Yasmin Wakley
Veterinary Physiotherapy
Move better, live better.
A mobile veterinary physiotherapy service for areas of Essex and Suffolk.
Delivering individually tailored treatment and rehabilitation to your animal. Aiming to accelerate healing, enhance recovery, improve mobility and reduce pain for a better quality of life for your pet.
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Veterinary physiotherapy is a specialised field which focuses on the rehabilitation, physical therapy, and pain management of animals. The goal is to enhance the animal's mobility, functionality, and overall quality of life. Veterinary physiotherapists employ various techniques and modalities similar to those used in human physiotherapy, but tailored to the anatomical and physiological needs of animals.
1. Rehabilitation:
Post-Surgical Recovery: Aiding in the recovery process after surgeries such as orthopedic procedures
Injury Rehabilitation: Assisting animals in recovering from injuries such as fractures, sprains, and ligament tears.
2. Pain Management:
Chronic Conditions: Managing pain associated with chronic conditions like arthritis, hip dysplasia, and degenerative joint disease.
Acute Pain: Addressing pain from recent injuries or surgeries.
3. Improvement of Mobility and Function:
Strengthening: Using exercises to build muscle strength and improve overall physical condition.
Flexibility: Enhancing the flexibility of muscles and joints to improve the range of motion.
Coordination and Balance: Implementing exercises to improve coordination and balance, especially in animals with neurological issues.
4. Preventative Care:
Injury Prevention: Providing conditioning and training programs to prevent injuries, particularly in performance animals like racehorses, agility dogs, and working animals.
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Veterinary physiotherapy can offer numerous benefits for your dog, especially if they have specific issues or are recovering from injury or surgery.
It does this by:
Managing pain
Improving mobility
Enhancing strength and endurance
Promoting faster and more effecting healing and recovery
Improve coordination and balance
Prevent further injury and secondary complications
Enhance quality of life
Conditions it will benefit:
Osteoarthritis
Hip dysplasia
Elbow dysplasia
Cruciate ligament injury
Intervertebral disk disease (IVDD)
Post-surgical rehabilitation
Degenerative myelopathy (and other neurological conditions)
Soft tissue injury
Fractures
Patellar luxation
Sports injuries
Age-related degeneration
Wound healing
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Veterinary physiotherapy is beneficial to all horses, where it helps to address a variety of conditions and help with overall performance.
It does this by:
Managing pain
Improve mobility and flexibility
Enhance strength and endurance
Promote faster and more effective healing
Improve balance and coordination
Prevent further injury and compensatory issues
Enhance performance
Scar tissue management
Improve posture
Improve behavioural issues related to discomfort
What conditions can it help?
Osteoarthritis
Degenerative joint disease
Tendon and ligament injuries
Muscle strain or sprain
Back pain
Certain neurological conditions
Post-surgical rehabilitation
Kissing spines
Wound healing
Postural asymmetries
Sacroiliac dysfunction
Upward fixating patella
Sporting injury
Joint restrictions
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Veterinary physiotherapists work under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 and Veterinary Surgery (Exemptions) Order 2015, where veterinary consent is required prior to a treatment session. Please ask your vet to fill out the consent form below and where possible a clinical history, then email to me at yasmin@ywvetphysio.com.
Once this is complete let's get you booked in!
TESTIMONIALS
“My Labrador Sully was diagnosed with suspected ligament damage to his elbow. He had experienced ongoing intermittent lameness for three months which had failed to resolve completely with rest and anti-inflammatory medication. Yasmin came to see Sully at home and assessed his gait and conformation. She was professional and knowledgeable. Yasmin gave us advice on how to walk Sully and also physiotherapy exercises to help strengthen his muscles. Within a very short period Sully was completely sound, we were so delighted by how quick his recovery was. Yasmin was a natural with Sully (and with me and my husband!) and we could not recommend her more highly to anyone else requiring physiotherapy for their pet.”
— Nish B
“Thank you to Yasmin for your expertise with our elderly staffy Juno. He has improved and long may that continue, with your support. Thanks again.”
— Chris and Rachel
“I can highly recommend Yasmin as a dedicated, professional and caring Physio. She has attended my 14yr old, arthritic collie for some months and has managed Polly's progress with gentle and appropriate treatments. I am also grateful for the carefully considered advice and written plans given to me for coping with Polly's condition.”
— Chris W
“I am very happy to recommend Yasmin’s Physiotherapy . She is very observant, knowledgable and gentle with my dog Tipsie and is very thorough in all she does. Tipsie has come to trust her and has greatly benefitted from the help she has been given to improve her leg problems. I have learned a lot and really appreciate the advice and the written summaries I have received from Yasmin.”
— Chris A