Recorded Equine lecture series 2024: Back to basics - poor performance and back movement

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Online Recorded Equine Lecture

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Course Information

Key Areas
  • Does lameness affect back movement?
  • What are the signs that a saddle is overloading an area?
  • Early results from the RVC’s saddle pressure mat testing.
  • What else can cause back pain?
  • How can I prevent and treat back pain?
About this course

This lecture is for horse owners.

Discover how back movement and poor performance in horses are interlinked with speaker Andy Fiske-Jackson Deputy Head of RVC Equine and Associate Professor in Equine Surgery

  • Does lameness affect back movement?
  • What are the signs that a saddle is overloading an area?
  • Early results from the RVC’s saddle pressure mat testing.
  • What else can cause back pain?
  • How can I prevent and treat back pain?

Other lectures in this series:

Wednesday 2nd October - Seeing deep inside - demystifying diagnostic imaging in the hospital
Wednesday 4th December - Breeding the next generation - new advances in stud medicine and equine fertility

Lectures in this series now available as recordings:

Wednesday 7th February - No hoof, no horse - laminitis, feet and farriery
Wednesday 19th June - Keeping the equine engine healthy - the heart of the matter
Wednesday 7th August - Tummy troubles - understanding equine colic and ulcers

Tutors

Andy Fiske-Jackson, BVSc MVetMed DipECVS FHEA MRCVS
Associate Professor of Equine Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College