When our dog presents with an issue or set of signs it can sometimes be challenging to know what’s going on, and what treatment route to take.

Muscular issues are not ordinarily detectable by veterinary imaging such as x-rays, and their signs are often so subtle that they can go unnoticed, or are simply accepted or dismissed as habitual or an inevitable part of ageing. For this reason myotherapy is often hugely effective in treating issues whereby veterinary diagnostics have not identified a cause.

Left untreated and undetected, muscular issues can cause huge pain, mobility, postural and movement issues, profoundly affecting dogs’ quality of life. In fact, we therapists most commonly see dogs once they start presenting with an obvious problem such as a lameness, when in fact these are usually the end result of long term unseen ‘wind up’ and accumulation of what is often a minor issue that originally started months or years ago.

I see dogs for a huge range of reasons, from preventative and maintenance check ups that highlight any minor issues early, performance issues in working dogs, dogs with a range of musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis, hip dysplasia, IVDD, spondylosis, and patella luxation to name only a few.