What symptoms tell me that my dog needs treatment?
- Changes in behaviour
- Drop in performance
- Poor performance
- Sits down like a puppy
- Always lies down on the same side
- It is hard to get up
- Abnormal postures during urination / defecation
- Don't want to jump into the car
- Don’t want to jump down from the car
- Don’t want to go upstairs/downstairs
- Asymmetries while walking
- Walk sideways
- He doesn't want to turn, he goes straight
- Drags the legs when walking
- Walk with open hind legs
- Walk with much closed hind legs
- Cries/screams when he jumps
- Does not move the tail
- Move the tail only to one side
- Load the body weight asymmetrically
- Walk in amble
- Does not want to play
- Doesn't want to run
- Head tilted
- Incoordination of movements
- Ataxia
Has your veterinarian diagnosed your horse with any of the following conditions?
SACROPELVIC SPINE
- L6 Sacralisation
- Asymmetrical Pelvis
- Sacroiliac Pathology (osteoarthrosis)
- Abnormal Tail Carriage
- Atony tail and anus
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Sweat Excess or Inhability (anhydrosys)
- Shivering (tremor muscular miembros posteriores)
- Shivering
- Autonomic Nervous System Neuropathies: Reproductive sterility, Semen quality, Chronic constipation, Chronic diarrhoea, Urinary incontinence...
THORACOLUMBAR SPINE
- Back Pain/ Cold Backed
- Conformation Problems: Long-backed/Short-backed
- Lordosis
- Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- L6 Sacralisation
- Degenerative Joint Disease
- Kissing Spine Syndrome
- Spondylosis
- Facet Syndrome
- Nutricional/Metabolic Myopathies
- Neuropathies by irritation of nerve roots (tail scratching, self mutilation, excesive sweatting)
CERVICAL SPINE
- Type II Cervical Vertebral Malformation
- Osteoarthrosis
- Horner Syndrome
- Cervical Arthritis/Arthrosis
- Facet Syndrome
- Insertional Desmopathy of the Nucal Ligament
- Poll Bursistis
- Performance Problems
EXTREMITIES
- Lameness – Biomechanical Lesions
- Joint Pain
- Degenerative Joint Disease
- Osteoarthrosis / Osteoarthritis
- Unbalanced Trimming and Shoeing
- Tendon Lesions / Injuries
- Tendon Contractions
- Muscle Injuries
- Muscle Fatigue
- After Fracture Surgery
- Osteochondrosis
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
- Hoof Diseases
- Laminitis / Founder
- Ringbone
- Sesamoiditis
- Navicular Syndrome
- Bone Splints
- Hock Spavin
- Stiffle Lameness
- Fixation of the Patella
- Fibrotic Myopathy
- Stringhalt
- Shivering
- Peroneus Tertius Muscle Rupture
PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES
- Radial Nerve Paralysis
- Brachial Plexus Avulsion or Stretch
- Median and Ulnar Nerve Injury
- Suprascapular Nerve Injury
- Sciatic Nerve Irritation
- Peroneal/Fibular Nerve Injury
- Femoral Nerve Injury
Has your veterinarian diagnosed your dog with any of the following conditions?
SACROPELVIC SPINE
- Spondylosis
- Sacroiliac Pathology
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis
- Hip Dysplasia
- Degenerative Myelopathy
- Autonomic Nervous System Neuropathies:
- Reproductive sterility
- Semen quality
- Chronic constipation
- Chronic diarrhoea
- Chronic tympanism, abdominal gas
- Urinary incontinence
- Atonic bladder
- Sciatic Neuralgia/Pain
- Sciatic Paresis or Paralysis
- Licking granulomas
CERVICAL SPINE
- Wobbler Syndrome; Cervical Spondylomyelopathy
- Cervical Disc Disease Hansen type I & II
- Horner Syndrome
- Licking Granulomas
THORACOLUMBAR SPINE
- Lordosis
- Kyphosis
- Scoliosis
- Spondylosis Deformans
- Intervertebral Disc Disease Hansen type I & II
- Schiff Sherrington
- Discospondylitis
EXTREMITIES
- Lameness – Biomechanical Lesions
- Joint Pain
- Degenerative Joint Disease
- Osteoarthrosis
- Osteochondrosis
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
- Elbow Dysplasia
- Ununited Anconeal Process
- Hip Dysplasia
- Patellar Luxation
- Cruciate Ligament Rupture
How many treatments are needed to get results?
How long does the treatment session last?
EQUINES
SMALL ANIMALS
How does the rider influence the horse and the treatment?
Sometimes the help of a professional rider is required to develop the process of postural re-education and rehabilitation of the horse.
Remember to go to the physiotherapist or chiropractor regularly to maintain good body health.
What is proprioception?
PROPIOCEPTION refers to the ability of the animal’s awareness of its body position and movements, including the position and placement of its limbs. Propioception is the key to neuromotor control.
Propioception deteriorates when there is any type of injury or biomechanical failure. Propioception requires postural and motor re-education in order to develop movements properly and accurately.
Propioceptive re-education is determined by the central nervous system, so it is necessary for the brain to memorize the correct muscle and locomotion patterns for proper movement execution.
In physiotherapy and rehabilitation it is essential to control and promote propioception so that the central nervous system is able to coordinate neuromusculoskeletal systems and restore normal biomechanical patterns.
What is a joint block, vertebral Subluxation complex or vertebral lock?
The blockage occurs when two vertebrae that articulate with each other lose their normal capacity of movement in one or more of their ranges of mobility.
It is considered as a biomechanical lesion of the neuro-musculoskeletal system that has mechanical, inflammatory and neurobiological components.