Introducing The
Get to know the Alba team by clicking on their photos below:
Chartered Physiotherapist
Chartered Physiotherapist
Clinic Manager
Chartered Physiotherapist
Vet Physiotherapist
CEO
Brid Walsh Founder of Alba Physiotherapy.
Brid qualified in 2004) with a BSC Honours Degree in Sports and Exercise Science from the University of Limerick, Ireland. In evaluating her future path, she spent a summer in Alaska with the Hope Foundation supporting disabilities of various sorts. Her further work experience in the Rehabilitation Centre in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin convinced her that Physiotherapy was the direction she wished to specialise in. In 2007 she subsequently qualified from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen with an MSC in Physiotherapy.
Since 2007 she has worked in Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh in a mix of private practice clinics and the NHS Highland. She has also enjoyed working with various Scottish Sports Teams, Scottish Surf Lifesaving Team, Gaelic Football, Scottish Women’s Academy Rugby Teams and Scottish Men’s University Rugby both at home and abroad.
After a holiday in the Highlands, she felt ‘at home’ with its people and culture feeling a close connection with her Irish roots. She relocated and founded Alba Physiotherapy in 2013, the first and only Chartered Human Physiotherapy and Veterinary Physiotherapy Clinic in the Highlands. She has postgraduate studies in Hippotherapy and Pilates and continues to keep pace with research, training and development.
When not in the Clinic Brid enjoys biking or hillwalking and returning when possible to her family in Ireland.
FUN FACT! – Brid has recently learnt how to ride a dirt bike motorbike “and now I’m hooked”.
Tabitha is our Clinic Manager and her main duties include ensuring the smooth running and marketing of the clinic, corresponding with our wonderful clients and making sure we never run out of coffee or tennis balls.
Originally from Manchester, Tabitha moved to the Highlands when she was 7 and spent the next decade living in “the middle of nowhere!”. The big city claimed her back for a few years before she settled in Inverness, a happy balance between her two childhood homes.
Tabitha LOVES to talk and fell into a career in sales where she sold windows, advertising, football sponsorship and bins!! Along her journey, she picked up management experience, new skills and gained qualifications in social media and marketing. Her love of learning and helping people is at the heart of everything she does.
“My favourite thing about working at Alba is the people, both the staff and the patients. There are such a mixture of characters and there’s always a story to be had. I always go home with a smile on my face and I hope I help others leave the clinic the same way”.
In her spare time Tabitha loves to cook, watch football, country rock and is a novice hillwalker (she complains all the way up and goes weeeeee all the way down)! She also enjoys spending time with her three grown up children and her grandson.
Fun Fact: Tabitha had a children’s story her father wrote for her illustrated and printed and sold over 500 copies in aid of Bowel Cancer UK
I grew up in Pakenham, a small town near Ottawa where my passion for movement and athletics—especially football—first took shape. In 2017, I attended the University of Guelph, earning my BSc in Human Kinetics. During this time, I gained experience as a strength and conditioning coach for varsity athletes and further deepened my love for running and outdoor activities. My fascination with human movement led me to pursue an MSc in Physiotherapy at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
Throughout my training, I worked across outpatient clinics, hospitals, and community rehabilitation programs, gaining experience in musculoskeletal (MSK), neurological, paediatric, pelvic floor and respiratory physiotherapy. I have a particular interest in MSK related injuries and pelvic floor physiotherapy. I take a collaborative approach to rehabilitation, with a focus on functional training. I strive to work collaboratively with clients to help them move and feel their best, with longevity as the ultimate goal—empowering individuals to keep doing what they love for years to come.
Outside of the clinic, I love staying active through hiking and running, with a mix of gym workouts, pilates, and yoga!
Ruie is the boss here at Alba Physiotherapy. She takes her work very seriously! She is passionate about providing a warm supportive welcome to set people at ease and has a very positive ‘pre-and post treatment effect’ for patients.
She is a Beardie X Collie and in her spare time she is a seriously keen biker dog and loves being in the hills.
FUN FACT! - Ruie loves examining the quality of the Clinics tennis balls
