Nycky Edleston is a Chartered Veterinary Physiotherapist who specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of horses and dogs within Oxfordshire and surrounding counties.
Animals respond well to physiotherapy treatments. Pain free quality movement is important in their daily well being as is rehabilitation following injury or operation. Physiotherapists are movement specialists and work towards normal pain-free movements. Animals compensate for pain and over use other parts of their body, increasing risk of injury to them. Most animals try hard to hide pain and so their discomfort is often more than you can see.
Physiotherapy can help to
- Reduce muscle tension and pain
- Promote speedy recovery after injury or operations
- Improve athletic performance and reduce risk of injury
- Reduce joint stiffness
- Provide bespoke Rehabilitation after injury or operations
- Improve movement quality and symmetry
- Improve quality of life for old dogs and horses
 Pulsed Magnetic Therapy |
 Treating the hamstring muscles |
As a Chartered Veterinary Physiotherapist I first trained to treat people then a further 2 years at the Royal Vet College to treat animals. I provide physiotherapy and rehabilitation for pets and sporting athletes, old or young at your place. Veterinary approval is required to treat your animal. Horse and Rider combinations also assessed to improve the riding experience for you and your horse.
For more detail about physiotherapy please read on or select the page that fits your requirements.
Chartered Veterinary Physiotherapists
To qualify to treat animals as a Chartered Veterinary Physiotherapists, training includes first a degree in human Physiotherapy followed by working with humans. Then 2 years post-graduate training at the Royal Veterinary College to translate those skills and knowledge across to animals – horses and dogs in particular.
This extensive training provides the Chartered Veterinary Physiotherapist with a combination of hands on physiotherapy assessment and treatment skills with veterinary based knowledge of musculoskeletal function and injury in animals.
The professional body overseeing these physiotherapists is the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy (ACPAT). To comply with legislation from the 1966 veterinary act, a veterinary Physio will work with the approval or referral of your veterinary surgeon.
Chartered Physiotherapist
Once qualified as a Physiotherapist, there are many areas of speciality that we can work in.
I have worked in a number of areas of Physio within the NHS, private and charity sector.
I have concentrated my skills towards assessing horse riders to enhance their performance and optimise their musculoskeletal system to benefit their horse. By combining my people physio skills, with that of an instructor and rider, as well as assessing the horse I can provide a fully holistic treatment for the partnership.
