25 Mar 2025 - 26 Mar 2025

FULLY BOOKED: A Pain in the Neck, Back or Arse? - Diagnosis, Treatment and Management

Increase your understanding of neck, back and pelvic pain in horses including how to diagnose and when and how treat it.

Course dates

25 Mar 2025 08:15 - 26 Mar 2025 17:00

Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, GU30 7JG

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About this course

This brand new, two-day course is designed for practitioners who regularly see poor performance, lameness, behavioural and back pain cases in sports horses, racehorses and pleasure horses.

Led by world class practical tutors with extensive experience including a member of the World Class Programme, you will learn more about the link between neck or back pain and ridden problems, ataxia, diagnostic imaging, medical and surgical treatments and what rehabilitation techniques could be used once treatments are complete. During practical sessions you will develop your neurological examination skills, further your ability to palpate and examine the neck, back and pelvis and develop your ultrasonography skills. Using real cases we will discuss how and when to medicate and with what products, surgical options and the role of rehabilitation.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will...

• have increased confidence in diagnosis of pain relating to the neck, back and pelvis
• have increased your understanding of case selection and signalment to enable effective diagnostics, case planning, likely prognosis, outcomes and owner management
• understand the importance of a holistic approach to case management
• be able to use ultrasound to locate cervical facets for medication
• understand how to select appropriate imaging modalities and how to interpret and use the findings

Course programme

Our speakers

• Course Organiser: Lucy Meehan-Howard BVSc MSc CertAVP(VDI) DipECVDI MRCVS European Specialist in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (Large Animal) RCVS Specialist in Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging
• Richard Hepburn BVSc DipACVIM CertEM(IntMed) MS FRCVS
• Rachel Murray NMA VetMB MS PhD Dip ACVS Assoc ECVDI MRCVS, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Equine Orthopaedics Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons Associate, European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging
• Rachel Tucker BSc MVetMed CertAVP(ESO) DECVS MRCVS, RCVS and European Specialist in Equine Surgery

Course sponsors

Course prices

• Vet member: £675
• Non member: £1,350

Terms and conditions

By registering for this course, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

Payment and transfers

• All payments must be made in pound sterling. Your place on the course is not guaranteed until full payment has been made.
• Booked places can be transferred to another person free of charge if requested two weeks before the start of the course. If the transferee is not a BEVA member, they will be liable for the difference between the member and non-member rate. If a transfer is requested less than two weeks prior to the start date a 10% administration charge will apply. 
• A full refund will be made, less a 10% administration charge, if cancellation is more than six weeks before the start of the course.
• A refund cannot be guaranteed if cancellation is less than six weeks before the start of the course. A full refund will be made if we are able to resell the place, less a 20% administration charge.
• In the unlikely event that we are required to cancel or postpone the course you can opt to receive a full refund or receive a CPD credit. The CPD credit is valid for one year from the date of issue and can be used on any BEVA CPD event.

Membership deals

• To be eligible for the BEVA member price you are required to be a BEVA member at the time of the course. If your membership expires before the course date you will be invoiced the difference.
• For all non-member bookings a 12-month digital BEVA membership is included in the course price and will be set up within five working days of receiving payment. If you cancel your place after the membership is set up any refund given will be minus the number of months membership you have already had. If you transfer your place the membership can be transferred at the same time, however the length of the membership will not be extended.

Programme

• Whilst the course programme is correct at time of print, BEVA reserves the right to change details of the event without notice. All best endeavours will be made to present the programme as publicised however alterations may occasionally be necessary due to circumstances beyond our control.
• You will receive 12 months access to course materials via the BEVA online learning platform. Recordings of live aspects of the course will be made available as soon as possible after the live date.

Registration, access and attendance

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• You must bring appropriate, clean safety wear (for example coveralls, hard hats and boots) to courses that involve practical sessions. When relevant an equipment list will be provided to you via your course page.
• At the point of booking you self-certify that you are suitably qualified to attend the course and qualified to undertake the procedures being taught. If you are in training for such a qualification BEVA must be made aware of your training status at the time of booking.
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