Animal Physiotherapy – at Blossoms, Woodford, Cheshire

Blossoms Hydrotherapy Centre benefits from the services and professional support of Andraya Hiscock, Chartered Animal Physiotherapist.

Andraya is a Category A member of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy (ACPAT,) offering specialist physiotherapy skills, knowledge and experience. This, combined with a compassion for animals, ensures a caring, quality and effective service.

Physiotherapy is widely recognised as complementary treatment and therapy for humans. It is now increasingly known that animals can benefit from Physiotherapy too and many owners are turning to veterinary and animal physiotherapy alongside conventional veterinary treatment.

Physiotherapy offers pain relief, rehabilitation following trauma or surgical procedure, restoration and maintenance of mobility, function, independence and performance.

Treatments include;

• Soft tissue techniques such as massage and myofascial release to aid tissue repair, circulation and help relieve pain
• Rehabilitation including stretching, range of movement, strengthening and proprioceptive exercises improving joint  mobility, balance, muscle power and endurance
• Weight shifting and bearing exercises to correct posture
• Therapeutic ultrasound and laser treatment to reduce joint pain, accelerate and improve tissue repair and enhance wound healing
• Neuromuscular electrical stimulation to strengthen and re-educate weak muscles, rebuild muscle bulk and strengthen and mobilise affected muscles

We also offer splinting services which act to assist recovery through;

• support of injured joints, preventing  further injury and allowing tissue healing and repair
• protection of  joints that are effected by proprioceptive deficits e.g. knuckling
• improvement of joint range of movement

Physiotherapy services can be provided in conjunction with hydrotherapy or as independent treatment.  Andraya works closely with our Hydrotherapists to devise a tailored individual exercise/treatment programme to speed recovery and, ultimately, restore general health and well-being.

We believe that animal physiotherapy and animal hydrotherapy should not be treated as mutually exclusive and pride ourselves on providing a fully complementary treatment programme to ensure a quick and effective recovery for your animal.

Physiotherapy Prices

• Physiotherapy Assessment: £50
• Physiotherapy Follow-up Sessions: £45

Many pet insurance providers now recognise and cover animal physiotherapy and animal hydrotherapy as complementary care.

If you would like to discuss options for sessions/treatment for your dog please do not hesitate to contact us.