Innovative ways for managing lumbosacral disease
In this dvm360® interview, Dr Matthew Brunke shares how to address this oftentimes underdiagnosed condition in pets
In a dvm360® Matthew Brunke, DVM, DACVSMR, CCRP, CVPP, CVA, faculty for the Directions in Veterinary Medicine (DIVM) symposium in Miami, Florida, provides insight on identifying lumbosacral disease in patients and highlights current treatment approaches.
The following is a partial transcript of the video.
Matthew Brunke, DVM, DACVSMR, CCRP, CVPP, CVA: Innovative treatments for me [are] going to be things that the technicians can do. So if we can do shockwave to those areas, extracorporeal shockwave therapy can be done awake now. So that's really a technician driven modality now to be done during those rehab sessions. And we can use focused shockwaves to help relieve pain and discomfort there.
