Online Continuing Education Courses

Pain Presentations in Small Animals

• Design a patient intake procedure that aids in the identification of specific of pain processes common to small animals
• Classify animals by signalment with regard to risk factors for certain pathologies
• Assess an animal’s overall likelihood of having a painful physical ailment concomitant with its chiropractic condition based on history, observation and physical examination
• Detect signs of common pathologies specific to juvenile, adult and geriatric animals
• Propose useful recommendations for further diagnostics
• Interpret behaviors in small animals that may be pain presentations
• Analyze cues from gait or posture to localize sources of pain
• Associate signs of pain in certain anatomical structures with likely pathologies
• Point out to an owner the early warning signs of cranial cruciate ligament damage
• Examine the animal for hallmark signs of bicipital tenosynovitis, hip dysplasia, lumbosacral disease, and tick-borne diseases
• Differentiate between paraparesis from a neuromuscular origin and that caused by internal hemorrhage from a splenic hemangiosarcoma with just a few important history questions
• Devise a management strategy to reduce an animal’s risk factors for osteoarthritis