Maeve Sheridan | ACPAT Chartered Physiotherapist

Maeve Sheridan is an ACPAT Chartered Physiotherapist based in Edinburgh.

Maeve is a highly specialised and experienced physiotherapist. Maeve qualified with a four year BSc honours degree in Physiotherapy from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen in 2000. Maeve returned to university to study Veterinary Physiotherapy at the Royal Veterinary College in London. She qualified in 2006 with a post graduate diploma in Veterinary Physiotherapy. Since then she has set up Animal Physio Plus and treats horses and riders throughout central Scotland.

Maeve worked in Edinburgh in NHS outpatient clinics and private physiotherapy and sports clinics treating musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries for ten years before leaving to work full time with horses and riders. She continues to treat people for musculoskeletal problems and sports injuries and is ideally placed to assess and treat riders.

As a Chartered Physiotherapist, Maeve adheres to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's regulations and standards of practice and has professional and public liability insurance. She works closely with the Veterinary profession and other specialists to provide the highest standard of care for your animal. All animals are assessed only with veterinary referral or consent.

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Testimonials

“Maeve's knowledge and understanding of horse anatomy, physiology and function is excellent. She uses this in the practical setting to carefully and thoroughly evaluate and treat the horse in front of her. Maeve and I work closely together on several competition yards. This involves regular examinations, gait assessments, targeted treatments and discussions between all members of the support team and the trainers. Working together as a team, we can help our clients and their horses perform to the best of their abilities. I personally value Maeve's opinion on difficult cases, and being able to discuss in depth our concerns together only helps our patients.“

- Hugh Somerville, RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Equine Surgery - Orthopaedics.

“Maeve Sheridan is a true professional dedicated to a team approach working with vets and trainers to get the absolute best from horses performing poorly.”

- Sarah Taylor BVM&S, MSc, PhD, Cert ES (Orth), Dipl ECVS, MRCVS, RCVS and ECVS Specialist in Equine Surgery

“Maeve has been a part of my team for many years and I have noticed a marked improvement in myself and all my horses after they are checked and treated. Maeve works closely with my vet and farrier to ensure all my horses are comfortable and working at their optimal performance levels, she is an essential part of the team.”

- Wills Oakden Eventing

“I have been doing the Activate Your Seat exercise programme designed by Maeve for the last few months and have noticed a marked improvement in my strength and position in the saddle. I feel my seat is stronger, more supple and more balanced from doing this exercise programme regularly.”

- Wills Oakden Eventing

Working with Maeve has helped me maximise my performance too, by helping me be able to be as straight and balanced as I can even when there's no specific injury to be treated, just a little niggle or perhaps a feeling I'm not quite sitting as straight as I could be.”


- Helen Bowman, dressage rider trainer and judge, West Lothian

“I have had on-going problems with my back for several years. Over time I found I could ride less and less effectively and the poor movement in my body had a negative effect on my horse's comfort and blocked his movement. Within a few sessions I already felt a marked improvement. I am hugely indebted to Maeve for helping me enjoy my sport once again.”

- Jade Allison, Edinburgh

“Brilliant service from Maeve. Hugely knowledgeable about horse anatomy and physiology. My horse loved her treatment and going better than ever afterwards.”

- Pauline Corio and Mini

“The Activate Your Seat exercise programme done in the butt bungi is a fantastic way to exercise at home. Maeve reminded me how to breathe properly and shifted me away from the "braced core" I'd learned with other forms of exercise I had tried. All of this has had a great effect on my riding. Although I'm getting older and creakier, my position is much more supple and much more stable since using this exercise programme regularly.”

- Lara Bayley-Kerr

“I have tried all manner of things to improve the stability of my (wonky) pelvis and strengthen my (feeble) seat and Maeve's Activate Your Seat exercise programme in the butt bungi resistance band has been by far and away the most effective, worth every penny!”

- Sarah Johnsen

“Maeve's approach is awesome! Her magic fingers did a brilliant job of seeing off my very long established back pain, but she's also given me the tools to be much more in control of what's happening with my body. Maeve has also reminded me about how to breathe properly and shifted me away from the 'braced core' I'd learned in other forms of exercise I'd tried. All of it has had a great effect on my riding. About a year ago I could tell my doctor was dubious about whether I should continue riding. Ha! Onwards and upwards!”

- Lara Bayley-Kerr

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Equine Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy can help your horse by relieving pain, increasing mobility, promoting healing and can help to achieve and maintain optimal performance levels. Often horses only display subtle signs of pain or discomfort such as a change in behaviour, a change in performance, stiffness or a change in their normal movement pattern.

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Rider Physiotherapy

As the horse and rider is a partnership, any stiffness or pain in the rider will have an affect on how the horse moves and vice versa. Maeve is an expert at assessing where the issue lies in the partnership and treating this to ensure the optimum performance from both horse and rider.

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Activate Your Seat

Activate Your Seat is an exercise programme designed specifically for horse riders. This exercise programme targets the muscles of your seat using a resistance band called the butt bungi.