Katie Lawrence - Veterinary Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

17/11/2024

Cruciate inflammation, partial or full rupture can present as a sudden painful, non-weight bearing lameness.

Either with conservative management or while waiting for surgery, some immediate actions can be taken to improve the outcome for the patient.

Weight management - there will be a sudden reduction in calorie expenditure due to the fact exercise will be restricted. Ensure calorie intake is reduced to match. It is crucial the patient doesn’t put on weight.

Home environment adjustments - non-slip surfaces should be placed around the home where the dog will walk and especially around corners. No free climbing up stairs, you can discuss assisting the dog upstairs if they will be very distressed about being left downstairs. Padding about in distress is often worse than assisting the patient upstairs to sleep wither their owners.

Treatment with Electrophysical Therapy - treatments such as ultrasound therapy, laser and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy can help to modulate pain and inflammation.

Take quick action on these points to throw some water on the cruciate fire 🔥

06/11/2024

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Learn canine rehabilitation!

Our most advanced Canine Exercise Rehabilitation course is closing for enrolment until later next year.

Take your Canine Therapy business to the next level with our Advanced Diploma in Canine Exercise Rehabilitation!

DM the word ‘canine’ for@more info 🥰

05/11/2024

Back by popular demand 🌟💫

Free 4 day mini course where you will learn how to use Strength and Conditioning in Equine Rehabilitation.

EVERY horse in rehabilitation should undergo a strength and conditioning programme to reduce the chance of reinjury.

EVERY ridden horse should undergo a strength and conditioning programme to reduce the risk of injury in the first place!

The Quad X® Method is a framework that brings together the essential elements of equine rehabilitation.

Over 4 days these bitesized lessons are delivered straight to your inbox.

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To join us DM the word ‘free’ and we will be sure to add you to the course 🌟💫

04/11/2024

Our Free course is about to open again 🥰👇

If the right muscles aren’t strong enough, the wrong ones will take over 🤦‍♀️

Horses naturally turn by leaning in.

It’s the same principle as a motorbike 🏍️

Then we come along and ask them to stay upright as they turn and expect them to just be able to do it!

Well they can’t….

They can try, but they will have to use different strategies to do it and recruit the incorrect muscles to help.

This sets the horse up to develop poor muscle balance and a lack of stability around their joints.

We need to give them the time to develop their adductor and abductor muscles so they can use them to aid turning and stay upright.

Naturally, they are not as developed as we need them to be. Targeted exercises are necessary.

If you are an equine therapist who wants to learn more, our really popular Free CPD ‘How to use strength and conditioning in equine rehabilitation’ is opening up again in a few days.

Jump the queue! DM ‘free’ to save your seat!

02/11/2024

4 step exercise progression 👇

Do you know how to progress and regress exercises safely and effectively?

More importantly do you know WHEN you need to progress and regress?

To progress an exercise you need to make it gradually more difficult.

How you do this will depend on the specifics of the individual case and underlying issues.

Here is an example of how you might progress a thoracic sling stability exercise.

1. Thoracic rocking on hard ground.
2. Thoracic rocking on pads
3. One limb lifted on pads.
4. One limb lifted on pads with lateral weight shift.

You could also progress/regress any of these by altering the sets, reps, hold times or frequency of the exercise.

Building a rehab plan is so much more than adding minutes to hand walking and trot and canter.

It is about assessing the horse and addressing its specific weakness and needs and developing exercises around this information.

There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach.

If you want to develop your knowledge of equine rehabilitation and elevate your programme development and exercise prescription skills come and join us for the Advanced Diploma in Equine Exercise Rehabilitation - Advanced Professional Development for Equine Therapists.

Enrolment is open but spaces are limited. Course starts 27th November.

DM ‘Equine’ for more info.

20/10/2024

How lovely! This little dog was so sweet but so sore.

It was so nice to make her feel better and to see her relax 💕

16/10/2024

BROUGHTON ENABLE - LEASE SEASON 2025 - VIEWINGS NOW AVAILABLE

A number of people enquired about our lovely Elsie for lease next year as a FR, Junior or Open A. We held off viewings until after Hoys but anyone now wanting to go view try her could you now make arrangements with Sharn in the next couple of weeks before she comes back for a little holiday before returning to Sharn in the new year.

For anyone that missed her lease ad before here it is.

For lease next season 2025 -
Broughton Enable

At only 5 years old Elsie already has an impressive CV. She has easily qualified for HOYS in the extremely competitive Junior class as a 4 and 5 year old and has always been at the top of the line ups. This year finishing 5th at a very strong final. We feel she definitely has a couple of very big wins to come. She will also excel in First Ridden classes as well as Open A classes as she is happy to take a small jockey safely in the busiest of rings and will step up the gears too.

We would like her to stay with her current producer Sharn Linney as she has done such a fantastic job of producing her as a 4 and 5yo.

Only available due to our current fabulous jockey now being out of the junior class, we have had such fun watching them we want her to continue her ridden career.

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15/10/2024

Protip ☝️Kurs z wykładowcami z zagranicy to okazja, aby pokazać się z najlepszej strony i np. porozmawiać o możliwości praktyk 🤓 Tak tylko podpowiadamy 😀

Chcesz być w ten weekend z nami? 🇬🇧🇵🇱 Wejdź na stronę rehabvet.pl, zapisz się i przyślij potwierdzenie przelewu dziś na rehabvet.kursy@gmail.com 😀🌞‼️

13/10/2024

Prep for my trip to Poland next week 😍

12/10/2024

Fluffy is ready for a relaxing bath 🤣🤣

11/09/2024

Biarritz 🥰

10/09/2024

Off to Poland again soon to teach this exciting course to Vet Physio’s.

Can’t wait! These face to face courses are so fun. Epecially hilarious when I’m with my partner in canine rehab crime Julie Platt 🤪

We have a two day Canine Exercise Rehab workshop coming up next week too 🥳

⏰📅 Prosto z pola sportowej walki przypominamy wraz z Julie Platt, że trwają zapisy na kurs "Orotesty, neurotesty, specyfika psów sportowych" z Katie Lawrence - Veterinary Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation i Julie Platt ‼👌

👉Prowadzące: dwie doświadczone egzaminatorki kierunku fizjoterapia zwierząt i znakomite terapeutki

👉Aż 3 dni rzetelnej nauki i praktyki na zwierzakach 🐶🐱

👉Krok po kroku przećwiczysz wszystkie testy niezbędne do prawidłowego wnioskowania klinicznego w przypadkach ortopedycznych i neurologicznych, także u psów sportowych👣.

👉Po tym kursie już nigdy nie poczujesz się zagubiona/y przyjmując nowego pacjenta 😊

👉BONUS: specjalne patenty Julie Platt na skuteczną terapię TEGO mięśnia: m. iliopsoas 🫡

Rejestracja:

https://rehabvet.pl/harmonogram-kursow/niezbednik-zoofizjoterapeuty-dla-zaawansowanych/rejestracja-na-kurs-niezbednik-zoofizjoterapeuty-dla-zaawansowanych/