Canine Physiotherapy is a beneficial part of your dog’s routine health care programme and can help by:

⦁ Enhancing sports performance and fitness in the athletic dog with pre and post event regimes

⦁ Providing routine maintenance checks

⦁ Providing rehabilitation programmes post injury or surgery to restore joint range of movement, muscle strength and function

⦁ Managing osteoarthritic conditions, e.g. symptoms of joint stiffness and inflammation

⦁ Providing expert advice

• A veterinary referral is needed before starting treatment.

• Arthritis

• Muscular and joint injuries

• Post- operative care and rehab

• Cruciate disease

• Elbow dysplasia

• Hip dysplasia

• Spinal cord injuries and disc disease

• Patella luxation

• Degenerative myelopathy

• Age related weakness/ reduced mobility

• Custom made splints

• Measuring and fitting of custom orthosis/ braces

• Measuring and fitting of wheel carts and other mobility aids

1st session - £80.00 (1-1.5 hours)

Follow up sessions - £65.00 (45 minutes)

*the prices above were correct in Nov 2025, please check with us for up to date prices.

All insurance policies are different and we recommend you check directly with them. 

Your first appointment will last approx. 1- 1.5 hours. All follow up appointments last approx. 45 minutes- 1 hour.

A full and thorough assessment will be carried out and the findings of this will be used to specifically tailor the physiotherapy treatment session to your dog. Veterinary Consent will be required for remedial/post-surgical physiotherapy.

The assessment process includes:

⦁ Gait analysis

⦁ Postural assessment

⦁ Assessment of spinal and limb joint range of movement

⦁ Assessment of soft tissues (muscle, fascia, tendons and ligaments)

The treatment process includes:

⦁ Soft tissue and myofascial release techniques

⦁ Spinal and limb joint mobilisations

⦁ Facilitation of normal movement patterns

⦁ Use of electrotherapies e.g. LASER, PEMFT

⦁ Rehabilitation programmes, home exercise programmes

• Please note a veterinary referral is needed before starting treatment.

• Arrive 5 mins early to allow your pet toilet and stretch their legs

• Please bring high value treats or toys to help encourage your pet during the session

Our physiotherapist, Heidi Benson is self employed and works at different locations. 

Heidi qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist from the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2003 and is registered with CSP and HCPC. In 2005 Heidi then went on to study at The Royal Veterinary College, London, where she qualified with a Master’s Degree as a Veterinary Physiotherapist and is able to treat dogs, horses and people!

Heidi is registered with ACPAT (Association of Chartered Physiotherapist’s in Animal Therapy) and RAMP (Register of Animal Musculoskeletal Practitioners) and is fully insured, so you can be sure your animal will receive the highest standard of care, to restore and maintain mobility, function and performance.

In addition to clinical practice, Heidi spent a few years working in Higher Education as External Examiner for Nottingham University and as Associate Lecturer for Hartpury College, UWE on both their MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy courses, however, she now focuses solely on clinical practice.

Heidi has extensive experience as a musculoskeletal practitioner treating all dogs, from companions through to elite competition. Offering preventative, maintenance, pre and post competition physiotherapy for the working and athletic dog, Heidi also provides remedial physiotherapy and rehabilitation following injury and post-surgery.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist, Heidi is highly trained in biomechanical assessment which includes gait analysis, assessment of neuromuscular control and movement evaluation during rehabilitation from either injury or disease.

When Heidi isn’t working, she enjoys sheep dog training with her Border Collie and competing her Blue Cross rescue horse!

Heidi works from our Chepstow practice four-weekly on Mondays. For more details or to book an appointment, please give our reception team a call on 01291 625205.