Four Paws Physiotherapy

24/04/2025

Hard work pays off! Paper number 2 published today from my PhD. It’s free to access if you’re keen!

03/02/2025

Greyhounds - regal, elegant and… chattery!

28/11/2024

“It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas 🎄” 🎉

06/11/2024

I wanted to share my first publication with you from my PhD. Whilst clearly not canine related, it gives you insight into physiotherapy in the horse, and how challenging it can be for both physiotherapists and vets alike.

Please feel free to sharefar and wide.

12/08/2024

Ever wondered why your dog might be more interested in one toy over another? Well, it might just be down to its colour. Dogs have a similar colour perception as a human with colour blindness. The best, and easily seen colours are blue and yellow. Reds and pinks appear grey and purple is often seen as a shade of blue. Green might be perceived as a yellow colour. It’s worth keeping these things in mind when buying your friend its new toy!

04/08/2024

Sound advice from my physiotherapy colleague.

This recent study outlines how dogs with IVDD can respond to conservative treatment. Conservative treatment is non-surgical.

The authors concluded that if spinal surgery isn’t possible as it’s not available, or is too expensive, non-surgical management is a valid alternative.

Conservative treatment includes medication to manage pain, and then physiotherapy to help the dog mobilise, strengthen, and eventually walk again. Owners are shown how to help their dog, with specific rehabilitation programmes that can be done at home. It's what we do!

Conservative treatment can be started early, and produces a faster recovery than waiting weeks to see what will happen. Discuss this with your treating vet and get referred to a veterinary physiotherapist.

This article is available to read, if you are interested: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jvim.17149

07/06/2024

We did it! We reached over $1000!!!!
Thank you all 🎉

25/04/2024

We shall remember them… 🙏🪻

13/11/2023

Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists are both professions working in rehabilitation. However, we are not the same. Please take a look at the information provided by the APA, outlining key points of both professions 🐾

24/09/2023

The Australian Physiotherapy Association has a new partnership with Petcover insurance. All animals (equine, small animal and exotics) covered with pet insurance through Petcover are fully covered for physiotherapy, following a vet referral. Petcover understand the importance of using qualified animal physiotherapists to improve health outcomes on their clients.

https://www.petcovergroup.com/au/sugar-glider-with-a-fractured-thoracic-vertebra/

https://www.petcovergroup.com/au/physiotherapy-following-canine-intervertebral-disc-disease-of-the-spine/

Keep up to date with the latest Petcover AU news. Find out more about who Animal Care Australia are and what they do.

02/09/2023

Great information

11/08/2023

The Ticks are Back in Town! Make sure your dogs are on tick medication. We see too many animals who have missed their meds, or whose owners are relying on ‘amber necklaces’ to avoid the little beasties. They end up incredibly sick, or worse….

https://www.facebook.com/1525675029/posts/10231568622988426/?mibextid=cr9u03