Saffy is making great progress at hydrotherapy

Saffy is making great progress since starting hydrotherapy.   I am continuing to treat her twice a week for now but aim to reduce her treatment to once weekly within the next week or two.


Saffy is now able to stand square and tall both on dry land and in the water. When in the water she is more stable in a standing position and no longer knuckles her hind feet. 

Her hind limb strength has shown vast improvement and they are now equal in their range of motion and strength. She appears brighter in herself and more alert, taking an interest in her surroundings and making more effort to move around.

Thank you for referring Saffy to us for hydrotherapy.

best wishes

Emma
Vale Canine Hydrotherapy

Saffy starts her Hydrotherapy

Saffy started her first course of Hydrotherapy this week.

She did really well and kicked her legs very strongly. 

Of course she has made more friends already!

Saffy is being very brave

Saffy has been very brave and is doing very well.  She has gone home now and is undertaking a course of hydrotherapy for her back legs.  We'll keep you updated on her progress.

Saffy is making a good recovery

Saffy doing her best to use her legs.  She is still making a good recovery. A few weeks ago she couldn't even stand.

She is now going to try hydrotherapy.


See Saffy in action on the Larkmead YouTube channel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WypccrqkFpw

Saffy is making good progress

This is Saffy. She is a 7 year old German Shepherd. 

Saffy  came into the Didcot surgery just under 3 weeks ago. She was unable to stand on her back legs. She had some special imaging performed which showed she had a collapsed disc in her spine. Vet Tim operated on her immediately. 

Since then she has been having intensive physiotherapy and has slowly been making good process. She is now able to stand for short periods,but she still needs help getting about. We will keep you informed on her progress.

So far Tim has done 6 spinal operations this year. All have recovered well so far.

Luna's Limb

This is Luna, a 9-month old cat, recovering from surgery at our Didcot practice. She was brought in by her owner after she was found in the garden unable to use her back legs. It is not known whether Luna was hit by a car, attacked by a dog, or had a nasty fall. Vet Rebecca examined Luna and found that her left knee was unstable. Luna was given pain relief and IV fluids to stabilise her. She was then sedated so that Emma could take x-rays of the damaged leg. 

The x-ray showed that Luna had fractured her femur just above the knee, and the bone fragment was displaced.

This copy of the x-ray has been marked to show the line of the fracture in blue, with the red lines indicating the normal outline of the femur. 

Vet Tim Hutchinson repaired Luna's fracture using wires to hold the very small piece of bone in place. The post-op x-rays show how well her leg has come together.

 Luna is now resting at home and we look forward to monitoring her recovery!

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