Continuing education is an essential part of life for any professional, and becomes especially important for professionals in a highly evolving and medically orientated field such as veterinary rehabilitation and hydrotherapy. When we add the complexity of...
With the popularity and availability of the equine water treadmill growing globally, it is worth taking a moment to look at the research available (so far) for this modality, and at established protocols or standards of practice that ensure the safety of horse and...
I well remember the day my canine ball of fluff licked me in the face for the first time! So much energy and love in such a tiny, wriggly body. I remember week after week as he grew bigger, more boisterous and playful, how excited he would get when I arrived home, or...
In a recent discussion with Francisco Maia from the K9PT Academy about minimising our practices, the topic of the underwater treadmill came up. For Francisco, better results can be achieved without the use of an underwater treadmill. As we sign off our series of...
Within the field of Veterinary Rehabilitation we know that our body of good quality research is limited, but growing. When it comes to canine hydrotherapy, the research is even more limited, and growing far more slowly. There are few research articles we can cite to...
~ “Thanks to Angela Griffiths from Greyfriars for her valuable input and photographs for this blog” All dogs can swim? I certainly believed that all dogs could swim, until the day I saw a young dog in the water, thrashing about with the forelimbs, head...
