About Me
I’m Jen and I run Edinburgh Clinical Canine Massage.
My story
I live with my two greyhounds, Star and Mimi. I have lived with dogs for most of my life and, in the past, have adopted a number of elderly rescue dogs with age related health conditions and mobility issues. It was while searching for complimentary therapies to help my own dogs that I came across clinical canine massage. As a runner, I go for regular massages myself and know first-hand the relief from pain and improved mobility that massage can provide. It made perfect sense to me that, if massage worked for me, it could also work for my dogs; and it did!
My training
I have spent two years studying with the Canine Massage Therapy Centre where I completed the Clinical Canine Massage Practitioner Programme, accredited by LANTRA. I studied under the inspirational Natalie Lenton and am trained in the Lenton Method®, which has been clinically proven to provide benefit, with an efficacy rate of over 95%. This means that over 95% of dogs that took part in the study showed reduced levels of pain and improved mobility. You can find out more about the clinical trials here.
During my two years of training, I have undertaken over 800 hours of study and practical sessions, I have gained an advanced knowledge of canine anatomy and physiology, and specialise in four disciplines of massage:
Swedish
deep tissue
sports massage
myofascial release - direct and indirect methods
Keeping up to date
I am a proud member of the Canine Massage Guild. The Guild holds its members to high standards of best practice and requires all of its members to keep up to date with the latest industry developments through the completion of at least 25 hours of CPD each year. As a Canine Massage Guild member, I seek to ‘provide results you can see and your dog can feel!’
I am fully insured.
My approach
My goal, as a clinical canine massage therapist, is to help your dog to live a happy healthy life, by reducing chronic pain and improving mobility.
I believe that, just like us, each dog is different. This means that each dog needs and deserves to receive treatment that is tailored to them.
My own experience of receiving body work, has shown me the importance of treating the body as one. This is why I take a holistic approach to each treatment, combining massage and myofascial release techniques with gait analysis and advanced palpation skills, to treat the whole body.
Importantly, I also go for regular massage and myofascial release treatments. I will never perform a technique on your dog, that I don’t have first hand experience of myself.