Hannah Simpson Veterinary Physiotherapy

08/10/2025

These two gorgeous girls are Peja the Lab and Clemmie the Collie! I see them every few weeks for maintenance physio to ensure they’re in tip top shape for their busy agility training schedule. It allows us to find niggles and target them before they become full blown injuries further down the line. Similar to human athletes, regular maintenance physio is so beneficial to ensure musculoskeletal health and strength. After their assessments, I will pick up on subtle weaknesses which we target with strengthening exercises I give their owner to do inbetween sessions. We also go through warm up and cool down routines to ensure we try to prevent injury as much as we can. It definitely pays off for these two as they felt great today! 🐕🐾

08/10/2025

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The hyoid, a small bone with a big influence? In issue 36, Hannah Simpson has written a fantastic article on this matter.

“The hyoid is suspended in the lower jaw via indirect attachment through a complex network of ligaments, muscles and fascia with connections to various myofascial kinetic lines and muscle chains. Changes in myofascial kinetic lines or muscle chains can significantly impact the hyoid’s positioning, movement and associated functions.”

This interesting read can be found starting on page 29 and it even looks into the muscle attachments.

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03/10/2025

Gorgeous Ross showing us what a healthy and pain free back looks like. Just look at the give in the muscles when pressure is applied! As you can see in the video, my hand moves freely down the back with ease indicating not only is the muscle feeling comfortable but also the fascia surrounding it. Often when areas are uncomfortable, the fascia surrounding those areas will become sticky and dehydrated and almost act as a “speed bump” and prevent that ease of movement not only during palpation but for the horse itself - which is clearly not the case here! 🐴

02/10/2025

My favourite kind of messages to receive! 🥰

01/10/2025

All smiles here for physio! These lovely three had a start of season/back to term MOT session to make sure they’re in tip top shape for the season ahead 💪

24/09/2025

Spotted in the latest ! I was given the pleasure of writing another article for the latest issue which focused on the hyoid bone (something that I’ve recently become obsessed with)! It was a tricky piece to write but super interesting!

19/09/2025

This lovely lady is Steel! She’s a super cute THB who was booked in after her owner noticed a few odd behaviours during her most recent ride. During her session we found some tightness around the shoulder, through the brachiocephalicus and poll which was treated with a combination of massage and myofascial release. Managed to get a few seconds of her processing during working through her poll and shoulder 🥰🥰

18/08/2025

What an incredible weekend learning about the axial skeleton with 🩻 My brain is completely fried in the best possible way! Luckily for the copious amounts of biscuits and laughs, we managed to complete all the content (surprisingly!). Biggest thank you to Ellie for teaching this fantastic course, cannot rave about it enough! I can’t wait to be able to bring this into practice 😍

20/06/2025

Something exciting arrived in the post today! The latest issue of with an article written by myself looking at the importance of warm ups and cool downs in the equine athlete! Very applicable seeing as it’s an absolute stinker of a day today! ☀️🔥💦 Hoping everyone has a lovely weekend and properly warms up and cools down their horse!

31/05/2025

What a fantastic and fascinating two days of CPD, learning about the canine and equine hyoid with Sara Farina. Can’t wait to put theory into practice with all my clients next week! 🤩

26/03/2025

Sleepy eyes during some poll release for this gentle giant 😴 this handsome boy is Pegasus, he’s only 5 and 17.3hh so I definitely needed my step for him today. He had a physio check up to make sure everything is feeling good and as it should. Young horses benefit from physio to help support their developing musculoskeletal system, enhance overall soundness and help prevent injury 💪

10/03/2025

What a lovely way to start my Monday 💗