Information for vets and owners can be found on this page. If you can’t find the answer to your question, please send me a message via email or via the contact form.

VETERINARY CONSENT/ REFERRAL FORM CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

Veterinary Consent

Prior to treatment of your animal, I must receive consent from your animal’s vet. This is a requirement to maintain membership of professional registers and also to comply with the Veterinary Surgeon’s Act 1966. I will require this before the first appointment, and is available to download and take to your vet at the bottom of the page.

This form MUST be completed by a VET.

How do animals benefit from physiotherapy?

This is a question I’m frequently asked, and I usually reply by asking how physiotherapy helps humans! Animals can undergo physiotherapy for all the same reasons that a human might, such as post-injury rehabilitation, sport conditioning, muscle weakness, post-surgical rehabilitation, functional rehabilitation, weight management or simply to enjoy a massage!

Clinical History

Prior to your first appointment, I will request your animal’s clinical history from your vet. Having your pet’s medical history helps me to build a picture of any progression of diagnosed conditions. It will also have detailed history of any medication that your pet has prescribed, and help me to understand your vet’s thought processes with your pet’s treatment. Your vet will likely contact you to check that you give permission for this document to be shared, for data protection purposes. It is not essential for me to have this, but it will allow me to provide the best possible care and treatment for your companion.

Why choose me?

Being a veterinary nurse, I have a strong and relevant knowledge base for how vets manage their cases, different drugs/ pain relief options, supplements, surgery as well as managing and caring for patients when they are not feeling their best! I work part time in a local veterinary practice along side running Nose To Toes, and plan to stay a registered veterinary nurse for as long as possible to keep my knowledge current.

Small animal physio

I am able to help with many conditions in dogs and cats, including:

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Fractures

  • Acute lameness

  • Chronic Lameness

  • Hip dysplasia

  • Elbow dysplasia

  • Cranial cruciate rupture

  • Proprioceptive deficits

  • Obesity/ weight management

  • IVDD

  • Palliative/ end of life care

  • Behavioural changes

This is not an exhaustive list! I am happy to discuss over the phone about how I can help a patient if you are still unsure.

Information for Vets

Equine physio

Get in touch to discuss treatment of your horse/ patient, here are some examples of what I am able to help with:

  • Maintenance visits

  • Lameness

  • Muscle imbalance

  • Soft tissue injuries

  • Kissing spine

  • Osteoarthritis

  • Performance issues

  • Topline improvements

  • Shortened stride

  • Rehabilitation

  • Core strengthening

When a client has contacted be and arranged an appointment, I will contact the animal’s vet/ veterinary practice to request a copy of their clinical history and ask for the case vet to complete the VETERINARY CONSENT/ REFERRAL FORM (download available at bottom of page). The form should take no more than 5-10 minutes to complete, depending on how much detail you wish to include. If you have referred a patient to myself and have already discussed the referral with the client, please feel free to send me a copy of the patient’s clinical history as soon as you can to sophie@nosetotoesvetphysio.co.uk to help speed up the referral process.

I require veterinary consent to provide complimentary therapy as per the Veterinary Surgeon’s Act 1966 - consent can be given by writing this within the patient’s clinical notes, direct communication with myself (face to face, phone or email) or via the form linked above.

The form asks for your (vet) communication preferences and frequency of physiotherapy report. If this information is not provided I will provide reports as a feel appropriate or necessary via the vet practice general email. I will call the practice to request to speak with the vet should any findings be of urgency or high importance.