Location: SMART Veterinary Clinic
Swansea
SA7 9LH
Price: ABVA Members £250
Non-Members £300
(£25 discount of booked alongside Acupuncture for the Sporting Dog running on 30th November)
A brand new one day course looking at the integration of acupuncture into the management of common neurological cases. The day is comprised of lectures, practicals and case discussion to refresh your existing skills and to learn new techniques which will improve your confidence and expertise in this field.
COURSE PROGRAMME:
8.30 - 9.00 - Registration
9.00 - 10.00 - Thoracolumbar Disk Disease
10.00 - 11.00 - Practical
11.00 - 11.30 - Coffee
11.30 - 12.00 - Acupuncture and nerve associated pain
12.00 - 12.45 - Acupuncture and epilepsy
12.45- 1.45 - Lunch
1.45 - 2.45 - Acupuncture and the cranial nerves
2.45 - 3.15 - Coffee
3.15 - 4.15 - Practical
4.15 - 5.00 - Case Discussion
COURSE LECTURER:
Lowri Davies graduated from Bristol Veterinary School in 1992. She is currently one of only three specialists in the field of Canine Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine working in the UK having successfully passed the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation examination in January 2016. Her interest in sports medicine and rehabilitation developed while working in specialist equine practice and led to her opening the first SMART Clinic back in 2004. Under her lead, the SMART Clinic has acquired a world wide reputation for excellence in the field of canine rehabilitation, sports medicine and pain management with drawing clients from all over the UK and Europe.
When not at work, or lecturing in the U.K. and abroad, Lowri enjoys travelling - preferably somewhere she can climb a mountain, ski down a mountain or ride across several mountains! Lowri is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, The Royal Society of Medicine and the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association. She is also president of the British Veterinary Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Association.http://www.abva.co.uk/education/courses/acupuncture-for-the-sporting-dog/