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Zero Pain Philosophy

Zero Pain Philosophy

Zero Pain Philosophy is here to help veterinary professionals worldwide achieve Analgesic Excellence in your clinic. Established by vet specialists Matt Gurney & Carl Bradbrook, we offer a variety of educational resources to help spread pain management know how including both free and paid content including podcasts, pain updates, webinars and a telemedicine service. Our content is delivered by European & American Specialists in Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia. Resources are for vet

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00:43:25

Where does CBD fit in pain management?

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2025/08/08

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 Zero Pain Philosophy podcast we are joined by anaesthesia & pain specialist Dr Leon Warne to answer these questions. If your clients are asking you about CBD, then you need to listen to this. ReferencesHere is the link to the CATRAS work discussed in today’s podcast:Warne LN, Schug SA, Beths T, Brondani JT, Carter JE, Lascelles BDX, Raisis AL,

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00:35:45

DogMA - keeping dogs moving

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2025/07/26

Our latest podcast discusses the newly launched DogMA app with researchers Dr Natasha Clark and Professor Eithne Comerford. Mobility issues from musculoskeletal diseases, like osteoarthritis, affect around 200,000 dogs annually, posing a significant challenge to their health and welfare. Although these diseases can affect dogs of any age, owners often miss early, subtle signs of gait abnormalities, leading to late diagnosis of osteoarthritis. The DogMA app was developed to address this by enabling

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00:45:40

Behaviour tools to detect maladaptive pain

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2025/07/02

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 paper! We have the pleasure of talking through the approach taken in this series of cases where the authors describe their approach to assessing pain in the behaviour case. Detection of maladaptive pain in dogs referred with behavioral complaints:challenges and opportunitieshttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1569351

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00:38:40

Exploring botulinum toxin A for pain management

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2025/05/08

Dr Robert Trujanovic is an EBVS European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia. In our latest podcast we talk to Robert to share his experience of using botulinum toxin A in pain management in dogs. Robert is leading the field on this subject and brings his experience of interventional pain management to our Zero Pain community. We exploreWhat is the mechanism of action of BT?What sort of pain cases is BT used for in human medicine?Can you please tell us about some cases where you

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00:41:55

Let sleeping dogs (and cats) lie!

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2025/03/12

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 hours of sleep should dogs and cats be getting and how can sleep disturbance influence behaviour and emotional health? ShownotesWhy we sleep – Matthew WalkerLi et al review (2022): The Influence of Sleep Disturbance on Chronic Pain: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11916-022-01074-2Sleep questionnaires – only one validated for use in dogs

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00:48:00

Tuning into pain and emotional health

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2025/01/15

Understand how to incorporate pre visit sedation protocols with your cat or dog friendly approachThis podcast complements the pre-visit medication protocols that we have on Zero Pain Philosophy Learn how to interpret some of the behaviours that anxious dogs are showing in the hospital and how our interactions with those pets are 90% of the solution Review the pre-visit and hospital sedation protocols created by Dr Matt Gurney & Dr Sarah Heath first, as you listen to this podcast Find the

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00:50:00

Modifying the Microbiome to Minimise Pain

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2024/10/11

In our latest podcast, Modifying the Microbiome to Minimise Pain, Matt talks to Dr Siobhain O’Mahony, a leading academic in microbiome research. Dr O’Mahony has published work within human medicine, examining the link between the microbiome and pain outcomes after surgery. And we ask, ‘How could this translate into our field of veterinary pain management?’ We also touch upon what we should eat ourselves and ask whether we are feeding our pets correctly. References for shownotes The gut microbiota

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00:40:19

Is subcutaneous methadone a thing?

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2024/08/23

Spoiler alert - you need to listen to this podcast to understand if there is a place for subcutaneous methadone in veterinary clinical practice!In this edition, Matt reviews the first paper that investigated pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous methadone and first raised the question of using this route in dogs. Matt then chats to anaesthesia specialist Aoife Ryan about a study they performed together to attempt to enhance our understanding around this topic. With Carl, we then chat through a recent

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01:10:13

Shoe size and the wrong shaped brain

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2024/07/19

Professor Clare Rusbridge is a global thought leader in the management of syringomyelia, Chiari malformation and phantom scratching. To assist vets in treatment of these conditions, Clare has recently updated and released her 2024 treatment algorithms. In this episode, Matt discusses the new algorithms with Clare, as well as ensuring we have our diagnosis correct and also looking to the future with these diseases. You can read the treatment algorithms

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00:46:53

Acute pain in cats with Prof Paulo Steagall

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2024/04/15

Meet Prof Paulo Steagall. Hear about his career, where thefeline grimace scale developed from, and what the future of the FGS is. In this episode, Matt & Carl chat through all things relating to feline pain scoring with Paulo and explore a number of questions. Where does AI fit with the future of the feline grimace scale? Can pet owners use the feline grimace scale? Are cats difficult to pain score? The podcast takes a look at how pain scoring is just one part of the picture of enabling us

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00:26:07

Anti NGF questions

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2023/04/23

It's been two years since bedinvetmab was launched as a treatment for the pain associated with osteoarthritis - quickly followed by frunevetmab. During that time Matt has lectured around the world on the topic. This podcast brings together a number of questions that have been raised as part of those lectures - and we always say that if someone has a question, then 10 are people are thinking the same thing!After this podcast you will have a better understanding of the anti nerve growth factor

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00:31:36

Gabapentin or pregabalin post spinal surgery?

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2023/04/16

Join Matt & Carl as we discuss the two papers here that document the difference between using pregabalin and gabapentin after spinal surgery in dogs. Reflective learning After listening to this podcast do you see a place for gabapentinoids in the management of pain following spinal surgery? How will this understanding impact the management of your current and future patients? Learning actions Watch Gwen Covey Crump's webinar on gabapentinoids. Watch Matt's webinar on descending

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00:13:03

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2022/04/30

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 literature and explain how we can incorporate this into our everyday clinical practice and pain management protocols. Your learning outcomes for this podcast are; Understand what ERAS is Learn how some published studies can be used to practice ERAS in your clinic Your option for reflection Consider how you can incorporate ERAS into your daily

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00:25:47

Gabapentin in cats - analgesia and anxiolysis

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2022/03/30

In this episode, Matt reviews the literature on gabapentin in cats. Does the science support our use of gabapentin as an analgesic. How does gabapentin work? To end, Matt reports a recent study he conducted examining the anxiolytic benefit of gabapentin in hyperthyroid cats. Find the show notes with all references on the Pain Updates page.

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00:10:46

Lidocaine IV infusion

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2022/02/16

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 peritonitis in dogs. In this episode Carl will review a 2016 study on survival of dogs with septic peritonitis.

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00:32:44

CBD - en vogue or evidence based?

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2022/01/09

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 comes with celebrity endorsement, but is this all there is to it? What does the evidence say?

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00:15:39

Epidural for caesarian section in dogs study review

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2021/12/01

In this podcast we will review a recent study examining the use of lumbosacral epidural injection in dogs undergoing caesarian section, exploring the pros and cons of this technique.

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00:09:02

OA series: intra-articular therapies

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2021/11/05

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 therapies fit with Oa management

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00:17:14

OA series: Vet Vault podcast discussing NSAIDs &...

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2021/11/05

Continuing our OA series, the Zero Pain & Vet Vault teams chat about the role of NSAIDs and grapiprant in management of your OA cases.

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00:19:55

OA series: Vet Vault chat about bedinvetmab (Librela)

Zero Pain Philosophy ·

2021/11/05

Matt joins Hugh and Gerardo from Vet Vault to discuss bedinvetmab, in one of three podcasts on OA management.

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