Nexus Veterinary CE
Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal Injuries (September 2025)
Includes a Live In-Person Event on 09/13/2025 at 8:00 AM (EDT)
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Course Description
Joint injury and subsequent instability is a common problem in both canine companions and canine athletes. Excessive repetitive loading over time can result in joint trauma and instability, which ultimately will result in poor function and osteoarthritis. While some injuries can be repaired with the goal of getting a canine athlete back to work or sport, other injuries can be career ending; yet need to be addressed to ensure a pain free quality of life. This course will discuss diagnosis and treatment of common injuries affecting both the companion and canine athlete such as hip luxation, collateral ligament injury, shoulder lameness/instability, and carpal/tarsal /metabone injuries. Following the lecture and case review, participants will utilize bone models and cadavers to perform various surgical techniques such as a hip toggle, collateral ligament repair, shoulder reconstruction, and partial arthrodesis. Post-operative radiographs will be taken to evaluate the participants’ repair technique.
Learning Objectives
- Understand and review the pathophysiology and decision making on hip luxation as well as demonstrate the ability to perform a hip toggle procedure
- Recognize the diagnostic techniques needed to diagnose tarsal ligamentous injuries and discuss how to surgical stabilize and unstable tarsus
- Introduce the concept of medial shoulder syndrome, diagnostics, treatment decision making, and ultimately medial shoulder reconstruction
- Understand how to diagnose instability of the tarsus and carpus along with case selection for partial carpal and tarsal arthrodesis
- Appreciate the importance of injuries to the digits and meta-bones and review treatment options to ensure bony union
Day 1
8:00am Welcome & Introductions
8:05am Hip Luxation
8:30am Laboratory 1: Hip Luxation Repair (Cadaver) – Round Ligament Replacement
10:30am Luxation and Collateral Ligament Injury of the Tarsus
10:50am Laboratory 2: Collateral Ligament Repair of the Tarsus (Cadaver) – Reconstruction of the MCL
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Laboratory 3: (Cadaver) – Fibular Fracture Repair
3:00pm Tarsal Plantar Instability
3:20pm Laboratory 4: Partial tarsal arthrodesis (Cadaver)
5:00pm Conclusion of Day 1
Day 2
8:00am Review of radiographs from Day 1
8:45am Shoulder Lameness and Instability
9:15am Break
9:30am Laboratory 5: Approach to the medial aspect of the shoulder and MGHL Reconstruction (Bone Model and Cadavers)
12:00pm Lunch
12:45pm Carpal hyperextension injury
1:15pm Laboratory 6: Partial carpal arthrodesis (Cadaver)
2:30pm Injuries to the Digits, Metatarsals, and Metacarpals
2:50pm Laboratory 7: MT/MC Fracture Luxation Repair (Cadaver)
4:30pm Conclusion of Course
Brian Beale
DVM, DACVS, ACVS Founding Fellow (Minimally-Invasive Surgery)
H-Town Veterinary Specialists
Dr. Beale knew he was going to be a vet since he was 9 years old. His original inspiration came from his Grandparents. Growing up he often spent his weekends at their home, covered in drool from playing with their English Mastiffs and Saint Bernards. In a recent article (American Humane), Dr. Beale wrote that his grandparents taught him the importance of the human-animal bond and the responsibility we have to give our pets the best care possible.
Dr. Beale’s passion is education. He has spent a large portion of his career teaching in hands-on surgery labs and speaking at large conferences. Dr. Beale co-authored Small Animal Arthroscopy, an industry defining textbook on orthopedics. He has written many other published articles and book chapters on specialized care.
Dr. Beale received his DVM & completed his residency at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. After his board certification he joined Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in 1992 and practiced there until 2019. In 2020, Dr. Beale founded Beale's Best and Bark City Veterinary Specialists.
Dr. Beale loves being a vet because he feels like he doesn’t have to work a day in his life. He enjoys spending his free time with his 3 kids, Isabel, Danielle, and Jared, and his wife, Mary.
Dr. Beale loves the Houston Zoo and has worked with their expert team of veterinarians on many occasions. Lions, sea turtles, monkeys, sloths, and kangaroos are only a few of the animals Dr. Beale has worked with.
Dr. Beale costarred on NetGeoWILD’s hit series, Animal ER, and he even hosted his own radio show, Your Pet’s Health, which aired on Houston KTRH 740.