by Sarah Holmes | May 13, 2018 | Dogs, Hydrotherapy, Physiotherapy
Some of you might have attended the rehabilitation teams client evening. We titled it ‘Agile not Fragile’ with the aim of introducing different techniques that you can do at home and provide for your animal to keep them in the best form possible. Many of...
by Sarah Holmes | Mar 7, 2018 | Case Study, Dogs, Hydrotherapy, Pet News, Physiotherapy, Service
Ruby came to us as a referral client after seeing a member of our extended family – Dugie Gemmill who is our expert Orthopaedic and Laparoscopic Surgeon who regularly refers cases to us for rehabilitation. Ruby has luxating patellas which means her knee caps move...
by Sarah Holmes | Mar 5, 2018 | Dogs, Pet News, Physiotherapy, Service
Some of you might have seen on Facebook that we started a 5-week course of exercises called ‘Muscle Monday’. If you missed this on Facebook or wanted a run down of all the exercises in one place then you’re in luck because that’s what today blog contains! All the...
by Sarah Holmes | Mar 3, 2018 | Dogs
Following on from a request from Sandra at Hectors greyhound rescue and seeing Bo a lovely client thought would just write a bit about paw care in this cold weather. Salt and de-icers can be toxic Be aware that salt and most de-icers can be toxic to our canine...
by Sarah Holmes | Dec 30, 2017 | Case Study, Dogs, Hydrotherapy, Pet News, Physiotherapy
Molly suffered from a condition called an fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) 6 years ago which affected her right hand side and 1.5 years ago which affected her left hand side. An FCE is a sudden onset injury to the spinal cord as a result of a blockage of the vessels...
by Sarah Holmes | Dec 4, 2017 | Case Study, Dogs, Hydrotherapy, Physiotherapy, Service
He has been through it all this past year after being involved in a road traffic accident in July 2016. After escaping he ran into the road and unfortunately was hit by a car. It was quite a nasty accident with him suffering severe wounds to his front left paw and his...