AD132 – Advance25 – Physiotherapy

Advance25^TM Courses help you to develop your knowledge and clinical skills in a defined area of small animal practice. These fully flexible online courses include discussion forums. The course materials are all recorded, and you have full access for a 12 month period. Complete your learning and get your CPD Certificate for 25 Hours of CPD.

Rehabilitation, though a fundamental component of human pain management and post-operative recovery remains under-utilised in Veterinary medicine. Correctly implemented, it should underpin the development of a multimodal approach to pain management and enhance your surgical outcomes and the functional recovery of your small animal patients.

Rehabilitation in First Opinion Practice

What you will learn:- 

The course is designed to provide an introduction into the principles of rehabilitation and how you can integrate these into your practice.  It will address examination of your patient as well as how to develop and implement a rehabilitation programme. It will also consider which tools are available and how to get the most out of them within your practice setting.

Session 1- Rehabilitation – where do we start? Functional recovery requires well reasoned and appropriately targeted rehabilitation. Timing and choice of technique is critical. In this first session as well as taking an overview of rehabilitation we will consider how to manipulate tissue healing in order to promote rapid and adaptive tissue regeneration. We will consider the demands of different tissue structures and how to avoid excessive scar formation and fibrosis.

Session 2 – Clinical examination of the rehabilitation patient . During this session we will learn how to get the most out of your clinical examination. Not only will we take an in depth look at gait evaluation and how this differs from a traditional approach to lameness diagnosis but we will also look at how to improve your observation and palpation skills.

Session 3 – What to use and when. This session will take an overview of all the commonly used tools in rehabilitation. It will focus on those that can be commonly used in every practice with minimal outlay. It will also look at the pitfalls of using the wrong tool at the wrong time and how this can delay healing and prevent return to function for your patients.

Session 4 – Rehabilitation of common orthopaedic conditions – In this session we will consider the fundamentals of musculoskeletal rehabilitation for common conditions such as Osteoarthritis, fracture repair and conditions of the elbow, hip and stifle for your small animal patients.

Session 5 – Rehabilitation of common neurological conditions. In this session we will consider how movement is controlled and how with this knowledge you can best employ your rehabilitation techniques to treat spinal injury. We will also consider whether rehabilitation has anything to offer in conditions such as Vestibular Disease and Epilepsy.

Session 6 – Cats are not small dogs. In this final session we will consider the unique requirements of feline rehabilitation. We will look at how they differ anatomically from dogs and how this then influences the design of any rehabilitation programme for your feline patients. We will consider ways of improving the clinical examination experience and taking the stress out your consulting room.

What do Vets Say About this Course?

‘Excellent tutor . Course packed full of content. very helpful for assessing and treating lameness cases. i will look at cases in a different light now. excellent tutor and course material.’

Jacqueline Jefferson MRCVS

‘So useful for changing how I approach a lot of GP lameness cases as well as being able to advise clients on the benefits of physio, assessing my patients, and having confidence to put a few things into practice. Opening my eyes to the possibilities with physiotherapeutic rehabilitation, and the start of training myself to view lame patients in a different and more thorough way. Realising that lameness cases don’t just involve a consultation, x rays and potential surgery, and that a holistic approach makes a huge difference to the eventual outcome.’

Helen Bateson MRCVS

‘The information was clear, well laid out and accompanied by useful videos and diagrams. For someone with no background in rehabilitation understanding some of the concepts and how they fitted together stretched me but it was achievable and therefore very satisfying. It was good to discuss matters with the other participants and have Lowri’s input.’

Emma Jarrett MRCVS

‘Really informative course with in depth detail and practical advice. Video and photographic information especially helpful.’

Nicola Birch MRCVS

Tutor : Lowri Davies BVSc Dip ACVSMR MRCVS, Specialist in canine sports medicine and rehabilitation

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