pets with poorly controlled pain
owners who feel their pet may be suffering
pets with pain for which no cause has been found
pets with painful conditions awaiting or recovering from surgery
pets with liver or kidney disease who cannot take their usual pain medicine
owners who need more time and support
(90 mins set aside for first appointment)
pets in need of palliative care

Helping pets to live
healthy and happy lives

Effective management of painful conditions requires the co-ordinated efforts of the inter-disciplinary rehabilitation team:

Partner and unit director,
Alasdair Bruce BVMS MRCVS
Independent veterinary pain management consultants and acupuncture practitioners, Samantha Lindley BVSc MRCVS and
Fergus Coutts BVM&S MRCVS
Qualified veterinary nurses: Megan Wilson RVN and Catherine Raw RVN (Head Nurse)
Referring veterinary surgeon
Owner

Working together we can change pets' lives

This exercise is the best way to restore normal function following surgery or injury, and is beneficial in the long-term management of arthritis.

Who will benefit from the pain clinic?

arthritis
back pain (disc disease)
other orthopaedic or neurological pain
muscular pain
chronic internal pain (eg pancreatitis or cystitis)

conventional and 'advanced' medication
western veterinary acupuncture
behavioural techniques
showing owners how to help their pets at home

An integrated approach to managing all
kinds of chronic pain in cats and dogs using a combination of:

Which conditions can be helped?

The Water-Walker system - hydrotherapy with an important difference - teaches dogs to walk rather than swim!

Therapeutic exercise combined with pain management is at the core of rehabilitation.

The underwater treadmill encourages use of all
the muscles needed for walking, and provides
controlled forward movement.

Helping pets to move forward

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