Webinar Plus: Introduction to equine physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Key Information

CPD Hours: 16 hours

Course Length: Four weeks

Course Format: A mixture of pre-recorded weekly webinars (which can be reviewed throughout the course), live weekly Q&A sessions with the tutors, online case assessment exercises, supplementary reading material and tutor-moderated online discussion forums

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Updated for 2023

Course Information

Key Areas
  • Introduction to physiotherapy and rehabilitation
  • The use of Shockwave therapy in equine rehabilitation
  • An overview of the common modalities used in equine rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation of the equine patient following tendon injury
  • Rehabilitation of the equine patient following joint injury
  • Management of patient with back pain and sacro-iliac injury
  • Practical cases/case discussion
About this course

Would you like to better understand what equine physiotherapy and rehabilitation is all about and how to integrate it in your everyday practice?

This course aims to provide delegates with a better understanding of the modalities available today in equine rehabilitation and how to best integrate them in a general equine practice. After a brief introduction of what to expect from the course, delegates will be presented with the common modalities available in equine physiotherapy. After understanding the basic principles of equine rehabilitation, lectures will focus on more specific area such as rehabilitation of tendons, joints and how to manage horses with back and sacro-iliac problems.

Why do this course?
To increase your knowledge and understanding of what equine rehabilitation can offer so that you are able to provide a better/extended service to your equine patients recovering from injury.

The webinars for this course will be pre-recorded and can be viewed as recorded versions throughout the course. A live Q&A session with the tutors will run on the following dates at 1.30pm London time

Live Q&A dates:
Wednesday 8th March
Wednesday 15th March
Wednesday 22nd March
Wednesday 29th March

Tutors

Barbara Boross , PgDip, NAVP member, Veterinary Physiotherapist
Equine Veterinary Physiotherapy
NAVP, Gloucestershire

David Bolt, Dr.med.vet MS DipACVS DipECVS ECVDI LAIA FHEA MRCVS
Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College

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

Melanie Perrier, Dr.med.vet DipDACVS DipDECVS CERP MRCVS
Lecturer in Equine Surgery
The Royal Veterinary College

Roger Smith, MA VetMB PhD DEO ECVDI LAIA DipECVSMR DipECVS FHEA FRCVS
Professor of Equine Orthopaedics
The Royal Veterinary College