Online-Congress – SVTPT Online-Congress

Program

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Michael Weishaupt (CH)

Michael Weishaupt graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 1989 at the University of Berne and worked the following 4 years at the Swiss National Stud in Avenches where he completed his doctoral thesis on muscle oxidative capacity in horses and steers.
Since 1994 he is in charge of the Equine Performance Centre at the Vetsuisse-Faculty of the University of Zurich, a clinical as well as research division of the Equine Department. His special interests are equine sports medicine and rehabilitation, exercise physiology, diseases of the upper airways, equine orthopaedics, shoeing and biomechanics.
In 2004 he finished his PhD on “The compensatory mechanisms of weight bearing lameness in horses”. In 2010 he received the Venia legendi of the University of Zurich for Equine Sports Medicine and Exercise Physiology. Dr.Weishaupt is diplomate of the American College of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation and member of the research committee of the International Conference on Canine and Equine Locomotion (ICEL).
In addition to a number of research papers in the field of sports medicine and biomechanics, he has published as editor two e-learning tools, one on equine upper airway diseases (Equad) and one on shoeing and diseases of the hoof (e-hoof.com).
Dr. Weishaupt is an accredited racetrack veterinarian, member of the veterinary advisory board of the Swiss Horseracing Federation, member of the accreditation board of the European Federation of Farriers Associations (EFFA) and founding member of the Sporthorse Welfare Foundation (SWF).

Dr.med.vet. Katharina Ros (DE)

Katharina Ros

Human and Equine Physiotherapist
Sophie Hargreaves (NZ)

Originally from the UK, Sophie came to New Zealand in 1984. She graduated from Otago University as a Human Physiotherapist in 1990 and further trained as an Equine Physiotherapist in the UK a year later. She continues to undertake training for both horses and humans to keep her knowledge and skills
relevant, including training with Lindsay Wilcox- Reid in Equipilates™. Sophie is an Advanced Equipilates™ biomechanics registered trainer and hosts regular clinics both off horse and on horse.
Combining her knowledge of physio and biomechanics with her love
of movement analysis, she has leveraged her 40+ years of personal experience in equestrian disciplines, together with her professional equine physio knowledge, to offer a unique service to the equine community.
When not delivering educational presentations to groups including pony and riding clubs and professional training for apprentice jockeys, Sophie treats riders for injuries, their horses and runs group ‘saddle stand’ rider physio/Pilates sessions to improve rider performance and awareness.
Sophie is also an ESNZ para classifier.

About the organization

SVTPT

The SVTPT is the official professional organization of animal physiotherapists and is recognized by the Swiss Physiotherapy Association physioswiss and the Society of Swiss Veterinarians GST. It offers the federally subsidized preparatory course for the higher professional examination HFP to become an animal physiotherapist with a federal diploma, the additional training for animal physiotherapy. The recognition of the HFP by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, SBFI took place in December 2008 and thus the profession Animal Physiotherapist with Federal Diploma is a regulated, officially recognized profession.
The association aims to promote the professional education and training of its members and to ensure the quality of animal physiotherapy as well as to represent the professional and economic interests of its members to the outside world. In order to retain the title, the therapists are obliged to attend regular further training courses. As specialists, animal physiotherapists make an important contribution to the health of the animal and to interdisciplinary cooperation in animal health.