CIVT Podcast : Dr Ian Bidstrup

Dr Ian Bidstrup was raised on a farm in Victoria, Australia. He earned his veterinary degree with honors from the University of Melbourne in 1980. Afterwards, he spent time in small and mixed animal practices in Victoria and the UK, before returning to do an equine ambulatory residency at the University of Melbourne in 1986. Following, he was a partner in an equine mixed practice before transitioning to limiting his practice to equine and canine spinal care.

Dr Bidstrup was first introduced to chiropractic while a veterinary student. He did some training in chiropractic early in his career, then was exposed to acupuncture and chiropractic by Drs Sheldon Altman and Allen Schoen at an Australian Veterinary Association Conference. In 1993, he and his family visited numerous holistic veterinarians in the United States.

In 1994, Dr Bidstrup was instrumental in bringing Dr Sharon Willoughby to Australia to teach chiropractic, and was certified by the AVCA and IVAS in 1995. Between 2002 and 2009 he was one of the principle lecturers in the RMIT University graduate diploma program in animal chiropractic. He is also heavily involved in the study and teaching of proper saddle fit.