Healthy Hound Therapy

18/08/2025

• Next in our Tongue to Tail series: The Eyes

While we don’t physically treat a dog’s eyes, their appearance can reveal a great deal about their comfort level.

The good news is that as a dog’s comfort improves, you’ll often see a positive change in their eyes and as the saying goes “the eyes are the window to the soul”.

Let’s see your dog’s souls…..

12/08/2025

Fuse just chilling in the chair after her treatment.
Fuse is such a great example of how successful a multi modal approach to rehab can be. After surgery last year to correct a luxating patella she is now back competing (and winning) at agility.
6-8 weekly maintenance treatments ensure she stays in the best possible condition and her guardian has and does do a great job of maintaining her muscle balance.

09/08/2025

Ears: A Key in Our Tongue to Tail Assessment

When your dog first meets a Galen Myotherapist, a key part of their assessment will be looking at posture and symmetry. This "Tongue to Tail" approach includes looking at the ears, to see if the left and right are symmetrical in height.

This is just one of the many postural assessments we conduct.

In the meantime, we'd love to see photos of your dog's ears! Floppy, perfectly pointed, extra large, or extra flappy – let’s see them!

To learn more about Galen Myotherapy, check out our YouTube channel "Paws and Learn".

08/08/2025

Continuing our 'Tongue to Tail' series, we're now focusing on the masseter muscles!

"The what?" we hear you ask!

These muscles, located in your dog's cheeks, are responsible for chewing and mastication. However, like any muscle, they can become overworked. This often happens when a dog over-recruits muscles during movement. Similar to humans clenching their jaw for extra effort, dogs can exhibit the same behaviour.

During a Galen Myotherapy treatment, your therapist may work on these muscles, and you might observe your dog visibly relax as they do.

Why not train to become a Galen Myotherapist 👉https://www.galenmyotherapy.com/courses

01/08/2025

Next in our Tongue to Tail series is the Tongue!

Did you know that a dog uses their tongue for balance?

The tongue is suspended from the hyoid apparatus and if this is damaged, it can affect your dog's balance and also cause neck pain.

Something as seemingly insignificant as face planting or running into an object can lead to this type of injury,

If you’re worried about your dog, you can either find a therapist here: https://www.galenmyotherapy.com/team
Or use our Distance Support Programme: https://www.galenmyotherapy.com/dsp

18/07/2025

I always ❤️ a treat search for the simple reasons that it:
🐾Improves functional movement
🐾Provides scenting opportunities
🐾Promotes a calm state
But today this was HUGE for my resource guarding boy Storm to be completely relaxed with Skyla joining in too, now that she has learnt that the food is not going to disappear if she doesn’t hoover it up at warp speed 🥰

15/07/2025