Laura Hamilton - Hamilton Physiotherapy

Laura Hamilton - Hamilton Physiotherapy Laura Hamilton
ACPAT Chartered Physiotherapist
MSc. MCSP HCPC ACPAT (Cat A)

20/02/2026
If you’re ready to start a different kind of healing journey — one built on listening, collaboration, and long-term care...
19/02/2026

If you’re ready to start a different kind of healing journey — one built on listening, collaboration, and long-term care — Hamilton Physiotherapy is here to support you.

What does your body need more of?
17/02/2026

What does your body need more of?

Healing isn’t a single appointment.It’s a relationship — with your body, your awareness, and the support you choose.One ...
16/02/2026

Healing isn’t a single appointment.
It’s a relationship — with your body, your awareness, and the support you choose.

One of the most important things people living with persistent pain need to hear is this:
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 — 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥.
𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞.

When pain persists, the nervous system can become overprotective — staying on high alert and interpreting normal movement as a threat. This is called sensitisation.

Pain is not always a measure of tissue damage — it is often a measure of protection.
Effective physiotherapy looks beyond the painful area. It helps the body feel safe enough to change, restores trust in movement, and supports healing in a way that is sustainable.
You do not have to simply learn to live with pain.





Your horse gives you everything — effort, trust, consistency. Equine physiotherapy is about giving something back. Throu...
12/02/2026

Your horse gives you everything — effort, trust, consistency.
Equine physiotherapy is about giving something back.
Through a holistic, osteopathic approach, I work to support mobility, ease restriction, and help your horse move more comfortably for the long term.
If you’re thinking about longevity rather than just the next ride, this may be the right step.

What does your horse struggle with the most?
10/02/2026

What does your horse struggle with the most?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬.Caring for your horse doesn’t always mean doing more.Often, it means noticing ...
09/02/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬.

Caring for your horse doesn’t always mean doing more.
Often, it means noticing more.
The stiffness that improves once they’re warm.
The subtle reluctance on one rein.
The hind leg that always rests.

Easy to explain away:
“They’re just getting older.”
“They’ve always moved like that.”
“They’re not actually lame.”

But horses are masters of compensation.
By the time a problem becomes obvious, the body has often been adapting for far longer than we realise.

Equine physiotherapy with an osteopathic approach looks beyond isolated symptoms. It asks a deeper question:
How is the whole body working together?
Because a restriction in one area rarely stays there.
It redistributes load.
Creates strain elsewhere.
Alters movement.
And over time, can influence comfort, performance, and longevity.
Listening early is one of the kindest — and most proactive — things you can do for your horse.
Prevention is never wasted care. It is an investment in years still to come.

Send me a message on What’s app or DM me to start your healing journey.
05/02/2026

Send me a message on What’s app or DM me to start your healing journey.

What would feeling better change?
03/02/2026

What would feeling better change?

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Musselburgh
EH222NL

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447731497868

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