Northwest Veterinary Physiotherapy

31/05/2025

My diary is almost fully booked for the next 8 weeks. If you are due an appointment June/July please contact me to book in. Remaining appointments for June and early July:
Tuesday 24th June - morning
Wednesday 2nd July - morning
Thursday 3rd July - morning
Monday 7th July - morning
Tuesday 8th July - afternoon
Monday 21st July - afternoon
Tuesday 22nd July
Additional appointments may be available for very local clients or those on a yard with a visit already planned.

23/05/2025

Fun morning supporting clients at High Profile dressage at Somerford Park. Lots of great results today.

21/04/2025

My diary is almost fully booked for the next 6 weeks. If you are due an appointment June/July please contact me to book in. Remaining appointments for May :
Tuesday 6th - Oswestry/Welshpool/Ellesmere
Monday 12th AM - Nantwich
Thursday 29th
Additional appointments may be available for very local clients or those on a yard with a visit already planned.

14/04/2025

Final prep for National Dressage Championships today. Best of luck to all of my clients competing there this week.

13/04/2025

A little late posting but congratulations to sponsored rider Leonie Saffy and the lovely Tia on their third national title at the recent National Para Dressage Championships

03/02/2025

A lot of horses treated last week that were heading for the Area Festivals at Aintree. Super pleased for everyone as all finished in the top 10 in their classes.

03/01/2025

Excited to be working with this great partnership again in 2025

Leonie Saffy on her highlights of 2024, plans for next season and how horses have helped her through some of the toughest moments in her life.

31/12/2024

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and successful New Year as we take that leap of faith into 2025. Looking forward to supporting all of my clients and their four legged friends this year and feeling thankful to have been able to share your journeys ( with all their ups and downs) during 2024. Kick on and chase your dreams!

24/12/2024

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all my clients and friends (and all of your four legged friends).

23/10/2024

Helping your old horse through winter:

7. Have a base line to begin your winter plan from. Older horses often require more maintenance throughout the winter to help maintain mobility and joint and muscle function. A physio check up now can provide a base line to assess how your oldie is coping over the winter, provide a detailed exercise plan if required and plan more frequent check ups over the winter months.

22/10/2024

Helping your old horse through winter:

6. Stable based exercises such as carrot stretches are great for all horses to help to maintain muscle mass and mobility. They should be planned in line with your individual horse’s needs, health, soundness and capabilities and performed at least 3 times weekly.

21/10/2024

Helping your old horse through winter:

5. Plan how you are going to exercise your older horse. How many days can you ride and what other things can you do if you can’t ride or the horse is no longer in ridden work? Older horses benefit from frequent short spells of exercise so the ideal is planning to do something every day even if this is 10 minutes in hand work, walking out in hand or under saddle. Have a plan at the start of the week.