Equine & Canine Massage, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.
25/01/2026
Feeling grateful to have been included in a recent conference in Utrecht in my capacity with which was organised by 🤍
Vets, farriers, physios, barefoot trimmers, course builders, osteos and rehabers — all coming together with one shared goal: better communication leading to better welfare for the horse 🐎
Being part of such an open, knowledgeable and collaborative group was genuinely inspiring.
There’s been plenty of negative press around equestrianism lately, but spending time with people so committed to doing right by the horse leaves me feeling hopeful. The sport feels safe in hands like these.
And as a bonus… a little extra time exploring Amsterdam 🇳🇱 with a visit to the Bodyworks Museum.
The perfect way to end a brilliant few days.
Back to mud and rain but feeling:
Thankful. Inspired. Optimistic.
12/01/2026
04/01/2026
I'm lucky enough to have enough grazing to leave my horses out all year round, unless it gets really wet! Given the drop in temperature I thought they might like to come in for a feed and some hay, they took one look at the headcollars and walked away! Question answered 🤣
08/12/2025
08/11/2025
Great yo catch up with people during a very intereating Scottish dissection.
25/06/2025
What a fantastic and informative day we had yesterday.
23/05/2025
19/04/2025
We finally got out 🥳. Preparation could have been better, but sometimes you have to just dive in! Rider experienced a Sat Nav issue, but the horse was a pro and the rosette belongs to him 🥰
Thanks for making me look like I know where I'm going 😊
14/04/2025
Wishing this fabulous older gentleman the very best of luck for the 2025 showing season🤞🥰🐴
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02/04/2025
One of my favourite photos❤️ Amazingly the first time I ever worked on this horse he gave me absolutely no feedback and made me feel like a complete failure! Luckily, the second time round he let it all out 🤣
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13/03/2025
Moving Goalposts!
I was hoping we would be back out competing by now, but life took over, and the schedule is way behind. I finally got a chance to get out this morning on a beautiful sunny morning, so fingers crossed, we can go forward from here.
Something else is highly likely to overturn the plans, so for now, I'm just going to live in the moment and enjoy the now🥰
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Having grown up surrounded by horses and ponies and being involved in hunting and pony club as a child, then eventing and racing thoroughbreds as a teenager and young adult and finally riding club, horses were always going to play an important part in my life.
I completed a Bachelor of Science (Hons Biology) in 1992 and then a Post Graduate Diploma two years later in Equine Science. My first full time job was for a bloodstock agency and I was involved in organising shipping of horses abroad. I then moved to take over the insurance side of things, mostly Thoroughbreds both breeding and racing, but also some Sport Horses. In 1998 I headed to Australia to see a bit of the world and two years later, on returning just in time for the millennium celebrations I had a complete change of career and went to work for a Telecoms/Call Centre company. A bit of study and I was involved in the programming side of things, another few years, some more study and I was a project manager. A husband and a few kids later and I found myself taking a career break to concentrate on running around after four small boys!
A couple of years ago I started to think about what I would do next, I had a horse at the time that was “just not right” and I spent a year visiting vets, physiotherapists, chiropractors, physical therapists and anyone else that I thought might be able to help him out. This whole experience did make me think about a career in equine rehab/physical therapy but there were no available courses worth doing in Ireland so that idea got shelved. Last year (2019) while on my annual RDS pilgrimage I came across the EquiEd Trade stand and it was a lightbulb moment. My biggest fear apart from how would I manage more study was would I be able to learn the relevant techniques required? So here I am now, half way through my course realising how much I never knew about horses and how much more I have to learn, but loving the journey and learning more with every horse I meet and every case study I complete. I am so excited to hopefully be qualified in early 2021 and start treating horses and ponies full time.
In the meantime I am busy with study and case studies so do get in touch with any queries and I would love to help if I can.
