Wales and West Vet Physio

07/11/2024

So those that know me , will know I’m rarely lost for words 🤣🤣- until Tuesday this week that is . And no - someone hadn't Equi-taped my mouth shut … 😊

Tricia Jane took a sketch of me treating her horse last month and the next time I saw her lovely horse , she gave me this as a thank you . I was (For a short moment) speechless !

It’s proving a long but rewarding journey working with May , and as a team of owner , farrier , vet and myself - she is now making some steady gains . May however, Is not a girl who likes life in the slow lane - she’s a Ferrari and that doesn’t always help progress 🥰 .
Personally , I think she just likes her team of minions on hand …… 🤣🤣

No one has ever given me such a personal, thoughtful gift . What a talented lady - and for once in my life - I was bordering on speechless ….

Thank you very very much Trish -
I’m going to frame it ###

07/11/2024

Sooo true ….. we can’t be all things to all horses

26/10/2024

What a fantastic day we had with the horse owners massage group today ! Lots of sunshine , lots of yawning ( from the horses not the attendees!) and a super lovely group of ladies who care deeply about their horses
An absolute pleasure to host the day today and thank you all for coming x

Paula Burgess
Diavion Evans
Megan Coetsee
Sharon Moore
Elhana Zammit
Sue Greenaway
Debbie Watkins

Here’s some of the feedback from the day …

🤲🏻Loved the hands on approach
🐴Theory and practical session was well balanced
👩‍🏫Brilliant instruction- easy listening and relaxed environment
✋Great to be able to out the techniques into practice
🙌Good to take part and not just watch
🐎Great to try it all out on the horses

And this is what today’s group said they would like to do next please ….

Advanced massage and palpation skills
Problem horses - poll tension, back problems
Polework for rehabilitation
Workshops for different types of discipline

So I best get planning!!!

Here’s abcouple of photos from today ….
Huge thanks to Charlotte James and Nicola Bream for lending me Dora and Billy - Dora as you can see was somewhat sleepy after massage and needed to prop her head up🤣🤣

24/10/2024

So Wales and West Vet Physio is a whole one year old …. Here are some of 2023/2024 highlights …
So many more than are captured here…. but I forget to actually take a shot usually . Here’s a few where I actually remembered !

24/10/2024

Woo Hoo ! I can’t quite believe that Wales and West Vet Physio is one year old today !

I can never thank all those people that have helped to get me started enough really , from the support I received at Plumpton College , through to some motivational chats with Sarah Holman just after I badly broke my arm as I was about to take my final exams , though to my friends and peers ( you know who you are !) , my partner Jonathan Barton and then once in the real world , people like Lee Morgan , Amanda Jane Leaker, Lesley J Thomas, Tricia Jane,Jane Anscombe , Isobel Morgan , Alexandra Richards to name but a few who took a risk in those very early weeks and months, and let me loose on their horses and were then kind enough to recommend me to others.

Along the way this year, I have made some fantastic friends , and genuinely feel I have finally found what I was meant to be doing in life - only took me over 50 years ! I don’t like to rush things as my lovely clients will know 🤣🤣

I’m super excited for the next year to come - thank you to everyone who has entrusted me with their horses and dogs so far - it’s a priveledged position and I don’t take it lightly .. thank you !

Onto the poem ( if anyone wants the copyright…it’s all yours🤣) …..

As a vet physio, I’ve had quite a blast,
In my first year, the time really flew past!
Three hundred and fifty treatments, delivered and made
You've gotta love my energy —won’t let it fade!

Now a hundred and ten animals on my list,
Each with their own quirks, it’s hard to resist!
From eventers who leap like they’re shot from a cannon,
To dressage divas which even pros can’t always fathom

I’ve met driving horses who think they’re quite grand,
While happy hackers look for treats and give me a hand
Every treatment's a journey, I’m a conduit here,
And owners of wild steeds will know - I hold my tea dear

Big thanks to the folks who spread the good cheer,
Your recommendations have me grinning ear to ear!
To my clients turned friends, what a whimsical bunch,
You keep me from losing my wits and supply me with lunch

In my workshops of wisdom, I unleashed some delight,
With jokes that may or may not quite taken flight!
We learned and we chuckled, shared laughs and mistakes,
And who knew that a horse could barely have brakes?

As I look to the future, and adventures galore,
I’ll keep the massages rolling—and keep learning for more
With every horse healed and each punchline in view,
I’m eternally grateful—hey, I’m thankful for you!

And some photos of some highlights …. Where I remembered to get a photo!

09/10/2024

Sarah Bell

For those people who have asked when I’m running the next massage workshop —— here’s one for November . Contact Holly Menzies for a space ….

09/10/2024

Want to create a stronger bond with your horse this winter and learn a new skill at the same time … come along to this !

For those people who have asked when I’m running the next massage workshop —— here’s one for November . Contact Holly Menzies for a space ….

09/10/2024

Holly Menzies

For those people who have asked when I’m running the next massage workshop —— here’s one for November . Contact Holly Menzies for a space ….

09/10/2024

For those people who have asked when I’m running the next massage workshop —— here’s one for November . Contact Holly Menzies for a space ….

30/09/2024

25/09/2024

The way my arms feel after mucking out — I could have probably guessed this 🤣🤣🤣

🦄 Gotta Love em though haven’t we 🤣🤣….

23/09/2024

Woo Hoo!
I’ve just found out I have won the category for

Best Mobile Vet Physio & Rehabilitation Treatments Provider 2024 - UK in the Global Business Awards …

Thank you so very much to all my lovely customers that have supported me in the first year of my little business — it means so much to me to have your support and goodwill and these awards are a lovely way to be recognised - so from my heart - thank you ALL so very much and here’s to a great second year as well ###x

Here’s the email of you’d like to have a read :

I would like to thank you for taking part in the eighth annual Global Business Awards 2024 hosted by Corporate Vision. Wales And West Vet Physio’s dedication, hard work and commitment has been recognised. It was truly a honour to see the standard of companies involved this year!

It is with delight that I am able to share the great news with you, Wales And West Vet Physio has gone on to be successful and you have been awarded the below:


Best Mobile Vet Physio & Rehabilitation Treatments Provider 2024 - UK

From all of us here at Corporate Vision, we send you warm wishes on your well-deserved success. I really do hope the news is well received and brightens your day.

How was Wales And West Vet Physio chosen?

To determine the results, Corporate Vision’s judging panel and research team consider the commitment to customer service, guest experience and innovation shown by nominees through nomination information, voting information as well as any supporting evidence supplied along with the results from their own extensive period of fact- checking and research.

Our merit-driven approach has brought us much success and commendation throughout its use and enforces our stance that victors are not determined by popularity of votes, but by their contributions to their industry.

23/09/2024

Woo Hoo! I’ve just won the best mobile veterinary physiotherapist award 2024 in the Global Business Awards……..

Thank you so much to all my customers , their lovely horses and dogs and for supporting me in my first year of business -
It’s been a truly wonderful experience and I’m looking forward to building on it in 2025.

As a little business -
It’s so important to have support from my customers and I couldn’t have asked for more from you - Thank you all so very much ###x


This is the email I’ve just received :

I would like to thank you for taking part in the eighth annual Global Business Awards 2024 hosted by Corporate Vision. Wales And West Vet Physio’s dedication, hard work and commitment has been recognised. It was truly a honour to see the standard of companies involved this year!

It is with delight that I am able to share the great news with you, Wales And West Vet Physio has gone on to be successful and you have been awarded the below:


Best Mobile Vet Physio & Rehabilitation Treatments Provider 2024 - UK

From all of us here at Corporate Vision, we send you warm wishes on your well-deserved success. I really do hope the news is well received and brightens your day.

How was Wales And West Vet Physio chosen?

To determine the results, Corporate Vision’s judging panel and research team consider the commitment to customer service, guest experience and innovation shown by nominees through nomination information, voting information as well as any supporting evidence supplied along with the results from their own extensive period of fact- checking and research.

Our merit-driven approach has brought us much success and commendation throughout its use and enforces our stance that victors are not determined by popularity of votes, but by their contributions to their industry.

23/09/2024

Coronavirus in horses ……
I’ve copied this post from one on the BD page / the horse had been competing a week earlier …. Please take a read , and even better
take your own biosecirity measures to stay away shows. …..

IMPORTANT sorry it’s long. I have now put on my personal page as public if you want to share.
Last Sunday my horse won these at the Nations, now she is equine hospital.
Wednesday she was slightly quieter than is normal. Thursday she went off her feed and temp was very high. Called vet who was there in 10 mins. Heart rate ok, temp high given Finadine. Told to follow normal routine of turn out in individual small paddock and take temp every hour. Temp went down quickly and she grazed happily and quietly. Reported to vet each temp check, all going well.
Suddenly at 8pm temp started to rise and scouring started. Emergency vet was with a bad colic case and suspected colitis in our horse so referred to equine hospital an hour away, as colitis can go down hill quickly and it had become like turning a hose on from her bottom.
Arrived to be met by 2 vets and vet nurse dressed like a nuclear war had started, which was a shock. Straight into isolation and given first class care. Reading about colitis terrified us.
Since then she has had spikes in temp but, fingers crossed, is getting through it, there is little they can do but supportive care.
She has been tested for everything that could cause this and more and all negative but we are waiting results from equine coronavirus which they suspect, have you heard of it? Neither had we.
Biosecurity in stables should be of upmost importance when different horses use stables each night. Equine coronavirus is shed for 2 weeks by an affected horse after it is better. A horse may just just have a mild case and just be quiet for the day and owner might not even notice it or take temperature but it could go to a stay away show a week later and the stable not be cleared out after use or completely sprayed. There may be a bit of hay on the floor that gets mixed in bed and gets contaminated, the next horse finds this bit of hay in the night and that horse may react badly to the virus get colitis and die. It's as easy as that.
This virus is in the UK but vets rarely test for it, 50% of colitis cases are just put down to reason unknown. So they don't know the spread of it.
At present we are waiting the results, as if she comes home tomorrow we will have to be very careful to keep her isolated and not cross contaminate for 2 weeks. We have deep cleaned her stable etc.
We informed all concerned at the show and our neighbours and all contacted, none of our other horses are showing any signs.
Please, please be careful, never use a stable that another horse has used without bedding being removed and stable sprayed. Get into a routine of taking your horses temp and if you get a high temp take it seriously, your horse may get a mild virus but if another is infected it may die.
We will be lobbying for every stay away show to increase bio security, we are used to taking temps for days before cdi shows, others should start this system.
She is our world and we are doing all we can to investigate the cause, we don't want anyone else to go through this.

21/09/2024

Very interesting article - particularly for those people with horses who are suffering with a muscle myopathy …..

19/09/2024

For those have Grey horses - check under the tail regularly for signs as this is a common place to find them ..

Dermal melanomas are the most common skin tumours in horses, especially in mature grey horses. These benign growths are often found under the tail and around the a**s. While many remain harmless, some can turn malignant and spread, posing a serious health risk. Around 80% of grey horses aged 15+ will develop melanomas, making it important to regularly check their skin. If you spot any, consult your vet for proper diagnosis and care to prevent complications. 🐴🩺