Veterinary clinical rehabilitation is a specialised field focused on enhancing the recovery, mobility, and overall well-being of pets suffering from injuries, surgeries, chronic pain, or age-related issues. This multidisciplinary approach combines advanced medical techniques with therapeutic exercises, physical therapy, and integrative treatments to alleviate pain, improve function, and promote healing.

Services include advanced pharamceutical pain management, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, laser therapy, massage, and customised exercise programs tailored to each pet's specific needs. By addressing both the physical and emotional aspects of recovery, veterinary clinical rehabilitation helps pets regain their strength, increase their range of motion, and enjoy a higher quality of life.

Our rehabilitation and chronic pain therapy services work alongside the traditional medicine prescribed by your primary care veterinary surgeon. We approach your pet's case to provide a complementary, integrative approach to your pet's treatment while offering a number of complementary therapies such as acupuncture, electrical stimulation, thermotherapies, massage, therapeutic ultrasound and laser therapies.

UWT is a specific type of hydrotherapy that allows for a carefully controlled rehabilitation process for your pet aiding in recovery from spinal injury or surgery, muscle strengthening, pain reduction, gait retraining as well as the management of chronic degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis and degenerative myelopathy.

Pawsitive Relief is led by Dr Emma Rogers-Smith MRCVS, a veterinary surgeon who dedicates her career to the management of pain in companion animals. She holds a certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice, has published many peer-reviewed scientific articles, is a trained veterinary acupuncturist and is studying as a Certified Canine Rehabilitation Practitioner with the University of Tennessee. She oversees the case management for every patient seen by Pawsitive Relief, ensuring the highest standards of care.

Whilst our dedicated treatment times run throughout the work day, evening and weekend appointments can be arranged by special request. These are subject to additional charges and of limited availability.

Our multimodal approach to pain management is designed to help manage your pet's discomfort and aim's to reduce their dependence on drug therapies. We believe in appropriate and adequate pain management for every patient, even those that don't tolerate traditional medications well.

We offer stance analysis, strengthening and conditioning programmes, maintenance therapies such as laser, massage and acupuncture as well as sports injury rehabilitation for canine athletes.