After qualifying as an animal physio last autumn, I started to practice in December. Naturally that means that some of my initial clients are in the, what I call, the 'polishing' stage of their rehab.
I am so pleased with their progress, with my clients putting in the 'hard yards' at home working through their exercises coupled with using the various electrotherapies they have rented or purchased themselves.
It is a vindication of physiotherapy as a practice and our training that we have been able to focus on specific chronic / long term injuries and now start to see the progress.
Today is a great example. I first saw (a still young), handsome show dog with intermittent forelimb lameness and typical stiffness / tension in the opposing ftront limb. When the owner said today that their dog hasn't limped for a week, it gave me immense job satisfaction.
It wasn't easy and we had to really refine the therapies and sessions, but knowing this dog will be able to show at Crufts makes a few sleepless nights synthesizing the sessions and data to get this successful plan of action worthwhile.
If I could define why I started this journey some 5 years ago its just that. We spend hundreds of hours training and trialling our dogs, why should a soft tissue injury end that enjoyment?
