PAIN CLINIC
Chronic and acute pain is debilitating and can decrease the quality of life of your pet. It can also cause impairment of normal activities; therefore, its management is crucial. Our pain management clinic (also known simply as pain clinic) at King Animal Hospital, is led by board-certified specialist in Anesthesia and Analgesia Dr. Flavio Freitag.
The pain clinic provides pet owners with tools to quantify the degree of pain their pet is feeling, and how much it is affecting their quality of life.
By utilizing a full physical exam – including comprehensive pain scoring, and reviewing pertinent medical history, it enables the pain clinic team to effectively classify the pets level of pain and create a patient specific treatment plan. By providing advanced pain-relief therapies with various techniques – including ultrasound-guided nerve blocks, epidural or spinal anesthesia, infusion therapies and medication protocols, we are able to support patient comfort and manage acute and chronic pain effectively.
Keeping your pet pain free or greatly reducing their pain levels to improve quality of life is our main goal.
- Cancer
- Arthritis
- Pancreatitis
- Orthopedic disease
- Neurologic disease
- Assessment and diagnostic of the type of pain
- Establishment of an analgesic protocol to use at home
- Ultrasound guided locoregional anesthesia
- Pain catheter placement
- Intravenous analgesic therapy
- End of 2025/early 2026 – Acupuncture
OUR PAIN CLINIC SPECIALIST
DR. FLAVIO FREITAG
DVM, MSc. DVSc., DACVAA
Board-Certified Anesthesiologist
Dr. Freitag obtained his DVM degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR) in 2015, graduating with honors, first of the class. After graduation he completed a 2-year residency in Anesthesia, with parts in Critical Care, from 2016-2018 at the Federal University of Parana (UFPR) where he also then obtained his Master of Veterinary Science in 2019. He then moved to Canada in 2019, to pursue his Anesthesia Residency and Doctor of Veterinary Sciences at the Ontario Veterinary College, 2019-2022. After residency, Dr. Freitag practiced at the Veterinary Specialty Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador, where he was the first veterinary anesthesiologist of the province. In 2023 Dr. Freitag become a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia and started a pain clinic at the hospital. Dr. Freitag’s professional interests include ultrasound guided loco-regional anesthesia, with focus on TAP block, use of pain catheter, CPR, pain management, chronic pain, anesthesia in different species (small animals and equines). And he has published over 20 manuscripts as first author.
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