The Vet Physio

A very busy day in a very busy week in a very busy month and my second client brings me a coffee from Costa! I do have just the BEST clients 😍🥰👌😘

Learn Canine Rehab and Exercise Prescription with Katie Lawrence and Julie Platt.

📍18th-19th September in Oxford

This two day course will be loads of fun and you will get lots of hands on practise.

Learn:

⭐️ Principles of Exercise Prescription

⭐️ Rehab Exercises and Software

⭐️ Exercise Protocols

⭐️ Programme Development

⭐️ Rehab for amputees

⭐️ Rehab for ortho and neuro conditions

⭐️ Lots more!

Early Bird Discount is about to close!

DM the word ‘dog’ for more info 💕

It's so nice when a regular clients who has been bringing her dogs for maintenance treatment for several years comes for her appointment and brings you flowers just to cheer up your day, it's so nice to feel so appreciated, thank you T 🫶😘

Yesterday the Our dogs photographer caught us in a quiet corner giving gorgeous boy Wolfie some pre show ring treatment at Bournemouth Champ show 😊😂

I absolutely love providing performance enhancement treatment for show dogs, working sled dogs, agility dogs, working gun dogs. I have to say the 'fine tuning' nature of this kind of work I really enjoy. And the hug afterwards when he won his Limit dog class. It does give me so much joy to know I have helped a dog and owner team achieve their goal. Well done Dawn and Wolfie 👌🥰

🐾🐾 Dog Show friends 🐾🐾

Malvern.

We will be camping at Malvern from today so can provide treatments on the camp site or as usual during dog judging on Saturday or after judging Saturday. I should also have time before and after b! ch judging on Sunday as we are camping Sunday night so no need to rush off 😊

As usual dog show discounted price of £30 per dog.

Safe travels all, looking forwards to seeing you soon 🐾

🐾 Dog show friends 🐾

Boston Champ show

Anyone wanting dogs treated please remind me early, I have four girls entered but can treat dogs during dog judging or are camping this afternoon.

Usual show dog discount of £30

Looking forwards to seeing everyone, safe journeys 😊

Dog show friends - Blackpool Champ show. 🐾

For those that have asked me for physio treatments please remember to remind me early in the day as I am not showing boys but have four girls entered so once B judging starts I won't have any time and then we head home straight after and I hate to have to disappoint anyone but it's a bit of a drive to a late ferry!

Many thanks and looking forwards to seeing everyone 😊🐾

Best feedback from a lovely client on their second visit today 'we are so happy, we have our dog back' 👌🥰🐾

The face of a lion and his brother who have absolutely no intention of demonstrating their rehab exercises to me this morning! 😂🥰🥰 Sometimes there's just no persuading them as hard as the fab carers at The Wildheart Trust try to persuade them 😂

Thankfully Zoppa tiger, Suarez lemur and Angus goat were all extremely compliant today and are all maintaining very well on their various physiotherapy regimes 👌😍

So far I have spent the rest of my day on admin including receiving lots of new vet referrals and booking in new physiotherapy and hydrotherapy cases, finishing up and sending all my weekly clinic case reports to owners and vets, booking my ferries to examine some resit exams next month, paying for my AHPR membership and most exciting of all ... starting work on an outline course plan for our next trip to Poland teaching for the fabulous RehabVet - Szkoła terapii manualnej i rehabilitacji psów, I cannot wait to see our Polish friends again in October 👌👏🫶

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When you haven't been sleeping well because your muscles are tense and uncomfortable and then the physio puts you right .... immediate relief! 😴😴🩵🥰

Well this is a huge compliment coming from my all time vet physio hero who started us all on our vet physio journeys, this makes me very happy indeed! 😊 😊😊

Three hard hard weeks of examining vet physio degree students as well as travelling to Poland to teach rehab and trying to fit in as many client clinic days in the meantime has been tough!

Apologies to family, friends, my dogs, colleagues, clients and referring vets who I just haven't had as much time for as I usually would, there just haven't been enough hours in this months days! Hopefully I will be back on track soon although I could really do with at least half a day off TBH! 🙈

Biggest of thanks to Lee for holding the fort, looking after my precious doggos and looking after me during the brief times I've been home (mostly sleeping! 😴🤣)

Annnddd breathe! 🥰

Two days of equine and canine physiotherapy exams done 👏

I am really impressed with the standard of veterinary physiotherapy students at Plumpton College.

Well done to the team for your effective teaching strategies and being so diligent with regards to demonstrable competency. It shows 👏 👏 👏

Julie Platt Lisa Bartley Lindsay Perkins

About to board the plane to Warsaw ready to deliver a three day exercise rehab workshop to some lovely vets and vet physios! 😊👏

Eeeeek what a week! An early start and off to Plumpton for our second week of vet physio examining today and tomorrow then a day in clinic trying to fit as many clients in as possible then off for an early ferry Thursday morning to Heathrow for our flights to Poland for three days of delivering an exercise rehab workshop, flying home next Monday! More examining next Wed and Thursday and then no doubt a weekend of catching up with admin and spending time with my doggos. It's going to be at least three 7 day working weeks, think I need a holiday!

Huge thanks to Lee for holding the fort while I'm working away so much this month ❤️

Busy busy month for us which started with a practice day of final physiotherapy exams for my level six degree students. I was so pleased to hear the students found our day so helpful, we definitely covered lots of ground as well as finding time to cuddle dogs while we discussed techniques 😍

Huge thanks to my clients who brought practice dogs in for us, and for the biscuits and cakes, much appreciated and enjoyed 😋

Someone asked me the other day how I fit it all in and in all honesty, this month I'm not entirely sure! 🙈 I am away examining students for part of the next three consecutive weeks and in between this I have a trip to Poland to help to deliver a three day rehab workshop. I have some full clinic days fully booked and currently no space until early June but Emily is holding the fort and has some availability.

Thank you so much to all my clients for your understanding during this extremely busy time. All I can say is I always learn from teaching so it means I can bring even more knowledge to help all your lovely doggos to the best of my abilities 💜👌💖

When you are 16 years old and have been coming for 6 years every month for your conservative management treatment for bilateral cruciate ligament problems, you still enjoy your walks and play and do a bouncy little trot into the physio room but then lie yourself on the treatment mattress and make it clear the physio should just get on with your massage! ❤️🥰😍 Oh Honey you are such a character 😍🥰

So excited for this trip, being asked to accompany my all time vet physio hero, who taught me so much, believed in me enough to start me on my vet physio journey and is such a lovely person to spend time with. I know we will have so much fun and I also know I will learn a lot while teaching (I always do) 😁👌🥰

We are on our way to Poland!! ✈️

Katie is delighted to have been asked to run a 3 day workshop in Poland for Veterinary Physiotherapists in association with RehabVet - Szkoła terapii manualnej i rehabilitacji psów

Even more delighted to be accompanied by the wonderful Julie Platt from The Vet Physio 💕

Should be a fun few days teaching Canine Rehabilitation and Exercise Therapy!

Three of my third year veterinary physiotherapy degree students from Plumpton College worked really hard providing pre ring warm up treatment for the Siberian Husky exhibitors at Crufts yesterday. They said all our Siberian owning friends/ fellow competitors were lovely, if a little crazy, they thought we were nuts having 9 Sibes .... now they think we are semi normal! 😆🤣

Megan, Star and Sophie said it was really interesting and informative for them to be able to go over so many dogs of the same breed in one morning and many of the owners commented how beneficial the treatments were for their dogs so it was great to be able to organise this for all involved 😊 Certainly our Maddison benefitted from her treatment subsequently coming first in her class, thank you ladies 👌😍

My lovely students are set up near the Siberian benches and working hard. For anyone who booked in for warm up massages please pop over when you see one free, to save me chasing round looking for people! 😉😊

I've said it before and I'll no doubt say it again, I love this little dog ❤️ She had such an absolutely heartbreakingly horrific time before being rescued that when she first came to me for treatment she was extremely guarded and painful and would understandably bite to try to protect herself from harm and discomfort. Now, years later, it melts my heart that she wags a little hello at the start of each session and completely trusts me to thoroughly treat her for her compensatory problems caused by only having three legs.

I'm extremely lucky that Winnie's lovely owner chose me to bring her to for therapy, she makes my day/week/month just to be in her company 🥰❤️😍

🐾🐾 Free crufts pre ring warm up sessions on Saturday 🐾🐾

🌟🌟 Updated post 🌟🌟

I am planning to set my lovely students up in a quieter area near the Sibe benches, all being well they will be available between 9.30am and 12 noon. If you can't see them please just find myself or Lee and we can direct you but please liase with the students as to when they will be available for their next dogs to treat and go along as and when one of them is free. Looking forwards to seeing everyone 😊😊

We can offer, again this year, free pre ring warm up massage to include musculoskeletal assessment with my third year veterinary physiotherapy students, these students are already fully qualified in canine massage and are about to complete their vet physio degree. They will be available around the Siberian Husky rings between 9.30am and 12 noon. Please let me know if you would like your dog(s) added to the list. ☺️

We had a fun and informative evening hosted by the young farmer's club yesterday where Abi of A M Chiropractic and our own Emily demonstrated and explained the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to finding the very best therapy to keep your horse in top physical condition. It was really lovely to get together with another very well respected Island practitioner to learn how both physiotherapy and Chiropractic treatments can work so well alongside each other. Team work makes the dream work 😉😁

Huge thanks to Paige and Kingsley for organising the evening and bringing along our two very lovely four legged helpers 💙💙

🐎 🐎Exciting news! 🐎🐎

For all our Island horse owning clients.

Emily will be setting aside regular days for equine treatments Island wide. As spring approaches make sure your horses are in the best possible musculoskeletal condition. For cases where injury, illness or pathology is present we will need vet consent but for all maintenance and performance enhancement treatments this is not necessary.

Regular equine days beginning 22nd Feb. Email to book and please share so everyone can benefit 😊 👌👏

I love all these photos of some of our dogs competing at the Siberian Husky Club of GB 40th Anniversary Aviemore sled dog race in the Scottish Highlands last week, huge thanks to all the fantastic photographers! 🫶

Sorry if you have been unable to get hold of us while I've been away competing, working providing sled dog treatments (38 I think 🤔😬) and enjoying a few days holiday with Lee and our amazing doggos 🩵💜

My own dogs also had physiotherapy treatment while we were away which is a big part of how they manage to stay as fit and active as they do, this team ran between 1.7 and 3.2 miles almost every day we were away, pulling a load and loving every single moment. We finished 5th overall of two days competition against quite a few 4 dog teams, I am SO proud of this team! 🩵💜🩵 What many people might find surprising is that the youngest member is 7 years old and the oldest (canine) member is 12 years and 3 months old! Can you tell who is oldest?

My oldest dog yet to compete in sled dog races was 15 years old and still loving it, our amazing Rosie who lived to 16.5 years old and this is how I know that keeping dogs fit, active and the right weight can lead to full lives into double figures easily and this is what I love helping all owners to achieve 😊🐾

🐾🐾 Feshiebridge physio clinic 😉😊🐾🐾

For those still wanting physio assessment and treatment today, we have just nipped off for breakfast and will be back at Feshiebridge around 11am or just after and will be there until 2pm ish so come and find me, will need dogs to be dry though please for treatment 😊🤲🐾

See you later 😊😊😊