He did get more than one quote and tested more than one laser before buying. And he, too, is using it to treat everything from acute injuries to minor swelling, with a success rate of about 90 percent. Like Nunn, Bob Cohn, DVM, of North Laurel Animal Hospital in Laurel, Md., has had his Class IV Companion laser since January. “But we’ve billed out more than 500 sessions, and if we apply all of our charges to paying for the machine, it means we have billed out as much as the unit cost in the nine months since we got it.” “We charge less than we have heard recommended ($20 to $40 per session, depending on the treatment plan). “We’re in a semi-rural area, and we are by no means the highest-priced clinic in the area,” he notes. Stories such as this fuel word-of-mouth promotion, Nunn says. “She had a little itching, so she was back in for a follow-up treatment, but otherwise there have been no flare-ups.” “One patient I saw yesterday had struggled with a staph infection, then we used laser therapy two to three months ago, and she hasn’t been on meds since,” Nunn says.
“And it’s been remarkable the changes we’ve seen.”Īmong his most recent applications are to treat chronic staph infections and severe gingivitis in cats. In fact, it’s easier for Nunn to list his non-laser cases: never on tumors, testes or eyes. Now, he says, he’s using it on just about every kind of musculoskeletal pain, from sprains and strains to chronic hip dysplasia, as well as for edema and snakebite and to promote healing and control post-surgical pain. The case made by the LiteCure representative was compelling enough to win him over. Nunn purchased LiteCure’s Companion Therapy Laser for his two-doctor small-animal practice without shopping around or doing a cost-benefit analysis. 2: The therapeutic laser can have a powerful effect on the economics of a practice. Nunn and others also enjoy the benefits of wow factor No. “It just adds another dimension to the management of pain.” “The feedback I get lets me know it’s nothing short of miraculous,” Nunn says. The primary “wow” factor is the therapy’s impact on the lives of patients and clients. Nunn, owner-operator of Integrity Animal Hospital in Kingsland, Ga., echoes sentiments voiced by many of his laser. Nunn says of his introduction to laser therapy at a veterinary conference in January.
“I wasn’t looking for it, but it caught my attention in the exhibit hall,” Dr. Which is why Don Nunn, DVM, pondered, contemplated and considered for, oh, almost two whole hours before he added a Class IV laser to his arsenal of therapies. Capital equipment with a five-figure price tag isn’t a likely candidate for an impulse buy.
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