Equine Restore Veterinary Physiotherapy

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to all my wonderful clients and FB friends! I hope 2025 brings you blessings and all you wish for ❤️🦄

23/03/2024

So lucky with the weather for a 12 mile training run. Legs are starting to feel it now! Ill be doing 22 miles next weekend then tapering for the big day! Not long now!! Popped in on a friend on route who wasnt sure about my choice of flourescent pink coat 😂😍
Not long left to get any donations in to Alzheimers Research UK 💙🧡 (see link below) this money will help hugely to support those who have Dementia and their family/carers. I will be running for them and my Dad who passed away in January.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Juliet-O-Brien10?utm_source=copyLink&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=Juliet-O-Brien10&utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_term=a25f612325ef4d5d988eabf8eeaeedf8

13/06/2023

Love my job! ❤️

13/05/2023

Congratulations to Claire and Connie! 😊 a well deserved win! 🦄

Congratulations to Crisp, the first of our fab Horseheath winners today! The Claire and Connie combo topped 90-Section A on their dressage score of 28.8.

02/01/2023

Tom's lovely owner sent me this photo of him chilling after treatment! Love this! 😍
Ps isnt he handsome!!

22/12/2022

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my fabulous clients and friends and to all the gorgeous horses I have been privelaged to meet and treat over the past year! May 2023 be healthy and happy for all of you 🥰.
I will be back to work on monday 2nd January 🦄

19/12/2022

This! 👇

Just because your horse is not LAME does not mean its SOUND.

It's time we separate soundness from lameness. Its part of our daily conversations with owners. They have seen multiple vets, trainers, and are even competing their horses because they are told the horse jogs and flexes fine so it is sound. There are a lot of horses showing that are not totally sound.

Lameness is defined as an impediment to walking due to feet or legs. Soundness is defined as the state of being in good condition. This is an important distinction we need to start addressing in horses. Just because your horse jogs and flexes without concern does not mean your horse is sound. We need to raise the bar in what we consider acceptable to horses soundness and overall well being. Horses are amazing creatures, that tolerate a lot from us. They try to express their discomfort but sadly most go unheard. If their message goes unheard for too long, they often become behavioral or checked out. One of our most common calls is that the horse is increasingly difficult to work with and is becoming dangerous but the owner have been told there is nothing wrong. They are at a loss for answers.

It is NOT okay they pin their ears, constantly swish their tails, get fidgety, are bad for the farrier, bite at or look at themselves, unable to lounge, buck/rear/spook, get cast, sit on the wall, bank shavings, toss their heads, kick out, are not be able to back up, avoid collection, hop into transitions, hate to be brushed, chronically shift their blankets/saddle, or stand abnormally. ALL of these are signs of discomfort.

Its not their temperament. It is their expression of PAIN! We need to stop excusing it as thats just the way they are or they are difficult/fresh/jerks/wimps. That is not normal behavior for horses. They are trying to tell you they are uncomfortable and they deserve for us to listen to them.

We owe it to them to look at their whole presentation not just how they jog/flex on their legs. We owe it to them to not ride them when they are clearly trying to show they are in pain

Its time we are better to these amazing athletes.

DeClue Equine

10/12/2022

I think I enjoyed Mina's treatment as much as she did today! 😍

30/11/2022

Met this gorgeous boy today! 😍 His name is Blue and he has been with his lovely owners Paul and Sally Edwards for two weeks. As you can see he enjoyed his treatment then had a nap! Think he has settled in with his friends!! ❤️

11/07/2022

There seems to be a theme to treatments at the moment! 😂🥰 Gorgeous Ziggy! ❤🦄

30/06/2022

When your first gorgeous client of the day would rather lie down for their treatment! 😍🦄

23/04/2022

Huge congratulations to Sally Crone and Zara who came 1st and 2nd in their Dressage today with scores of over 70% in each test! 🦄😁