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ANIMAL MASSAGE THERAPIST
Offering massage therapy services (fully insured)
๐Ÿ“Covering Sussex, Surrey & parts of Kent
Working towards an IMSc in Veterinary physiotherapy๐ŸŽ“

๐„๐—๐๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Œ๐€๐’๐’๐€๐†๐„ ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡๐๐ˆ๐๐”๐„๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐€ ๐ƒ๐„๐„๐๐„๐‘ ๐‹๐„๐•๐„๐‹Just a few of the techniques integrated into a massage therapy sessionโ€ฆ1. ...
15/07/2025

๐„๐—๐๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Œ๐€๐’๐’๐€๐†๐„ ๐“๐„๐‚๐‡๐๐ˆ๐๐”๐„๐’ ๐€๐“ ๐€ ๐ƒ๐„๐„๐๐„๐‘ ๐‹๐„๐•๐„๐‹

Just a few of the techniques integrated into a massage therapy sessionโ€ฆ

1. Compression
When pressure is applied and held on a specific muscle it causes the blood/fluid to be pushed out of the targeted area. Once this pressure is released the area has minimal blood flow, therefore causing the body to respond by increasing blood flow to the area which means muscles are receiving a fresh supply of oxygen and nutrients thereby boosting the health of the tissue.

2. Effluerage
Effluerage is one of the most common techniques used by therapists as it simply prepares the muscle before deeper techniques. Its primary use is to warm the targeted area, relieve tight muscles, kickstart relaxation and flush out waste product after deeper techniques have been applied.

3. Deep effleurage
This technique works exactly the same as basic effleurage, except, it is applied with slightly more purpose as it can help warm up muscles further as well as target deeper muscles.

1. Tapotement
Tapotement is a multitasking technique! This can be used to stimulate muscles to awaken them as the repetitive striking of the muscle causes information to be sent to motor neurons (which play a role in muscle contraction) and therefore helps the muscle to maintain its tone which is especially great for animals with muscle wastage due to disuse. Another use is for lymphatic drainage as it works as a โ€˜pumpโ€™ for the lymphatic system which helps guide unwanted fluid to surrounding lymph nodes to help filter waste product.

Therapists use a combination of techniques to help your animal feel their best depending on what the findings are from a thorough initial assessment.

Massage therapy services available for equine and canine patients soon.

A little insight into how electrotherapies help in the recovery of equine injuries! For one of my last assignments of 3r...
05/07/2025

A little insight into how electrotherapies help in the recovery of equine injuries! For one of my last assignments of 3rd year we were asked to produce a magazine article and I decided to look further into electrotherapies๐Ÿด. This is just a small snippet of the information in my assignment as well as information I have gathered over the last couple of weeks to help spread awareness to owners and veterinarians.

Massage + Stretching= increased tissue extensibility -> improved movement, improved performance & reduces likelyhood of ...
16/06/2025

Massage + Stretching= increased tissue extensibility -> improved movement, improved performance & reduces likelyhood of injury.

Massage and stretching play a critical role in both the prevention and recovery of injuries. Both forms of manual therapy provide an abundance of benefits on a cellular and global level for your animal but donโ€™t leave it until itโ€™s too lateโฐUsing massage and stretching for maintenance can help prevent injuries!

Manual therapy services available soon๐Ÿ“…

With 3rd year done and dusted, Iโ€™ve been enjoying a moment of chill from the very busy and full on academic year Iโ€™ve ju...
22/05/2025

With 3rd year done and dusted, Iโ€™ve been enjoying a moment of chill from the very busy and full on academic year Iโ€™ve just had! Spending time with my share horse Destiny, going to badminton for cross country day (so impressive to see how fit those competition horses were) and of course now for a summer of fitting in as much practice as possible for hopefully some exciting things to come๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

26/04/2025

A little insight into all the revision I have been doing over the last few weeks for my end of 3rd year exams which start Monday! Lots of sleepy ponies, muscle revision and handed in my dissertation! Canโ€™t wait to have these exams out the way and enjoy the summer๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

Quadriceps stretchโ€ฆThe way stretching works:1. Sarcomeres are involved in the contraction of muscle fibres and in respon...
01/04/2025

Quadriceps stretchโ€ฆ

The way stretching works:
1. Sarcomeres are involved in the contraction of muscle fibres and in response to a stretch the sarcomere contracts causing the muscle to shorten.
2. Within these muscle fibres are filaments known as myosin and actin which play a key role in cell movement and are usually separated at rest. During a stretch the area overlap between the myosin and actin increases due to the muscle contracting.
3. After the stretch is held for 7 seconds, Golgi tendon organs come into effect as these detect changes in muscle tension. In response to this, they cause the muscle being stretched to relax.
4. As the muscle relaxes, the area of overlap between the myosin and actin decreases allowing for the muscle fibre to be elongated.

Which is why it is so important that stretches are held for at least 7 seconds to allow this process to occur and for the stretch to actually have an effect on the muscle but the ideal time is 15 seconds.

Swipe to see a diagram of the sarcomere as well as the Golgi tendon organ.

As seen in the picture above it is also important to apply a stretch in a way that it achieves the opposite to the muscles functions. For example, the vastus lateralis function is the extend the stifle and therefore to stretch this muscle I would need to flex the stifle.

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Today was the day that I presented my dissertation topic๐Ÿด A subject Iโ€™m keen to gather more information in with idea of ...
21/03/2025

Today was the day that I presented my dissertation topic๐Ÿด A subject Iโ€™m keen to gather more information in with idea of comparing a massage technique (being tapotement) to an electrotherapy (being NMES) to basically determine which one is better! Iโ€™m super pleased with how it wentโญ๏ธ

An insight into physiotherapyโ€ฆ for a recent assignment we were asked to do a full initial assessment as well as produce ...
27/02/2025

An insight into physiotherapyโ€ฆ for a recent assignment we were asked to do a full initial assessment as well as produce a rehabilitation plan for the case in hand.

Some of the main findings:
- Shoulder muscle asymmetry (moderate hypertrophy to deltoideus and triceps brachii long head)
- Crepitus in left carpus (possibly due to the direction greyhound race causing additional force to be applied to that limb)
- Latero-medial circumduction of forelimbs (plaiting)
- Trigger points between thoracic vertebrae 8-10 in longissimus dorsi
- Fibrotic tissue (scar tissue) in gracilis due to a muscle tear.
- Hip flexion and extension restricted bilaterally (both sides).

The rehabilitation plan with manual therapy and RRE suited for this case:
- Massage: reduces soreness, increase range of motion (ROM), increases blood and lymphatic flow, reduces pain and improves mood.
- Stretching: improves ROM and extensibility of tissues.
- Weight shifting: increase muscle mass, enhance proprioception, improve limb function and strengthen core musculature.
- Slow lead walking: increase muscle mass by individual limb loading and increases muscle activity.
- Polework: improves ROM, increases stride length and improves proprioception.
- Lateral work: improve strength, power, balance, co-ordination and flexibility.

Independent learning is such a crucial part of becoming a Veterinary physiotherapist, so over the Christmas break and wh...
14/02/2025

Independent learning is such a crucial part of becoming a Veterinary physiotherapist, so over the Christmas break and whilst itโ€™s been less busy with uni assignments these last few weeks Iโ€™ve completed a couple of CPD webinars. This will be continued after graduation as CPD (continued personal development) especially as itโ€™s one of the main requirements to be part of well recognised registers such as RAMP (Register of Animal Practitioners) to ensure your knowledge is up to date with new research/modalities/techniques as information is always being released! I feel like thereโ€™s always something to be learnt within the veterinary physiotherapy world and I love doing so๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

First week back of semester 2 and with our massage & remedial exercise exam at the end of the semester which includes mu...
23/01/2025

First week back of semester 2 and with our massage & remedial exercise exam at the end of the semester which includes muscle palpation, massage, ROM & stretching I made use of one of my lecture free afternoons to practice on Tony the pony๐Ÿด

After getting the results of my first assignment (presentation) from semester A today and being exceptionally pleased wi...
13/01/2025

After getting the results of my first assignment (presentation) from semester A today and being exceptionally pleased with the results I thought I would share some information I found whilst completing my assignment on the effects hip dysplasia has on canine biomechanics!

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