Is it already spring!? It's time to work on those summer bodies💪
Walking over cavalleti poles to work those muscles and coordination. Adding the ramp with the cavalletis challenges the core muscles to stabilise the whole body, improving the coordination of the limbs during movement.
At the end of the video, this sweet pooch demands more😋
Kommetdieding, the new addition to the stallions at @klawervlei_stud , enjoying his treatment🥱 in prep for his first breeding season.
May he have many successes in his offspring🏇
This is sweet Susan
She has been referred to us by Robertson Animal Clinic for suspected Carpal sprain as no joint or bony abnormalities were found on x-rays. We're going to target treatments on controlling inflammation to prevent destruction of soft tissue and joint cartilage, passive mobilisations of the joint to prevent stiffness, and controlled exercises to prevent muscle-tendon unit atrophy, tightening and loss of proprioception🏋♀️
What a lovely girl to work with, and you can see the natural sparkle in her eyes🤩
#vetrehabilitation#airedaleterrier#carpus#kinesiologytaping#lasertherapy#stability
Meet Luke 🐶
He is a gorgeous 1 year old Black Russian Terrier. Luke was the smallest pup of his litter and had some complications during the birth process. Due to the complications, he is underdeveloped in his nervous system and a bit of a special needs doggo💚 Luke is coming for regular physiotherapy to work on training his neural motor control and learning. His owners are super compliant with recommendations and exercises. Therefore, a significant difference is already observed in Luke's movement and strength. Follow Luke's journey with us🏋♂️🐕
New year and new resolutions! 🥳🥳 Book us for the upcoming shows and keep your eyes open for the show specials on our page 🤩 Contact Nicola Liversage to book your spot on 079 315 1318
Kito absolutely looooves working with the ball to increase his core strenght 🥰 We not only work on building muscle of his right hind after 2 surgeries in the past year 🙈 but also on his core strength to help him cope better! 💪 To Kito this exercise is very exciting as it involves treats, love and play, all of his favorite things! 😃
CORE EXERCISES 🦸♂️
Kito is our go-to doggo for experimenting with core exercises since he has an amazing core strength that we have built up over the last almost a year!
Kito first came for rehabilitation with a dislocated right hip he had learnt to live with as a stray, the dislocation must have happened when he was very young as he was only 6 months old when he got rescued and adopted and was coping fairly well with it, but during the rehabilitation we got concerned especially with the way he used it and eventually he underwent a FHNO surgery. We have been walking the rehab route with Kito all the way and as you can see, besides his right hind doing amazing, his core strength from months and months of hindquarter and core exercises is almost as good as steel! 💪 Kito is always game for anything and he has basically mastered the physioroll, now we moved to the half moon block and it is challenging him a little! We weren't focussing well on the video taking, so we missed the part where he does the same exercise but only with his hind quarters on the half moon block. Next time!
WHY core for a dog with a HIND issue? Well, developing a good core stability is always good for any condition. If the core muscles can independently stabilise and move the spine, it leaves the limbs to do their work which is to move the body from point A to B.
In the video Kito started off with some side to side movements of the head while he had to stabilise himself and the halfmoon block. After that, with a little help, I continued to lift 1 of his hindlimbs at a time, as you can see he has no problem at all stabilising himself on his right hind. I carefully picked him up to place him back on the ground when I noticed he started getting a bit tired. And let us not forget to mention the cheerleader and crumb cleaner Perdy helping out and standing by the whole time 😁 All of us had a great afternoon!
These are the great things about treating greyhounds 🐶
🦮 They nap in your treatments
🦮 They love the attention
🦮 They are amazing living anatomy examples with defined anatomy landmarks
🦮 They give 150% during exercises
🦮 If you don't have treats, that's fine, they are equally enthusiastic about a toy
🦮 LOVES EXERCISE
Kito had a FHNO and is busy building strength and stability of his leg. Here we applied the EMS to his gluteus medius muscle (which can be seen very nicely on Kito working hard) to help with toning of the muscle and help it activate better, this muscle is very important for Kito to ensure stability and good movement of the hip. Afterwards we did some exercises that specifically targets the gluts and hamstrings, and he loves it. He is such a cool guy!
We recently invested in a massage gun and Apollo thoroughly enjoyed the experience also giving us a nice release at the end of the video! We can say with ease that he approves of the device 😂
Apollo is a massive, very handsome boy who is returning to work after an injury. He is doing super well!
We left the sound on because we were laughing so much at Apollo and his strange ways it makes the video even better 😂
#veterinaryphysiotherapy #sporthorse #sportsrehabilitation #massagegun #fortheloveofanimals #fortheloveofhorses #funnyhorse
Meet Amico and her amazing owner!!
Amico was diagnosed with bilateral elbow dysplasia and one of her exercises that she does at home inbetween physiotherapy sessions is hydrotherapy.
Ami is not the average water enthusiastic Labrador and was quite sceptical about the hydro concept, but she is such a lucky dog to have her owner improvising on a life jacket to keep her calm with the sessions.
Here Ami is doing her homework so calm and controlled, this is amazing owner compliance!! I only see Ami once a month for a maintenance physio treatment and if it wasn't for her dedicated owners, it would have never been successful on only a monthly basis. Ami feels, walks and moves amazing even if her radiographs suggests the opposite!!
Soon we will be posting a little something about Ami's 4-hoofed sister, Bella, who is also such a great success example of teamwork!
Thank you Michelle George!!
#veterinaryphysiotherapy #hydrotherapy #fortheloveofanimals #therapeuticexercise #mcgregor #elbowdysplasia #labradorretriever #commitment #compliance #waytogo
