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Feb 10
4 min

What is Prehab for dogs?

Prehab used to describe pre-surgical rehabilitation but nowadays it is also used to describe preventative rehabilitation. It is widely us...

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An owner’s guide to managing OA in small animals – Part 3: Keeping them warm and comfortable

Matthew Scott

Dec 16, 2020
4 min

An owner’s guide to managing OA in small animals – Part 3: Keeping them warm and comfortable

Here it is, part 3 of the OA blogs! This time round on how to keep them warm in the colder weather, and how to keep them more comfortable...

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An owner’s guide to managing Osteoarthritis (OA) in small animals – Part 2: Keeping them moving

Matthew Scott

Dec 7, 2020
5 min

An owner’s guide to managing Osteoarthritis (OA) in small animals – Part 2: Keeping them moving

Following on from the last OA blog, here is part 2 of an owners guide to managing OA. This time round, we’re discussing how to keep them ...

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An owner’s guide to managing Osteoarthritis (OA) in small animals – Part 1: Treatment

Matthew Scott

Nov 26, 2020
4 min

An owner’s guide to managing Osteoarthritis (OA) in small animals – Part 1: Treatment

What is OA? OA, sometimes referred to as degenerative joint disease (DJD), is the breakdown of articular cartilage and is a progressive c...

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How rehabilitation can help our 3 legged friends – Looking after the amputee

Matthew Scott

Oct 21, 2020
5 min

How rehabilitation can help our 3 legged friends – Looking after the amputee

Dog’s have a special ability to get on with living, no matter what life throws at them, whether it’s cancer, osteoarthritis (OA), or losi...

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Matthew Scott

Sep 30, 2020
3 min

An owner's guide to electrotherapy

What are electrotherapies and how do they work? Electrotherapies and Electro Physical Agents (EPAs) are names used to describe different ...

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Jo Handley-Howard

Sep 18, 2020
3 min

To swim or not to swim

Many dogs of all sizes and ages love to swim and with the weather being so good its temping to allow our dogs into the rivers and lakes. ...

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Could my pet benefit from rehabilitation?

Matthew Scott

Sep 16, 2020
6 min

Could my pet benefit from rehabilitation?

There are some obvious cases where rehabilitation can benefit animals including spinal injury, osteoarthritis, or cruciate ligament ruptu...

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