by Claire Burgess | November 18, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Canine hydrotherapy is rapidly increasing in popularity as a way of helping dogs to recover from injury, managing degenerative musculoskeletal disorders and improving fitness, as a Physiotherapist I find it a wonderful adjunct to land based exercises and manual...

by Claire Burgess | July 9, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

With temperatures continuing to soar in the UK the focus is on keeping our animals cool, safe and avoiding potential complications of overheating such as heatstroke. Agility and obedience shows continue to run as long as handlers are sensible with their dogs,...

by Claire Burgess | March 16, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

The biggest dog show in the world has just come to a close and whilst i was watching it on television it got me thinking.... How many of those high level agility/flyball/show dogs work even though they are in some level of discomfort? Many people would think that they...

by Claire Burgess | March 16, 2018 | Dogs, Horses, News, Riders | 0 Comments

  I seem to have been getting a lot of messages asking how I went about becoming a Vet Physio! So to save individual replies I thought I’d tell you all! In 2003 I qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist (human) I worked NHS, in private practice and in sport for...

by Claire Burgess | November 8, 2017 | Horses | 0 Comments

So it’s the time of year that our horses often come in wet and muddy! Time is precious so how many of us do the quick flick where the tack goes before we ride? I am definitely guilty of it!   So it got me thinking about why grooming is so important, especially in...

by Claire Burgess | May 30, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

As a Chartered Physiotherapist I have always worked on the basis that if you take away a muscular compensation then you must be able to give it back by promoting a more normal movement pattern, this is something that I always include as part of my clinical reasoning...

by Claire Burgess | May 30, 2017 | News, Riders | 0 Comments

MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL MY CLIENTS THIS WEEKEND!! Helen Elizabeth Dutton one of our very talented sponsored riders pulled in a 7th and a 10th in the PSG at Somerford Premier League on the very talented but quirky Valde!!! Tamara- Jane Davis's Arctic Mouse has...

by Claire Burgess | March 9, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

So hopelessly outgrown superstar Buddy went off to his new home a couple of months ago and our Sponsored Rider Lucy Peters has been searching for a bigger version of Buddy for several months.........Happy to say she picked up Mysty aka Flaviatella - G last week a 16'1...

by Claire Burgess | January 10, 2017 | Horses | 0 Comments

This is Misty, she has been one of many successful rehab stories this year at Wirral Vet Physio! When I first assessed Misty she was significantly lame behind, and generally very sore, she had already had cortisone injections into her hocks with short lived results!...

by Claire Burgess | December 14, 2016 | Horses | 0 Comments

Hello Winter! The season we all dread as horse owners, cold, rain, ice and even snow!!  Well lets hope Winter 2016/2017 is a mild one! Over the last few weeks I have seen more and more horses on restricted Winter turnout, if you are lucky enough to have your horses...