4 steps to successful rehabilitation

At the Fetch dvm360® conference in San Diego, Matthew Brunke, DVM, DACVSMR, CCRP, CVPP, CVA, outlines 4 critical steps veterinary professionals can follow for when a patient undergoes rehabilitation to produce the most positive outcome.

View the video below for the entire discussion. The following is a partial transcript:

Matthew Brunke, DVM, DACVSMR, CCRP, CVPP, CVA: [The] four steps for rehab is No. 1: Identify the problem; be a good diagnostician. [No.] 2: Take the pain away; if they're [in pain], nobody wants to work out when [they're] sore, so [they're] not going to get better if [they're] hurting. After the pain is gone, get them stronger; get them back to doing what they enjoy doing eventually, and set up those goals to get to [that] and get [them] back to enjoying life.