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 professionals: pet owners - ask your vet to use our telemedicine service to seek case advice.
- Update frequency
- every 41 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Where does CBD fit in pain management?
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 anae…
DogMA - keeping dogs moving
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 …
Behaviour tools to detect maladaptive pain
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 th…
Exploring botulinum toxin A for pain management
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 managemen…
Let sleeping dogs (and cats) lie!
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…
Tuning into pain and emotional health
Understand how to incorporate pre visit sedation protocols with your cat or dog friendly approach
This podcast complements the pre-visit medication protocols that we have on Zero Pain Philosophy
Lear…
Modifying the Microbiome to Minimise Pain
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, …
Is subcutaneous methadone a thing?
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 inv…
Shoe size and the wrong shaped brain
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 recentl…
Acute pain in cats with Prof Paulo Steagall
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, Matt & Carl chat through all things relating to fe…
Anti NGF questions
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…
Gabapentin or pregabalin post spinal surgery?
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 podc…
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
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 …
Gabapentin in cats - analgesia and anxiolysis
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 co…
Lidocaine IV infusion
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 rev…
CBD - en vogue or evidence based?
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 th…
Epidural for caesarian section in dogs study review
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.
OA series: intra-articular therapies
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
OA series: Vet Vault podcast discussing NSAIDs & grapiprant
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)
Matt joins Hugh and Gerardo from Vet Vault to discuss bedinvetmab, in one of three podcasts on OA management.