be nibbled!

Sarah Stoneham BVSc Cert ESM MRCVS gives this very good explanation of the problem which helps us to understand and monitor the amount of grass that the horse is consuming.

“UK grass growth figures (grass check GB) indicate that over the last week (ending 16.5.22), average grass growth in the north west has been high. At the moment a small well-managed paddock, the size of a 40x20m dressage arena will be producing an average of 22.5kg of grass per day. The dry matter content of grass is currently only 20% which means it is 80% water, so a 40x20m area produces 4.5 kg of grass on a dry matter basis each day.
This has a calorie content similar to 4.5 kg of a conditioning hard feed. The grass is also high in sugar, 17.1% on average last week. So, the 4.5 kg of grass on a dry matter basis will contain approximately 770g of sugar!
If your paddock is still looking as bare as it did earlier this year it is because your horse has eaten all the new grass each day.”

So, where has all the grass gone?... its inside the horse!

03/05/2022

26/04/2022

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21/04/2022

Happy birthday ❤️👑

Happy 96th birthday to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Reflecting the Queen’s lifelong love of horses, Buckingham Palace released this stunning photo.
The two beautiful ponies are called Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale, and the photo was taken on the grounds of Windsor Castle last month. ❤️

05/04/2022

Arguments for or against the Grand National and racing aside….. let’s just take a moment to appreciate this fantastic horse!

Fast, strong, intelligent, athletic and the heart of a lion! ❤️

Hedgehunter won the 2005 Grand National steeplechase, ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Willie Mullins.