When To Seek Treatment

Indications in animals vary and most owners will recognise when their animal is in pain, or showing signs of distress. As a guide owners should consider seeking treatment if their animal displays any of the following signs:

Canine Symptoms

  • Crying out when getting up
  • Difficulty climbing stairs or getting into cars
  • Signs of discomfort when being stroked
  • A reluctance to exercise
  • Stiffness or pain after exercise
  • Lameness that has not been resolved through veterinary treatment
  • Rehabilitation after acute trauma or operation

Equine Symptoms

  • Unlevelness, especially behind
  • Uneven wear of shoes
  • Sore or cold backs, uneven pressure from saddles or the saddle slipping to one side
  • Unexplained deterioration in usual performance
  • Asymmetry, such as stiffness on one rein, or a disunited canter
  • Unexplained resistances, such as napping, rearing, refusing, bucking, etc.
  • Uneven muscle development or atrophy
  • Lameness that has not been resolved through veterinary treatment
  • Rehabilitation after acute trauma or operation