Services

What can RH Veterinary Physiotherapy offer in appointments?

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• Understanding and recording an in-depth clinical history and lifestyle of each patient.

• Static and dynamic assessment of the animal

  • In some equine cases observation with the rider on too

• Palpation techniques to assess the quality of soft tissues

• Joint range of movement assessment

• Neurological assessment (When applicable) 

• From the findings, treatments within the session including:

  • Massage

  • Stretching

  • Passive range of motion / joint mobilization

  • Myofascial release

  • Electrotherapies (Including PEMFT, Laser (LLLT), Ultrasound (UST) TENS, NMES)

  • K-taping 

  • Cryotherapy (including Epiony heat pad)

• Tailor-made rehabilitation exercise programs and home management advice.

Each session is individually tailored to suit each animal's needs. Factors that will affect this are: age, workload, fitness, whether the animal is conservatively managed or whether there has been surgical intervention.

Follow up sessions consist of a more concise re-assessment to identify any changes following the previous consultation.