Canine arthritis can be divided into four stages. Treatment interventions for each stage can include owner education, rehabilitation, NSAIDs…
Complications of CCL Surgery, with Dr David Dycus
Cranial cruciate ligament rupture and its surgical correction is one of the most common reasons we see patients as Vetrehabbers. Being aware of the possible complications that may result from this surgical procedure can help us to more effectively rehabilitate our...
Pacing in Dogs: Normal Gait or Cause for Concern?
Pacing is often considered a compensatory gait pattern or a sign that musculoskeletal dysfunction is present in a dog. While pacing can certainly occur in painful dogs, it is far from the only explanation. Conformation, inadvertent training, terrain, breed, and even...
Canine Cushing’s Myopathy
Canine Cushing’s disease commonly presents with muscle weakness and atrophy, and occasionally with additional degeneration of the muscle fibers that is best described as a myopathy. Being able to recognise the signs of this myopathy is essential to the correct...
Canine Elbow: Anatomy and Biomechanics
By Anna Lloyd and Kirsten Straszacker Anatomy forms the very foundation of everything we do as Vetrehabbers, and thankfully, it’s an area we can be constantly reviewing and studying! To that end, let's discuss the anatomy and biomechanics of the elbow joint. We’ll...
Is Multifidus Atrophy a Cause or a Consequence of Back Pain?
Recently, we shared a post on social media that stated: Back pain shuts down the multifidus and tightens the long back muscles, locking the spine.Rehab isn’t a bonus. It’s essential. A member of our community came back to us with a genuinely excellent question: Are we...
Tethered Cord Syndrome: From Literature to Experience
A quick search in the Small Animal Vetrehabbers Facebook community shows eight posts where professionals have asked for advice about Tethered Cord Syndrome patients, or where TCS has come up in the case discussions where Vetrehabbers have become stuck with a...
Our Differences, Known and Unknown
In a webinar presented by Dr Michael Davis on Exercise in environmental extremes, and again in a Hydro Training Video where I discussed a research paper on the Physiological changes in swimming dogs, it was highlighted over and over again that on a physiological...
Lessons Learnt From Lives Lost
Today I write to you as myself, Ané Lloyd, and not as Onlinepethealth – mostly because I want to share my personal observations and views when it comes to dissections, and my experiences during a particular dissections I was able to attend and participate in. But also...
Veterinary Orthotics and Prosthetics: Not a Simple Mould
Dr Patrice Mich from Canine Rehabilitation Institute presented a series of webinars focused on veterinary orthotics and prosthetics (V-OP) to the Onlinepethealth Members. I would love to share some of the most eye-opening insights I gained from this series. Whether...