The Continuum of Equine Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Anatomy and structure The sacroiliac (SI) joint lies between the ventral surface of the wing of the ilium and the dorsal surface of the wing of the sacrum. The articular surface of the sacrum is covered with hyaline cartilage, while the articular surface of the ilium...
Environmental Hacks For Your Dogs’ Optimal Health and Recovery
Does your home promote your dog’s healing and health? Or does it perhaps predispose your dog to further injury, or delay their healing from injury? Let’s discuss the simple adaptations you can make to your home to help your dog heal and live their best, pain-free...
Why You Should Teach Your Clients to Use Acupressure
Acupressure is a simple technique that can be used effectively to reduce pain, calm an anxious dog, treat a variety of conditions, and improve the bond between animal and owner. It is easy to learn, and very well tolerated by pets – sometimes more so than massage or...
Tips for Managing Your Dog’s Joint Pain Naturally
Canine joint pathologies like arthritis are incredibly common, and can lead to a life of daily pain for our dogs. This, in turn, leads to changes in movement patterns, muscle imbalances, and further joint pain. Luckily, there is a great deal that we can do for our...
Conversations about Conservatively Managed Cranial Cruciate Ligament Ruptures (CCLRs)
As new graduates with little clinical experience, many of us start off with the view that cruciate ligament ruptures can be conservatively managed, and that surgery is only necessary in some cases. Once we’ve been in the field awhile, the pendulum swings and we tend...
6 Things that Make You a Vetrehabber
This month, we celebrate 8 years of Onlinepethealth, of Vetrehabbers, and of an incredible global community. But who exactly are we? What is it that unites us, regardless of our background, level of training or location in the world? What is it that causes our many...
How Vetrehabbers Capitalise on Communication
Through the month of June, we enjoyed multiple webinars, interviews and training sessions on the all-important topic of communication. Fantastic, extraordinary and above-average communication skills are essential in our businesses; they impart understanding in our...
The Truth About Guilt as a Vetrehabber
If you have a tendency to feel guilty, or are fighting feelings of guilt that you have been carrying for a long time as a Vetrehabber, a parent or a person, then you need to hear what we are about to say. Guilt is an emotional response, and as such is not a good or...
Why Your Dog with IVDD Needs a Vetrehabber on Their Team
Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) is a condition that affects your dog’s spine. The intervertebral disc herniates into the spinal canal, either slowly as a result of degeneration of the disc material over time, or suddenly as a result of a traumatic event. ...
Does Heat Play a Role in Cranial Cruciate Ligament Tears?
I recently came across the question of whether the estrus cycle, or heat, impacts stifle ligament laxity, and whether it could be a role player in the pathology of cranial cruciate ligament disease in dogs. So I conducted a search to uncover any studies that may have...
The Quadrant System: Prioritising Your Time
‘Discipline is the whole key to being successful. We all get 24 hours each day. That’s the only fair thing: it’s the only thing that’s equal. What we do with those 24 hours is up to us.’ Sam Huff, American footballer ‘The only equality that exists on earth is...
Finding Purpose and Joy in Your Ikigai
As Vetrehabbers, we truly have one of the most incredible professions and professional lives. We can find great fulfilment, meaning and purpose in doing our work well. But what if, sometimes, you struggle to see the purpose? What if you start to feel frustration...
3 Considerations of Achilles Bracing
Blog By Ben Blecha, from Hero Bracing When it comes to Achilles ruptures, rehab and a return to function can be long, intense and sometimes very frustrating. An integral part of the rehabilitation and recovery of an injury to this tendon is the ability to stabilize it...
Five Top Tips for Creating a Continuing Education Plan and Sticking to it
We spent years studying to get to where we are now, and for some, once we have that degree or post graduate certificate, that’s where the learning stops. That’s pretty short sighted! The skills and information we learnt during our initial studies are nowhere near...
Why I Hate Lecturing but Still do it
I find being in the limelight really difficult. As a child, I recall crying at my birthday parties when all the other children sang Happy Birthday to me. To this day it’s the one thing about my birthday that I hate. So as you may imagine, standing up lecturing to a...
The Secret that most Successful Vet Rehab Therapists know about Client Loyalty
Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms play an essential role in our communication with clients, but these platforms change their policies and algorithms almost weekly. With them, we can never be 100% sure that our promotions, news and achievements are...
5 Signs Your Horse Might Have a Tendon Injury
In the world of equine competition, one of the most common injuries we face is injury to the tendons. As an owner, rider and competitor, you are probably already familiar with the position of the horse’s tendon behind the cannon bone, and probably already...
The Best Software for Vet Rehab Therapists
There are 5 software applications that we recommend for Vet Rehab Therapists. We discuss how to know which application is the best for your practice.
Science-Based vs Alternative Practices in Vet Rehab
I am sure I am not the only one wrestling with this challenge: Where do we draw the line between science-based practice, and ‘airy-fairy’ or alternative techniques and practices? To me, it feels as if there is often more evidence supporting the alternative practices...
Cranial Nerves – A Reference for Vetrehabbers
For those of us who remember studying the cranial nerves for the first time, we likely gave them very little attention and focus. First-year anatomy is, after all, overwhelmingly heavy and full, with many more important things to memorize. And that is true. In first...