Animal Osteopathy
Therapeutic services
Using a multimodal approach, I combine osteopathic techniques, dry needling, and laser therapy to support the health and well-being of your beloved companions. These therapies work together to enhance overall comfort, mobility, and quality of life, helping your animals live happier, healthier lives. Osteopathic consultations focus on assessing and treating musculoskeletal issues, while dry needling targets muscle trigger points to relieve pain and tension. When combined with laser therapy, these treatments promote faster recovery, improved function, and lasting comfort for your companions.
Dry needling
Involves the insertion of thin needles into trigger points, (muscle knots) to reduce local and referred pain by releasing muscular tension and promoting relaxation.
Valuable therapeutic tool for addressing muscular pain and dysfunction in osteopathic practice. By stimulating the neuromuscular system, dry needling can help restore normal muscle function and optimise muscle performance.
Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)
Low Level Laser Therapy uses focused light energy to stimulate cellular function, reduce inflammation, and promote tissue healing. This non-invasive therapy penetrates soft tissues to accelerate recovery, relieve pain, and support overall tissue health.
An effective tool for managing musculoskeletal pain, inflammation, and soft tissue injuries. By enhancing cellular repair and improving blood flow, LLLT helps restore function, reduce discomfort, and optimise recovery.
Laser trigger point therapy
Laser Trigger Point Therapy targets specific muscular trigger points (muscle knots) using focused laser energy to release tension and reduce localized and referred pain. The therapy promotes muscle relaxation, improves circulation, and accelerates tissue healing.
A valuable approach for addressing muscular dysfunction and pain. By stimulating muscles at the cellular level, laser trigger point therapy helps restore normal function, reduce pain, and enhance mobility and performance.
Cranio-sacral therapy
Focuses on the craniosacral system, which includes the bones of the skull (cranium), the spine, and the sacrum (the triangular bone at the base of the spine). These techniques may include light touch, subtle movements, and gentle holds to facilitate the body's self-healing mechanisms and promote relaxation and balance.
Beneficial for a wide range of conditions, including headaches, migraines, neck and back pain, jaw restriction, stress-related disorders, and central nervous system disorders.
Myofascial release
Therapeutic technique used to address restrictions and tension in the fascia, a connective tissue that surrounds muscles, bones, nerves, and organs throughout the body. The gentle pressure applied during myofascial release can promote blood flow to the affected areas, which aid in tissue healing and repair.
Beneficial for a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, including chronic pain, repetitive strain injuries, postural imbalances, scar tissue adhesions, pelvic floor dysfunctons and sports-related injuries.
Joint mobilisation
Fundamental technique used in osteopathic treatment to improve joint function, reduce pain, and increase range of motion. It involves the application of manual force to a joint, typically using gentle, rhythmic movements within the joint's natural range of motion.
Beneficial for a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, including arthritis, joint stiffness, sports injuries, and postural imbalances.
Visceral manipulation
Manual techniques to assess and treat restrictions or imbalances within the organs and the surrounding tissues. These techniques involve palpation, gentle pressure, and subtle movements aimed at restoring normal mobility and function to the organs.
Beneficial for a variety of conditions including digestive disorders, pelvic pain, urinary problems, and respiratory issues. It can also help alleviate symptoms associated with stress, trauma, surgical interventions, and chronic pain syndromes.
Soft tissue mobilisation
Soft tissue mobilisation aims to alleviate pain, improve mobility, and restore function by releasing tension, reducing adhesions, and improve the healing time of strained muscular tissue by increasing the blood circulation and lymph flow.
Beneficial for various musculoskeletal conditions, including muscle strains, tendonitis, ligament injuries, and myofascial pain syndromes.