
AAEP Virtual Wednesday Round Table: Pain Management in the Sport Horse
Recorded On: 04/09/2025
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April 9, 2025. Effectively managing pain is an important and often challenging aspect of optimizing physical and mental wellbeing in athletic horses.
Join veteran performance horse practitioner and certified veterinary acupuncturist and massage therapist Dr. Lori Bidwell for a discussion of common medications available for pain management in the performance horse, along with some uncommon medications and therapeutic modalities. She will also address anti-doping regulations.
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Sponsored by American Regent Animal Health


Dr. Lori A. Bidwell, DVM, DACVAA, CVA
Dr. Bidwell is co-founder of East West Equine Sports Medicine in Lexington, Ky., and Thermal, Calif. She also consults in anesthesia for equine practices. Prior to starting her current practice in 2015, Dr. Bidwell was head of anesthesia at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital and Lexington Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine. She also served on the veterinary faculty at Ross University and Michigan State University. Dr. Bidwell received her veterinary degree from Michigan State University and is board certified in veterinary anesthesia and analgesia. She currently serves on the AAEP’s Performance Horse Committee.