Understanding your dog

Elbow dysplasia

Understanding how your dog uses their body and what their diagnosis means for everyday function.

Start with the individual.

With elbow dysplasia, veterinary information is considered alongside movement, stance and the owner’s observations. The assessment conversation may explore ordinary moments such as getting up, walking on different surfaces and settling after an outing.

Rehabilitation goals should be specific to the dog and the care they are already receiving. Different assessment tools and therapies may be considered, with the purpose of each explained and the plan adjusted through review rather than assumed from the diagnosis.

Image placeholder: Planned image: individual rehabilitation support related to elbow dysplasia
Planned image: individual rehabilitation support related to elbow dysplasia

Questions for your next conversation.

  • Which home observations would help your assessment?
  • What might gait or stance assessment contribute?
  • How will we decide which goals to work towards?

Approaches to discuss.

These are related areas of care to explore with the team. An individual assessment determines which, if any, are suitable for your dog.

Veterinary physiotherapyA conversation about comfort, movement and daily life, followed by an individual approach to rehabilitation.Gait & movement analysisLooking closely at how your dog moves, then placing those observations in a wider clinical and everyday context.Stance analysisA closer look at how a dog stands and distributes weight, considered alongside movement and clinical findings.Rehabilitation & pain managementA joined-up plan around comfort, function and the life your dog shares with you.

Owner education

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Elbow dysplasia: understanding movement in contextObservations of standing, walking and ordinary activities can open useful questions without supplying a diagnosis.

Here for your dog

Bring the everyday details.

Your observations help connect veterinary information with the life your dog leads at home.

Explore a first assessment