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Rehabilitation for Equine Neck Conditions
Species

Equine

Contact Hours

5 Hours - RACE Approved

Language

English

Discipline

Neurology

Orthopaedics

Rehabilitation & Physiotherapy / Physical Therapy

Sports Medicine

Veterinary Partner

Equine

Recorded: February 2022

SpeakerTitleDuration
Steve Adair
Cervical Anatomy, Joint Motion & Mobilisation      
40 min
Steve Adair
Cervical Mobilisation & Manipulation Techniques 
30 min
Lee Clark/Steve Adair    
Case Discussions Part 1
60 min
Steve Adair
Rehabilitation Modalities for Equine Neck Conditions
50 min
Lee Clark/Steve Adair
Case Discussions Part 2
120 min

ONLINE LECTURE SERIES DESCRIPTION

Neck problems are commonly encountered in horses of all ages, but especially in middle-aged and older animals, have debilitating consequences and only a limited number of treatment options exist. This lecture series covers the cervical anatomy, joint motion and how to use passive stretches to rehabilitate horses affected by neck conditions. A team consisting of a world-renowned sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist and an equine physiotherapist will be exchanging notes on how they personally approach such challenging cases, when and how they use rehabilitation modalities and what exercises they recommend by extensively discussing cases.

Lee is a Chartered Physiotherapist, graduating as a ‘human’ physiotherapist in 1997 from Teesside University in England. He started his veterinary training while working full time in the NHS and qualified with ACPAT (the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Animal Therapy) in 1999. For the past 25 years Lee has specialized in the treatment of horses and their riders and currently own and manage a rider performance clinic ‘Functional Physiotherapy’, and the ‘Equine Physiotherapy Clinic’ in Co. Durham. Between 2005 and 2016 the ‘Equine Physiotherapy Clinic' included in-patient facilities providing treatment and rehabilitation for a wide variety of Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedic and post-surgical conditions

Since 2010 Lee has worked with multiple GBR Equestrian teams providing physiotherapy services for both horses and riders. Throughout this time, he has supported the squads and team members at 15 European Championships and 6 World Championships, including WEG in 2014 and 2018. Also, in 2012 he was one of the team of eight ACPAT Physiotherapists selected to work at the London Olympics, providing physiotherapy support for horses from all nations.

Lee has been a visiting lecturer at Leahurst Veterinary School at the University of Liverpool on the ACPAT MSc Veterinary Physiotherapist course since 2015 and is a clinical educator for students who are converting from human to veterinary therapy at both Liverpool and Hartpury Universities.

For the past 15 years Lee has had a special interest in horse, saddle and rider asymmetry, in particular the influence that one has on the others. This interest culminated in a 6-year PhD project that looked at the use of simulators in rider analysis and investigated the possible causes of rider asymmetry.

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Dr. Adair earned his D.V.M from Auburn University. After receiving his D.V.M., Dr. Adair spent two years in private equine practice and completed a surgery residency at the University of Tennessee. He is presently a Professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville and is Director of the Equine Performance Medicine and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Adair is board certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and is a charter Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is also certified in Animal Chiropractic by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association and is a Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner. Dr. Adair’s primary research areas include Equine Musculoskeletal conditions, Regenerative Medicine and Equine Rehabilitation.

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