ACC Physiotherapy

09/01/2026

Happy New Year!
Apologies it has been so quiet on here over the last year. There have been many changes and not a lot of free time to keep up with my social media accounts.

At the begining of last year I had the amazing opportunity of joining the lovely team at Everlasting Physiotherapy and have been loving every minute of it.

Later in the year I also joined the amazing team at Southpaw Orthopeadic Veterinary Centre to offer physiotherapy services at their practice.

I continue to offer dog and horse physiotherapy visits as normal to all my clients alongside this. Human physiotherapy services also remain the same with offering sessions at the Halo in Highworth; at the Faringdon Wellbeing Clinic and home visits.

Many thanks for your continued support through 2025.

16/02/2025

A lovely client testimonial 🥰⭐️

16/02/2025

🐾 Accessing Animal Musculoskeletal Professional Care for Animals 🐾

https://forms.gle/hVNd161RJUE8QK136

⬆️Help us, help you, by sparing a few minutes to fill out our survey above.⬆️

We want to know how you as animal carers access musculoskeletal care for your animals, what you expect and who you turn to for advice.

The survey is anonymous and does not collect any personal data.

01/10/2024

👀Looking for Volunteers!👀

Are you a pet owner or do you have sole care of one or more animals?

Are you able to spare 30mins on Monday 14th October to help RAMP form a focus group to discuss musculoskeletal services in animal care?

Please drop us a message with your email address and we will be in touch. ☺️

01/09/2024

HUMAN PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICES

My experience: I graduated in 2019 with first class honours in BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy. Over the years I have gained experience in acute wards, orthopaedics, elderly care, complex rehabilitation & discharge planning, and stroke rehabilitation.

Since 2020, I have worked as part of the team at Highworth Physiotherapy Clinic providing musculoskeletal assessments and treatments as well as home visits.

I am registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

🤚 Human physiotherapy treatments within a clinic room setting at Highworth Physiotherapy Clinic:
• Neck, upper and low back pain
• Joint pain
• Arthritis
• Soft-tissue injuries, sprains or strains
• Rehabilitation following trauma or injury, fracture or surgery
• Sports injuries
• Postural concerns
• Falls
• Neurological conditions i.e. Stroke, Parkinson’s

🏠 Home or Care Home visits for house bound clients who struggle to access Physiotherapy services for:
• Falls prevention, balance
• Increasing exercise tolerance and strength
• Neurological conditions – stroke, Parkinson’s
• On discharge from hospital to increase strength, mobility and confidence on return home
• Arthritis management
• Post-surgical/Orthopaedic - total hip/knee replacements, fractures, abdominal surgery
• Improving outdoor mobility
• Advice, guidance and education

Feel free to get in touch for more information.
07485224657 (call/whatsapp/text)
E-mail: andrea@accphysiotherapy.co.uk
More information on my website: accphysiotherapy.co.uk

31/07/2024

29/07/2024

With a couple of days of warmer weather coming in again it's good to remind ourselves of how to keep our animals safe in the hot weather🌡☀️
Some very good resources are available on this topic provided by Dr David Marlin and are well worth a read.

🐎🐕SUMMER, HEAT, HORSES & DOGS!🐎🐕

With the promise of summer finally arriving in the UK early next week, we’ll be posting regularly with advice about how to keep your animals 🐕🐎safe and comfortable in the hot weather, but in the meantime, you can check out the website for these FREE RESOURCES

🐕 https://drdavidmarlin.com/managing-dogs-in-hot-weather/
🐎 https://drdavidmarlin.com/best-practice-for-horses-in-a-heatwave/
☀️ https://drdavidmarlin.com/heatwave-poster-print-and-share/

Below is a little graphic to get the ball rolling! Many people are still under the misapprehension that a thick coat can keep an animal such as a dog insulated from the heat! That could only be true if the animal in question wasn't producing any heat, i.e. it was dead! Animals continually produce heat at rest (let alone exercise) and have to get rid of it continually to avoid overheating. The main route they get rid of heat is at their BODY SURFACE! The process of heat loss through this route is known as CONVECTION & EVAPORATION (if sweat is being produced). They can also lose heat by CONDUCTION if they lay down on a surface cooler than their skin/hair surface. If the body surface is covered in hair, then this acts as insulation and slows down the release of heat! The more/thicker the hair, the slower the heat loss.

Many people seem to believe a dog's coat has magical properties and keeps dogs cool in the heat. (Interestingly, horse owners don't believe this about horses) It doesn't. Hair is dead, not living. It obeys the laws of physics. It traps air in the same way human clothing does and slows down heat loss. The only instance where hair helps keep an animal cool is when the air temperature is higher than the body temperature. Under these conditions, the animal must rely or sweating and panting to lose heat.

Physics is physics! Physiology is physiology! :)

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29/07/2024

Lovely start to a work day with an early morning hack to beat the heat, followed by seeing human clients at Highworth Physiotherapy Clinic and finishing the day off with a horse client 😊

I often get asked what I prefer, treating humans or animals? What I love about my job is that I get to do both ❤️

21/07/2024

📖 BSAVA COMPANION 📖

We are really pleased to share with you an article that has made the BSAVA Companion Journal July edition. Our Vice President Lucinda Stott wrote an article for them on “Regulating the animal musculoskeletal industry” which has been made free to download via the following link.

https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsavalibrary.com%2Fcontent%2Fjournals%2F10.22233%2F20412495.0724.20&data=05%7C02%7C%7C0f3c67b3d0bb48bfef4a08dca7cf7dc1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638569756838954926%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mhvpl%2BSJEw5ad5WhzlTBNg19V5EkNxuMqcnM39%2FUCgc%3D&reserved=0

17/07/2024

A helpful online community to support owners of arthritic dogs.

Have you heard about Holly's Army?

CAM understands that managing a chronic disease like osteoarthritis is hard work. It takes its toll not only on the dog, but also their owner. To support owners through this difficult time we set up Holly's Army - an online community, where owners can share their questions, fears and successes!

What does holly's army do well?

- Providing support to owners from people who have been or are going through an arthritis diagnosis
- Evidenced based info in a friendly accessible way
- Providing a safe place for people to ask questions they might not have thought of with their vet, might think are daft, or just to better understand what’s happening with their dog
- Supporting people who are struggling

Head to the link to join the group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2161091580843717

13/07/2024

Andrea Carnero Charles
Chartered Physiotherapist and Veterinary Physiotherapist

MSCP, HCPC, RAMP, ACPAT A

Mobile Physiotherapist based in Highworth, Wiltshire, covering the surrounding areas.

💪 Human physiotherapy treatments within a clinic room setting at Highworth Physiotherapy Clinic

🤚 Home or Care Home visits for house bound clients who struggle to access physiotherapy services

🐶 Dog assessments and treatments in the comfort of your own home

🐴 Horse physiotherapy assessment and treatments at your own yard

Bookings available for July and August. Feel free to get in touch for more information.

07485224657 (call/whatsapp/text)
andrea@accphysiotherapy.co.uk
accphysiotherapy.co.uk

10/07/2024

A patient’s verbal report of pain is the single reliable indicator of pain (Yildirim et al., 2015).

Human healthcare KNOWS we are reliant on verbal description for true understanding of another person’s pain.

Dogs cannot speak to us to let us know when they are in pain, so its up to us to understand the signs and behaviour changes they show us instead.

We are the our dog's voices - let's advocate for them as much as we can!