The Approach To The Horse With A Painful Back
Royal Veterinary College
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Date: Saturday 17th May, 2025 - Saturday 17th May, 2025
Start time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Duration: 1 hour(s)
Cost: £749
Key Areas
Veterinary approach to diagnosing back and sacroiliac pain
Imaging of the equine back and sacroiliac region
Saddle fit, rider biomechanics and performance assessment
Veterinary approach to treating back and sacroiliac pain
Designing an effective rehabilitation programme
The physio approach to assessing and treating a horse for back pain
About this course
Elevate your expertise in managing equine back pain with this in-depth CPD course.
Unlock the secrets to diagnosing and treating equine back problems in this comprehensive course designed for equine practitioners. The equine back is notoriously complex, with pain stemming from various interconnected structures and multi-factorial causes. This course contains a series of online lectures followed by a practical day which will provide clear, hands-on guidance for understanding these challenges.
Led by approachable, skilled experts, you’ll gain practical insights into diagnosing, imaging, and treating back pain in horses. You’ll also explore cutting-edge techniques for measuring back movement, including how it's assessed in elite equine athletes. Through interactive, small-group sessions, you'll gain invaluable hands-on experience to apply directly in your practice.
Join us to enhance your expertise and improve your diagnostic and therapeutic approach to equine back care!
Why do this course?
By attending this course, you will gain a thorough understanding of the morphological and functional anatomy of the back and sacroiliac region, understand the principles about saddle fitting and rider biomechanics affecting performance, improve your imaging of the back and be able to optimise the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to back and sacroiliac problems.
This course consists of recorded webinars and a day of practical sessions. The recorded lectures allow you to learn at your own pace and they can be listened to at a convenient time - these are a prerequisite for attending the practical component.
Who is it for?
Equine Veterinarians
The Speakers
Freddie Dash, BVetMed MRCVS<br /> Staff Clinician in Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging<br /> The Royal Veterinary College<br /> <br /> Andy Fiske-Jackson, BVSc MVetMed DipECVS FHEA MRCVS<br /> Associate Professor of Equine Surgery<br /> The Royal Veterinary College<br /> <br /> Kate Hanousek, BVetMed PGDipVCP MRCVS<br /> Resident – Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation<br /> The Royal Veterinary College<br /> <br /> Alex Hawkins, BSc BVSc MVetMed DipECVS MRCVS<br /> Lecturer in Equine Surgery<br /> Royal Veterinary College<br /> <br /> Cloe Lambert, MVetPhys<br /> Veterinary Physiotherapist<br /> NAVP and RAMP Accredited<br /> <br /> Russell MacKechnie-Guire, PhD BSc(Hons) BHSI FHEA<br /> Director, Centaur Biomechanics Ltd<br /> Associate Professor in Biomechanics (Research), HE Equine
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
14 hours
Registration and Booking
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