Alice Hodgson Physiotherapy- ACPAT

18/06/2025

Keep your pooches safe in this hot weather 😎☀️🧊

🌡️🔥 HEAT ALERT: 26°C TODAY! 🔥🌡️
Keep your furry friends safe in the heat! ☀️🐾

With temperatures hitting 26°C, it's important to remember: pets feel the heat even more than we do. Here's how to protect them:

🚫 No walkies during midday heat – Stick to early morning or evening.
🚗 Never leave pets in cars – Even with windows down, it’s deadly.
💧 Keep them cool & hydrated – Fresh water and shade are a must.
🐶 Watch for signs of heatstroke – Excessive panting, drooling, or lethargy? Call us immediately.

Let’s make sure this warm day is safe and fun for everyone – paws included! 🐕🐈💚

07/06/2025

Fantastic day of CPD for Canine Exercise Prescription at

It’s so important that exercises are right for your dog, both in helping them recover from injury/surgery but also for maintenance and preventative care.

All dogs can benefit from physiotherapy, but especially our older pooches! 🐶

Get in touch today to discuss your dog 🐕

☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📱 www.alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

13/05/2025

**𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗦 & 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗗**

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 & 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗟𝗘

As part of our extensive bridle-horse interaction research, using state of the art measuring equipment, we are conducting a scientific study comparing behaviour, noseband and headpiece pressures, and rein tension for horses ridden in a bitless bridles and a snaffle bridle.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿:
🐴Horses and riders who compete in dressage with a snaffle bridle
🐴Horses and riders who regularly train in a bitless bridle (side pull or cross under. Not a hackamore)
🐴Both horse and rider must be accustomed to both the snaffle and bitless bridle, and will be required to carry out a short ridden test (walk, trot, canter, transitions and turns) to confirm suitability.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼?
🐴Ride in two types of bitless bridles, and a snaffle bridle
🐴Ride in walk, trot and canter in a straight line, and perform transitions

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀?
Thursday 7th August 2025
Wednesday 27th August 2025

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Woolcroft Saddlery, Wisbech
Hartpury University, Gloucester
Centaur Biomechanics, Warwickshire

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺?
Dr Russell MacKechnie-Guire, Prof. Hilary Clayton, Dr Rachel Murray, Mark Fisher, Diana Fisher, Professor Jane Williams, Dr Victoria Walker, Dr David Marlin and Dr Janet Douglas

For further information and inclusion criteria, please email russell.mackechnie-guire@hartpury.ac.uk

Thanks to World Horse Welfare, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University for their suppourt.

26/03/2025

🌸🌼🌷 Did someone say SPRING? 🌷🌼🌸

🌿 Now that spring is here, why not get your horse assessed and treated, to make sure their musculoskeletal system is at its optimum?

🌿 This is a great time of year to have them checked for several reasons:

- The British Eventing season starts in March 🇬🇧 So a pre-season check is advisable before your first run out

- If you are starting to increase your horse’s workload post winter

- If your horse had an injury over winter and you’ve been rehabbing, it is important to have them checked before re-starting ridden work

- Has your horse changed shape? Have they lost/put on weight over winter? This will influence the state of their musculoskeletal system, and it would also be sensible to have their saddle checked aswell as their musculoskeletal system.

Get in touch today to book an appointment for your dog or horse:
☎️ 07534 496020 (text/call/whatsapp)
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📱 www.alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas



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15/01/2025

I had a lovely little audience this afternoon whilst treating horses in the sunshine school, they were quite intrigued! 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛ ☀️

☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📱 www.alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

14/01/2025

Finishing off a busy day of dog clients with a walk with the lovely Buddy 🐶 🧡 Who enjoyed a cold swim! 🌊

Get in touch today to book an appointment for your dog or horse:

☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📱 www.alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

14/01/2025

❄️ Jan and Feb appointments ❄️

Hope you’re all enjoying some above zero temperatures as we say goodbye to the snow and ice! 🧊

I’m have limited availability left for January appointments now and am taking February bookings, so get in touch to book your horse or dog in for their physiotherapy assessment.

(Picture of my old boy Bampy out enjoying a fresh winter day a few years ago 🦄)

Get in touch today to book an appointment for your dog or horse:

☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📱 www.alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

23/12/2024

Wishing a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my two and four-legged clients! 🐶🐴 I am now finished for 2024 apart from a few clients before New Year. Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2025 💫🐶🐴

I will be starting back on Tuesday 7th Jan and still have a few appointments in January for dog and horse appointments 🐕🐎

Get in touch today to book an appointment for your dog or horse:

☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📱 www.alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

21/12/2024

Catching up on some CPD a few weeks ago from the Seminar 2024, some really interesting speakers on both equine and canine topics 🐴🐶 It’s so important that there is a collaborative MDT for optimum management of animals, particularly in regards to pain relief 🏥 💊

05/11/2024

🐴 Why have your horse seen by a physiotherapist? 🐴

🌟 Ensure your equine friend is in their best possible condition
🌟 Early detection of injuries and problems
🌟 Maintain optimal performance
🌟 Maintenance of their muscular and skeletal systems when in regular work/competition
🌟 Keeping them comfortable in their later years/retirement
🌟 Rehabilitation post injury or surgery

Get in touch today to book an appointment for your horse:
☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

29/10/2024

🐶 Could your dog benefit from seeing a physiotherapist? 🐶

🌟 Have you noticed a change in your dog’s physical state- do they struggle to get up from lying, do they look slow or stiff? Are they unhappy to be groomed or touched?

🌟 Has your dog recently seen your vet for a pain related issue, or been diagnosed with an injury or orthopaedic disease?

🌟 Would you like to find out how you can keep your dog, young or old, at their optimal physical state for life and help precent injury and disease?

ALL dogs can benefit from seeing a physiotherapist.

Get in touch today to book an appointment for your dog:
☎️ 07534 496020
✉️ hello@alicehodgsonphysiotherapy.co.uk
📍 Bristol, Bath and surrounding areas

27/10/2024

🐎 What to expect at your physiotherapy appointment 🐕

🌟 Veterinary consent is required for physiotherapy assessment and treatment of animals (except in maintenance cases). This is a legal requirement under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

🌟 I will gather a full assessment from the owner of the animal’s history, the problem (where necessary), the nature of symptoms, behaviour, exercise, diet, and environment

🌟 I will undertake a thorough physical assessment of your animal, at various paces, straight lines, circles, transitions between stances (in dogs), on different surfaces (where necessary), on the lunge (in horses), spinal and limb range of movement, palpation of joints and musculature, and neurological tests if required

🌟 I will summarise these findings to you as the owner, and discuss a treatment plan, and carry out treatments accordingly. This may include, joint mobilisations, soft tissue and myofascial massage, electrotherapy and exercises.

🌟 In some cases it may be necessary for me to liaise with your vet to ensure optimum management of your animal. It is important that all professionals involved with your animal are working collaboratively