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🧡🍂 This time of year can add all sorts of stresses to our dog’s lives. Changes in seasons happen 4 times a year but I personally think summer into autumn can be the biggest for change and impact on emotional state.
Autumn can bring with it change to our routines especially once the clocks go back which subsequently can then have an effect on things like timings of daily walks. Darker evenings mean less natural light, annual festivities include loud fireworks and the changes to the weather mean damper and colder days.
Seasonal changes are known to effect both humans and canines and I’m sure most of you can relate to the few changes I’ve listed above. Although I am a lover of Autumn and the changes it brings to our countryside’s I have most defiantly been effected by the above over the last week with symptoms such as pressure headaches and feeling restricted by our days being cut short by darkness 🍂🧡

I have recently completed a course in Neuromuscular Rehabilitation which had a huge emphasis on treating the cranial (head) aspect of the dogs body and today I was able to put these techniques to use to help one of my patients who has been struggling with heightened levels of adrenaline and stress meaning her sympathetic nervous system was in overdrive.

🧠 The dog’s head, like the rest of the body, is a complex system of connective tissues, including bone, muscle and nervous systems and by learning to work with these systems in such a specific way I can help identify and change areas that hold tension and cause discomfort such as jaw pain, head aches and light sensitivity all of which is truly very special 💜

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do”. Steve Jobs.

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Some tips for keeping our dogs happy tonight and throughout the firework season 🎆 💜

🧠 I talk a lot about fascia to my clients and often the question ‘what is fascia?’ comes up, well… Here is a great little video to show the visual aspect of fascia (thanks to White Horse Bodywork).

❓What is fascia ❓
Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place. The tissue does more than provide internal structure; fascia has nerves that make it almost as sensitive as skin. When stressed, it tightens up.

Although fascia looks like one sheet of tissue, it’s actually made up of multiple layers. It’s designed to stretch as the body moves. But there are certain things that cause fascia to thicken and become sticky. When it dries up and tightens around muscles, it can limit mobility and cause painful knots to develop. Healthy fascia is smooth, slippery and flexible.

There are many factors that can cause fascia to become dysfunctional and adhered but the main ones we see are;
➡️ Repetitive movements that overwork parts of the body
➡️ Trauma to the body such as post-surgical wounds or traumatic injuries
➡️ Stress to the body; emotionally, mentally and physically

Dysfunctional fascia can be painful which is why keeping it happy is such an important part of my day to day role as a clinical canine massage therapist (and why I’m slightly obsessed with it).
How important is fascia… 💯% important!!

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