Greyhound Injury Prevention Seminar for Trainers and Vets, Richmond - Save Your Dog's Hock

Описание: This seminar outlines the positive advances made in the veterinary standards impacting the welfare of racing greyhounds in regards to the understanding, early detection and potential prevention of the common, and at times catastrophic, orthopedic injuries.

To achieve this goal of significant injury minimisation requires the co-ordinated eduction of all participants including trainers, veterinarians, track curators and administrators.

Further information available on the educational website - www.greyhoundtarsalscreening.com.au

00:00:00 Introduce Save Your Dog’s Hock and Wrist (carpus)
00:01:04 Impact of fractures on Owners and Trainers
00:01:58 Fractures occurring during unofficial trials
00:03:37 Are Hock Fractures Preventable?
00:04:56 The Right Hock is fractured 95% of cases
00:06:36 Fracture of Accessory Carpal Bone
00:07:15 What are trainers expected to do?
00:09:03: New Training Opportunities for trainers and veterinarians with the protocols developed by "Save Your Dog’s Hock" (Yore et al, 2024)
00:13:09: Aim: To empower trainers, owners and veterinarians
00:14:52 Acknowledge the problem - 79% of injuries occur on the corner
00:17:30 Impact of the track - potential injuries
00:21:46 Early signs of problems in the right hind leg
00:22:13 Video - Hock Examination Technique for assessing fitness to race (Yore, Newell, Katakasi and Larratt 2025)
00:25:27 The 6 Step Hock Check- Guide for Vets and Trainers
00:25:33 Step 1 Hock Flexion
00:26:04 Step 2 Pressure in Front of Bones
00:27:02 Step 3 Assess Laxity = the Test for Hock Strapping.
00:27:37 Step 4 Metatarsal Torsion
00:28:01 Step 5 Calf Extension
00:28:24 Step 6 Palpate Calf Muscles
00:28:56 Injury prevention initiative of the Australian Greyhound Veterinarian’s group
00:31:27 Fatigue contraction of muscles predisposes to joint injury
00:34:32 Both GRNSW and GWIC support Hock Strapping
00:36:11 Treatment options for contracted muscles
00:36:44 How to assess the Gracilis or “Back” muscle
00:38:32 The Keys to Effective Hock Strapping
00:40:04 The Velcro Hock Strap
00:43:40 Advances in radiography for greyhounds
00:50:50 Cause of problems in the front leg
00:52:35 Link between shoulder and wrist (carpus)
00:53:00 Video - Examination of the neck and shoulder
00:56:00 Carpal laxity case study
00:59:11 GRNSW initiative to support the wrist (carpus)
01:01:35 Dedication to STAR and all injured greyhounds