Summerhill Laser Therapy

14/10/2026

🐾 How Can I Help Your Dog Recover Following TPLO Surgery? 🐾
Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO) is a common surgical procedure used to manage cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease in dogs. Although surgery addresses the instability within the stifle (knee) joint, your dog still needs a carefully managed rehabilitation programme to support their recovery and return to functional movement.
So, how can Canine Myofascial release and functional exercises help?
✨ Reduce muscular tension
Following surgery, changes in weight-bearing and movement can lead to compensatory muscle tension throughout the body. Myotherapy can help address these areas as your dog progresses through rehabilitation.
✨ Address compensatory movement patterns
Your dog may alter how they stand, walk and distribute their weight to protect the operated limb. These adaptations can place additional demands on other muscle groups, including the thoracic limbs, back and opposite pelvic limb.
✨ Improve strength and stability
When your veterinary surgeon and rehabilitation team consider it appropriate, a tailored canine conditioning programme can help rebuild strength, improve postural control and develop the core and deep postural muscles needed for functional movement as they return to normal activity.
✨ Support the whole dog
Rehabilitation isn't just about the operated leg. We need to consider the whole musculoskeletal system, their home environment and how they move during everyday activities.
🐾 Important: Every dog's recovery is different. What I do is complementary to veterinary-led rehabilitation, not a replacement for it. Treatment and exercise must be appropriate to the stage of healing, with veterinary surgeon consent and clearance before treatment.
Has your dog undergone TPLO surgery, or are they preparing for their rehabilitation journey?
💡DM me to book in or have a chat about your dog
🐾Clinic based near Dorking, Surrey
🏠Home visits in local area can also be arranged

12/10/2026

02/09/2026

Last few jackets for sale !

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25/08/2026

Summerhill Laser Therapy supported the local wildlife (Deer, Badgers, Squirrels and Birds) that visit the Cemetery at the bottom of our lane, by supplying 6 Wall mounted drinking bowls. The staff put them up a few weeks ago and people keep them topped up 😊

25/08/2026

❌ MYTH: "We should hold off on prescription pain medication for as long as possible so my dog doesn't build up a tolerance and run out of options later."

✅ FACT: Dogs do not build up an "immunity" or tolerance to primary arthritis medications (such as NSAIDs). Waiting until end-stage pain before starting treatment actually makes pain significantly harder to manage.

When chronic joint discomfort is left unmanaged in the early to moderate stages, the central nervous system undergoes rewiring - a process known as central sensitisation (neural "wind-up"). This turns the volume dial on pain all the way up, lowering your dog's pain threshold and making subsequent discomfort far more intense and resistant to standard treatments.

Starting baseline pain relief early protects the nervous system, stops the cycle of compensatory muscle strain, and preserves vital joint mobility.

RESEARCH:
Innes, J. F., et al. (2010). "Review of the safety and efficacy of long-term NSAIDs in dogs with osteoarthritis." Veterinary Record, 166(8), 226–230.

Budsberg, S. C., et al. (2018). "Evaluation of long-term administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in dogs with osteoarthritis." American Journal of Veterinary Research, 79(4), 370–377.

Central Sensitisation in Canine Osteoarthritis:
Knazovicky, D., et al. (2016). "Widespread somatosensory sensitivity in natural canine osteoarthritis." Pain, 157(6), 1325–1332.

Lascelles, B. D. X. (2010). "Joint pain in dogs and cats: targeting the pain pathway." Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 40(5), 1023–1053.

12/08/2026

For Sale:-

Blacks Veterinary Dictionary
22nd Edition

Condition Good, blank front page missing W/D written on 1st page.

£30 + P&P

12/08/2026

For Sale:
Hills Atlas if Veterinary Clinical Anatomy
1989.
£32 + P&P

12/08/2026

For Sale:-
Dog Anatomy A Colouring Atlas , Robert A Kainer, DVM, MS and Thomas O McCracken MS

ISBN 1-893441-17-2
Print number 543
Excellent condition - 1st page coloured in .

£25 inc p&p

22/07/2026

After 11 years of being a Canine Hydrotherapist, today I said goodbye to a wonderful career.
A big thank you to the amazing trainers and staff at Greyfriars Rehabilitation in Guildford for the training and support and to all of my wonderful clients over the years that have entrusted the care and rehabilitation of their animals to me. I shall look back fondly on a very special time of my life and look forward to a restful semi- retirement . Thank you all for your gifts and cards.