November 2005 - Acupuncture treatments work well. Photos of the treatment.
November 2005
Here are some photos of Ivan getting Acupuncture this past Monday. Really helped him out a lot. He’s had to go back to his wheelchair and could hardly get around due to the arthritis in his knees and his chronic recurring bronchitis…Wednesday afternoon he was getting around without his wheelchair again (after acupuncture!) He still gets his deramaxx and his glucosamin / chondroitin sulfate / etc. supplements…We are also adding Yucca now (used it over 20 years ago on my old horse…I had forgotten how much it helped him).
Dr. Cathy Ott from Cleary Lake Equine/Small Animal Medical Center is doing the acupuncture on Ivan in the photos..A senior year veterinary student from the University of Minnesota is watching.. We do Ivan’s acupuncture in the exam rooms they use for horses..it is easier to get all 4 of our dogs and Ivan in his wheelchair in these rooms (large doors, rubber mats on floor (under the blanket) for horses actually makes the floor more comfortable for Ivan to lay on.
Peppo, our Irish Wolfhound Puppy with Cereballar dysfunction causing ataxia had acupuncture at the same time…we’ll see if it helps her out..keep you posted! Second set of photos coming shows the electrical connections to “super stimulate” the acupuncture points.
You can see the electrical hook ups..they go to a little battery operated pack the sends rapid electrical pulses out..the intensity can be varied to each set of wires…they are adjusted to the individual location each time, depending on how severely affected the area is and how the animal responds.
Gold beads can also be “implanted” into the acupuncture locations quite easily for continuous stimulation…they are injected with a larger gauge needle…sometimes irritants are injected into the sites to stimulate them after the treatment…each acupuncturist has different techniques they prefer and have found works best for them.
If anyone has questions, please feel free to relay them to me, or go to the message board at www.HandicappedPets.net …my friends check it often, so if I miss it they usually let me know.