Fundamentals of Medical Massage for Animals: Canine Course

2010 Medical Massage Canine Course

New Program Date: October 13-16, 2010
 

What is Medical Massage for Animals?
Medical massage targets conditions based on medical diagnoses with the goal of producing readily identifiable benefits to patients. This program teaches the fundamentals of medical massage. It provides solid instruction on the science of bodywork, with special emphasis on canine anatomy. Live animal labs offer ample, supervised, hands-on instruction in soft tissue manual therapy techniques designed to maximize comfort and encourage functional restoration in veterinary patients with a variety of medical conditions. Medical Massage for Animals is unique in partnering a scientific and evidence-based approach with actual treatment opportunities.

Program Goals:

• Learn how to safely and properly integrate soft tissue manual therapy (i.e., massage, myofascial release) in a small animal veterinary practice.
• Gain confidence in identifying patients’ soft tissue pain problems by means of a comprehensive myofascial palpation evaluation.
• Explore structure-function relationships as expressed in biomechanical and myofascial dysfunction.

Program Agenda
For more information on topics covered and objectives click here.

Admission Eligibility
Registrants must be licensed veterinarians, veterinary students, or certified veterinary technicians. Veterinarians and veterinary technicians will need to include a copy of their license/certification with their registration form. Veterinary students must include a letter that they are in good standing from the dean of their college.

Accommodations
Hotel accommodations are the responsibility of each participant. A $104.00 per night (plus room tax) reduced rate has been obtained for course participants at the Fort Collins Marriott, 350 E. Horsetooth Road. If you are in need of accommodations, please contact the Fort Collins Marriott reservation line at 800.342.4398 or visit www.marriott.com. Indicate that you are attending the Medical Massage for Animals course to receive the special rate.

Course Director and Instructors

Narda G. Robinson, DO, DVM, MS, FAAMA (Course Director)
Dr. Robinson is an osteopathic physician, veterinarian, and medical acupuncturist.  She graduated from Harvard/Radcliffe in 1982, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1988, and the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1997 with a doctorate of veterinary medicine and in 2005 with a master’s degree in biomedical sciences.  She is the Director of the CSU Center for Comparative and Integrative Pain Medicine and heads the Integrative Pain Medicine and Natural Healing service at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital.  Dr. Robinson regularly integrates medical massage, myofascial release, and medical acupuncture into her daily treatments for small animals and exotics; she passionately supports spreading awareness about the therapeutic benefits and scientific basis of soft tissue manual therapy.

Rebecca Paulekas, DVM, PT
Dr. Paulekas received her DVM from Washington State University in 1983. She spent eight years in small and mixed animal general practice. She received her masters in physical therapy from the University of Southern California in 1992. Dr. Paulekas spent nine years in the outpatient orthopedic clinic of a large hospital, specializing in post-surgical rehabilitation, chronic pain and fibromyalgia, geriatrics, and osteoporosis. She received her manual therapy and acupuncture certification from CSU. She now practices acupuncture, manual therapy, and rehabilitation in a referral practice near Boise, ID.

The registration brochure for the 2010 program will be mailed in early spring. For information about course content, contact Dr. Narda Robinson at Narda.Robinson@colostate.edu or 970.297.4202.

For general information and submission of payments contact the
Colorado Veterinary Medical Association
191 Yuma Street, Denver, CO 80223.
P: 303.318.0447
F: 303.318.0450
or email info@colovma.org.
 

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