Tallen Veterinary Physiotherapy

28/10/2025

✨ Reintroduction Time! ✨
For those who are new here (or haven’t seen me for a while) — I’m a Veterinary Physiotherapist passionate about the management of equine pain, rehabilitation, and performance.
I hold a BSc in Equestrian Psychology and Sport Science and a PgDip in Veterinary Physiotherapy (Level 7). I’m also an FEI Permitted Equine Therapist (PET), allowing me to treat at FEI events, and an approved INDIBA® practitioner.
Over the past three years, I’ve been steadily building my experience and caseload — including two years in a small animal out-of-hours emergency and critical care hospital. I then went to work as part of the team at Equine Athletes, while continuing to support my own clients. Antonia's expertise and the array of horses we have in at rehab meaning my skills are continually challenged and evolving.
My practice focuses on biomechanical dysfunction, rehabilitation, and the relationship between movement, behaviour, and pain — both from the ground and under saddle.
I take a multidisciplinary approach to every case, incorporating a range of techniques including:
✨ INDIBA® radiofrequency therapy
✨ Class 3B laser therapy
✨ Myofascial release
✨ Acupressure
✨ Kinesiology taping
✨ Balance and proprioceptive retraining
Collaboration is key — I believe in working as part of a team approach alongside vets, farriers, saddlers, coaches and other msk practitioners to achieve the very best outcomes for each horse.
I’m incredibly passionate about continuing to refine my skills and help both horses and dog perform and feel their best 🐴💪
📩 If you’d like to learn more about my services or discuss how physiotherapy could support your horse, please get in touch! 07896498766

20/09/2025

Super Stan showing the improvement in stance after 5 weeks of neuro rehab. The improvement in movement and the static improvement run alongside each other- if a horse can’t stand well it is unlikely to be able to move well!

However the ability to stand well is not very useful without also having the ability and confidence to convert that into better quality movement.

So we start all rehab programmes with some static work and some very gentle movement training and it is a joy to watch the horses make changes (both static and dynamic) as they begin to feel the benefits of this work.

05/07/2025

This!!🙌

04/07/2025

21/06/2025

🔥𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲

Your horse doesn’t cool down by drying off - they cool by evaporation.

Scraping water off or trapping heat under a sweat rug undermines cooling and puts your horse’s health at risk. This isn’t opinion — it’s basic thermoregulation.

Sweat scrapers and sweat rugs are outdated dogma. And yet, disappointingly, some large equine clinics are still promoting their use today.

In 34°C heat, that advice is not just wrong — it’s dangerous.

Follow the science. Choose vets who understand equine physiology, not just tradition.

✅ Soak.
✅ Shade.
✅ Repeat.
❌ No scraping.
❌ No rugs.

30/05/2025

Sorry everyone but due to increasing prices of life, fuel, insurance, CPD, INDIBA servicing insurance and more importantly GEL! My prices are going to have to increase. This is the first time since I started the business so hope you can all understand!
Old prices stand for anyone who books appointments in the next week but will be immediately for new clients or appointments booked after 6th of June. That means if you book in the next week it’s old prices even if the appointment is after that deadline!!

13/01/2025

EQUINE ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC with KB Acupuncture at North Lodge Equine Centre (Grantham, Lincs) on Thursday January 23rd.

Suitable for all horses, may be beneficial for those with musculoskeletal issues, back pain, head shakers and nervous conditions amongst other things!

For more information or to book in contact Antonia Bealby on 07979 538776.

11/01/2025

Even though I thought the idea was a bit mad at first, it really did show how lucky the horses are at North Lodge that even on the worst days, we can get around the farm safely! Equine Athletes Veterinary Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation having amazing facilities and dedication to the cause!

(I wore far to many layers for the power walking these boys decided they should do on the way home and even in -2 I was sweating)

08/01/2025

**𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟**

𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴

Clayton, H.M *, Williams, Murray, R., J.M., Nixon, J., Fisher, M., Fisher, D., Walker, V., MacKechnie-Guire, R

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 (read without a subscription):

https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/evj.14451

For the past four years, we have investigated the pressures beneath nosebands adjusted from 2.0 to 0.0 finger tightness with 0.0 finger tightness indicating that the noseband was touching but not compressing the skin.

In this study we measured pressures beneath the noseband when horses were standing still and when the ingested and chewed a treat.

The research addresses the concern that poor noseband adjustment could create high pressures that may risk pain or tissue damage. This study, along with our previous one, provide quantitative data regarding pressures associated with different degrees of noseband tightness.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀:

🐴 Sub-noseband pressures were highest under the mandibles followed by the sides of the nasal bones.

🐴 All horses willingly ingested and chewed a treat at all noseband tightness levels.

🐴 Noseband pressures were higher when chewing a treat vs. standing at all noseband settings.

🐴 There was no difference in noseband pressure between 2.0 and 1.5 finger tightness when standing or chewing a treat.

🐴Eye temperature and blink rate, which are indicators of pain/discomfort, did not change when the noseband was tightened.

🐴 Even at the tightest setting (0:0 fingers = noseband just touching the skin NOT compressing), maximal noseband pressures were considerably lower than those reported to cause pain/discomfort.

As always, this is a team effort. Thank you to our research assistants, riders, owners and horses.

Thank you to our funders, World Horse Welfare, British Equestrian, Canadian Sport Horse Association, The Worshipful Company of Saddlers and Hartpury University.

08/01/2025

Indiba for maintenance of arthritic hocks ready for a year of BD!

Let’s get that bounce back!!