How Do I Get Better at Examining Dogs for Lameness? Key Points to Simplify Your Success (SVS2024)

This session is highly relevant for anyone seeing lameness cases and is aimed to inspire clinicians who want to improve their skills and confidence and get more from doing an orthopaedic exam. How do you localise the source of a lameness problem? Why do you get more from watching a dog stand or sit than from watching it walk or trot? Why is there no benefit to you or your patient in muzzling or restraining a dog for an orthopaedic exam? This session will change what you think about lameness cases.