Zero Pain Philosophy
Episodes
Where does CBD fit in pain management?
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does CBD work?Is CBD a first line option for the treatment of OA pain? And where in our second line options does CBD fit? In this episode of the...
DogMA - keeping dogs moving
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest podcast discusses the newly launched DogMA app with researchers Dr Natasha Clark and Professor Eithne Comerford. Mobility issues from musc...
Behaviour tools to detect maladaptive pain
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like to need to play detective in your behaviour cases? How many of these cases have pain as an underlying issue? Then you will love this ...
Exploring botulinum toxin A for pain management
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Robert Trujanovic is an EBVS European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia. In our latest podcast we talk to Robert to share his ex...
Let sleeping dogs (and cats) lie!
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of The Zero Pain Philosophy podcast Matt talks to behaviour specialist Dr Carrie Tooley about sleep in dogs and cats. How many h...
Tuning into pain and emotional health
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Understand how to incorporate pre visit sedation protocols with your cat or dog friendly approach This podcast complements the pre-visit medication pr...
Modifying the Microbiome to Minimise Pain
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast, Modifying the Microbiome to Minimise Pain, Matt talks to Dr Siobhain O’Mahony, a leading academic in microbiome research. Dr ...
Is subcutaneous methadone a thing?
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spoiler alert - you need to listen to this podcast to understand if there is a place for subcutaneous methadone in veterinary clinical practice! In th...
Shoe size and the wrong shaped brain
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Clare Rusbridge is a global thought leader in the management of syringomyelia, Chiari malformation and phantom scratching. To assist vets in...
Acute pain in cats with Prof Paulo Steagall
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Prof Paulo Steagall. Hear about his career, where the feline grimace scale developed from, and what the future of the FGS is. In this episode, M...
Anti NGF questions
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been two years since bedinvetmab was launched as a treatment for the pain associated with osteoarthritis - quickly followed by frunevetmab. D...
Gabapentin or pregabalin post spinal surgery?
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Matt & Carl as we discuss the two papers here that document the difference between using pregabalin and gabapentin after spinal surgery in do...
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is ERAS? What are the principles and components of ERAS? In this podcast Carl will explore these questions, some of the medical and veterinary li...
Gabapentin in cats - analgesia and anxiolysis
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Matt reviews the literature on gabapentin in cats. Does the science support our use of gabapentin as an analgesic. How does gabapenti...
Lidocaine IV infusion
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s members podcast we will be talking about the use of lidocaine as an intravenous infusion and its impact on survival following septic...
CBD - en vogue or evidence based?
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a complementary supplement to Ian Self's webinar on CBD and our pain update, Matt has reviewed two of the papers on CBD in dogs. For people CBD com...
Epidural for caesarian section in dogs study review
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we will review a recent study examining the use of lumbosacral epidural injection in dogs undergoing caesarian section, exploring the ...
OA series: intra-articular therapies
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you are thinking about intra-articular therapies, where do you start? In this episode Matt chats to the Vet Vault team about where he sees IA thera...
OA series: Vet Vault podcast discussing NSAIDs & grapiprant
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our OA series, the Zero Pain & Vet Vault teams chat about the role of NSAIDs and grapiprant in management of your OA cases.
OA series: Vet Vault chat about bedinvetmab (Librela)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt joins Hugh and Gerardo from Vet Vault to discuss bedinvetmab, in one of three podcasts on OA management.
Ketamine in chronic pain - Vet Vault chat
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year Matt joined the guys from The Vet Vault to chat all things chronic pain management. In this episode we chat about the use of ketamin...
Tramadol - review for acute pain management
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Always a popular topic, we decided to go back to the literature to guide your use of tramadol for post operative pain control.
Second line in OA?
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Vet Vault chat, Matt talks to Hubert and Gerardo about our second line options in OA. We cover amantadine and discuss is there room for tramad...
Amantadine or memantine?
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NMDA antagonists are excellent additions to chronic pain management. Why would you choose either? How do they work and what evidence do we have? In th...
Caesareans and analgesia
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recently Matt joined the team at Vet Vault to discuss analgesic management of Caesarean sections - amongst other things! You'll enjoy this lively disc...
Epidural anaesthesia techniques- which method to use?
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month we review two studies comparing different methods to confirm correct epidural injection placement in dogs in sternal and lateral recumbency...
Grapiprant Insight
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our December podcast presents the results of our latest Zero Pain Insight looking at grapiprant prescribing considerations.
Fentanyl patches - yes or no?
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our November podcast explores the use of fentanyl transdermal patches in dogs and cats.