rhysdonovan

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Hi, I’m Rhys and I’m one of the co-founders of The Animal Rehab Klinik. I’d love to tell you a bit about myself, so you can get to know me a little better and hopefully entrust me with looking after your pet! I began my professional career as an osteopath in 2010 after completing a 5-year degree in osteopathy at the University of Western Sydney. During my studies, I had gotten to know some lecturers who were also qualified in equine rehab & treatment. I didn’t even realise that this profession existed. I was immediately fascinated with how they applied their hands-on skills and treated animals who had no way of verbally communicating what was wrong with them. I immediately knew that one day I too wanted to learn how to do this. Fast forwarding the clock several years, I found myself with some spare time in the human practice that I ran and knew this was the opportunity that I needed to do some further study and set about enrolling in the newly formed Animal Biomechanical Medicine (ABM) course. Immediately I was captivated by the content in the course – re-visiting osteopathic principles and treatment which I’d done for so long for humans, but learning how to apply this thought process to these creatures with 4 legs (and sometimes 3 legs!) Not to mention learning new chiropractic approaches. It was like a new lease of life on my career – I had to think on my feet a lot more than I’d needed to in recent years which reinvigorated my desire to learn and develop as a practitioner. In 2018 I was appointed as a Director of our professional association – the Animal Biomechanical Professionals of Australia (ABPA). I’m excited to take on this new responsibility and lead the way the future of our industry! www.animalrehabklinik.com.au

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