Michele Brooker, Chartered Physiotherapist & Veterinary Physiotherapist

01/01/2026

22/12/2025

That's a wrap for me now until the New Year (don't panic those who are booked in between Christmas and New Year i am still coming!).

Wishing all my clients 2, 3 and 4 legged, an amazing Christmas and a fantastic 2026.

As always thankyou for your continued custom over the last year, and look forward to catching up with you all in 2026.
Mish xx

03/12/2025

Buy a ticket or two to help our rescue charities n the hard work our vets do for them too xx

09/11/2025

We WILL Remember Them

23/10/2025

ohhh look new venue

New clinic venue, Kyloe Farm, Fordham, just 5mins from A12. Venue has own EOH equipment so perfect for those wanting to experience different obstacles. Venue also provides parking for EAFR so great for anyone wanting to make more of a day of it. Loads of parking on hard standing. Also rare weekend date, Saturday 6th December

22/08/2025

Contact Tessa if you want to book in to her Working Equitation Clinics

Next clinic Monday 22nd September at County farm livery, nr Sudbury in new 70 x 40 arena. In hand or ridden. Spaces available

Wednesday 24th September at Glevering Hall livery, nr Woodbridge. Waitlist

25/07/2025

Meet our new addition Holly. She likes people, dogs..... and food!!
Reba dog is finding her exhausting, and Picasso cat is sulking !
Don't think it will take long for all of them to adjust!!

12/07/2025

It's always a grand day out!

19/06/2025

Take heed....heatstroke in dogs!

🐕HEATSTROKE IN DOGS🐕

We've been banging on about this for years! HEATSTROKE is a MEDICAL EMERGENCY! Fortunately, now more and more professionals are communicating the same message!

Whilst the need for rapid cooling with COLD water (1-15°C) has been recognised for decades in equestrian and human medicine, the dog world has lagged behind, and very poor information still circulates. e.g. "cool the paws", "cover with wet towels", "avoid cold water as it will cause shock"

THE KEY MESSAGES ARE............

💦"WET THEN VET"💦

💦"COLD WATER IMMERSION" (1-15°C)💦
(If you can't immerse, keep pouring ANYTHING COLD over the dog - hose, soft drinks, milk, etc)

💦Dogs die of heatstroke because they were NOT COOLED QUICKLY ENOUGH, NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE COOLED!

♨️RISK FACTORS FOR HEATSTROKE IN HOT WEATHER♨️

♨️Large dogs
♨️DOUBLE-COATED breeds
♨️Brachycephalic breeds
♨️June, July, August (UK)
♨️Exercise, being outdoors, left in cars

EDIT: - If a dog is PANTING, it's struggling to control its body TEMPERATURE! 💦HOSE IT TO COOL IT DOWN!💦

❤️PLEASE SHARE - Spread accurate information; potentially save a dogs life!❤️

CHECK OUT FREE RESOURCES HERE: https://askanimalweb.com/managing-dogs-in-hot-weather/

Welfare in the Heat: https://askanimalweb.com/heat-welfare/

If you don't believe me, look at the research: Beard S, Hall EJ, Bradbury J, Carter AJ, Gilbert S, O'Neill DG. Epidemiology of heat-related illness in dogs under UK emergency veterinary care in 2022. Vet Rec. 2024;e4153. https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vetr.4153

13/05/2025

Ohh some of my clients i am sure could help…cambs area?
Get in touch guys to take part in some fantastic research

**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.

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤️❤️

29/01/2025

If folk have a few minutes, can you complete RAMPs survey.
Thankyou. Mish xx

🐾 Accessing Animal Musculoskeletal Professional Care for Animals 🐾

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