A Guide to Natural Support for Canine Joint Pain
Yasmin Porritt, Yaz, is a great supporter of CAM4animals and is a regular blog writer for us. Yaz has been incredibly passionate about canine joint care for many years now. With her job as a Canine Massage Therapist at Yorkshire Pooches Therapies, it’s easy to see why this is the case. Many of the cases she deals with involve pain management, which has become her specialty. Sadly, Yaz notes that many pet parents are missing some of the obvious signs of pain in their dogs which set her to thinking how she might help.
This is where the idea for Ooo That’s The Spot- A Guide to Natural Support for Canine Joint Pain evolved. This eBook is small but mighty, jam packed with tips on how we can better support our canine companions.
The foreword for the booklet has testimonies from Stef of Stef’s Pet Pantry and vet Dr R O’Brien of Lokis Legacy. The contents cover:
- What is pain?
- Recognising pain
- Massage
- Lifestyle and nutraceuticals
- Multimodal management
CAM4animals thoroughly recommends this book as an excellent insight into recognising the signs of pain, what to do if your dog is in pain and how to optimise their immediate and ongoing treatment. The advice in the book is also very helpful for pain prevention.
Useful links
Blogs about pain
Yasmine Porritt
Yasmin runs Yorkshire Pooches Therapies from her clinic in Castleford in West Yorkshire. She combines a passion for musculoskeletal health, species-appropriate nutrition, canine behaviour and all things natural, to create a holistic canine service. Yasmin specialises in pain management (particularly that associated with degenerative diseases), working gun dogs and Romanian rescue dogs. Yorkshire Pooches Therapies is a member of the Association of Merishia Therapists and the International Association of Animal Therapists (IAAT)
After successfully running her own dog-walking business for years and wanting to challenge herself further, Yasmin trained as a Canine Merishia Massage Therapist. Throughout the year-long training at Rose Holistic Therapies, Yasmin studied in-depth Merishia massage techniques, joint mobilisation, canine anatomy and diseases/injuries affecting movement.
Along with her Canine Merisha Massage qualification, Yasmin is also qualified in Canine First Aid, Dog Care, Dorwest Herbs and a diploma in Canine Communication. Yasmin also holds a BA(Hons) Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Performance Practice, obtained from York St John University.
Yaz has three dogs of her own, siblings Lily and Rodney and Peggy her Romanian Rescue Dog. Also in the gang are Nancy and Patty the Guinea Pigs, Mitzi and Pan the Ferrets and Charlie the rescue Cockatiel. Not forgetting Yasmin’s forever patient husband Adam
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