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Canine Massage

Dogs are just like us and can accumulate many different injuries in their muscular system. As muscles pull on bone to make movement, it’s essential to resolve these issues as they arise so our dogs can lead active, happy, pain free lives.

Many people say they massage their dog at home and whilst that can be a great bonding exercise it’s a million miles away from a professional massage

Professional massage involves the direct and skilled manipulation of the muscles and fascia along with a real hands-on working knowledge of the muscular system including fibre direction, muscle isolation, the use of origins, insertions and actions in addition to palpation skills for tissue assessment. Any health care modality provided incorrectly and not side by side with conventional veterinary medical care, could be potentially dangerous and jeopardise the welfare of your dog.

Given all the joy they bring into our lives we owe our dogs the best care we can find. So how can we find a therapist that will provide the safest most effective therapy for them? Making sure the therapist we choose is fully qualified to work on dogs is essential. In depth knowledge of canine anatomy is really the bear minimum required to provide safe and effective canine physical therapy.

A qualified canine massage therapist should have studied

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Advanced Canine Anatomy and Physiology with particular emphasis on the musculo skeletal system.

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Advanced Palpation Skills.

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4 Disciplines of Massage: Swedish, Sports, Myofascial Release and Deep Tissue.

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Working Safe and Best Practice.

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Understanding Orthopaedic Conditions.

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Common Pathologies e.g. TPLO Surgery, Spondylosis, Intervertebral Disk Disease.

The Clinical Canine Massage Therapist will have a minimum of 2 Years training and specialise in the rehabilitation of muscular injury and myofascial pain as well as providing pain management for the support of orthopaedic issues such as arthritis and hip dysplasia in dogs.

Choosing a therapist registered with the Canine Massage Guild (CMG)  not only gives you peace of mind,  it ensures your dog’s in safe hands.  Only Canine Massage Guild members are trained in remedial massage and their proven skill set is now recognised via the Review of Minor Procedures Regime to be in the same ranking as physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and chiropractic or Mctimoney  in terms of a viable therapy in the rehabilitation of an animal. To comply with the Veterinary Act 1966, Exemptions Order 2015 and National Occupational Standards 61 and 62.