An initial consultation lasts for up to 1hr 30 mins and includes:
A full consultation to discuss medical history, diet, lifestyle and any reasons you may have for seeking clinical massage for your dog.
Gait and postural analysis - this will involve watching your dog’s movement as they walk, trot and run so will facilitate a short trip outside.
A muscular assessment and health check involving advanced palpation.
Full body massage incorporating Swedish, deep tissue, sports, myofascial release and the Lenton method.
Post treatment advice and aftercare discussion.
£45
A block of 3 treatments gives your dog’s body the time it needs to adapt and change after treatments. It allows the tissues to fully ‘let down’ for easier manipulation and deeper massage. It also affords me more opportunity to build trust with your dog. An initial consultation with 2 follow up sessions are the gold standard for clinical massage.
As part of a block of treatments, the sessions will include a full body massage and discussion and review of any progress over the course of the treatments.
Guild therapists work to best practise. If you have not seen any results after a course of 3 treatments, your dog will be referred back to your vet for further investigation.
£45 per session
Maintenance massages are only bookable after an initial consultation. Lasting for up to an 1 hour they include:
A full consultation to discuss any medical, dietary or lifestyle changes since your dog’s last treatment.
Gait and postural analysis.
A muscular assessment and health check .
Full body massage incorporating Swedish, deep tissue, sports, myofascial release and the Lenton method.
Post treatment advice and aftercare discussion.
£45
Why not book a muscular health check for your dog? You don’t need a consent/referral form for this!
A muscular health check is the advanced palpation of your dog’s muscles using hands and fingers. Over 80 muscles (40 pairs) are assessed during this nose to tail check to discover any issues such as muscle strains, trigger points, myofascial pain and hypertonicity (tightness). Although this sounds like a lot of muscles to cover, a massage would work on many more muscles than this!
As this is palpation and not massage, a vet consent is not required.
This appointment would include the muscular health check, a discussion on findings and lasts around 15 minutes.
We do not assess for orthopaedic or neurological issues.
£FREE
“Willow absolutely loves her massages with Claire and is calm and relaxed throughout. Claire's gentle and compassionate approach puts Willow at complete ease. Claire is very knowledgeable and always explains what she has found. Willow is very relaxed and happy with the whole massage experience and she does appear to be less tense and more at ease afterwards. I would highly recommend Claire to anyone wanting massage therapy for their dog”
— Lisa: Owner