Integrative medicine incorporates western/traditional medicine with alternative therapies such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition and rehabilitation. This type of approach is useful in any general medicine case, but is especially useful for patients that have been diagnosed, appropriately treated and are still experiencing problems or quality of life issues that western medicine or surgery have not alleviated. Aging animals often develop chronic problems or multiple problems concurrently that may benefit from nutritional or alternative therapies. Individuals with active animals interested in maintaining the health of their pets may be interesed in alternative approaches to the traditional treatments such as antibiotics or steroids. Chronic, degenerative problems such as cancer, degenerative myelopathy (DM) and osteoarthritis often respond well to alternative therapies. Alternative treatments may lengthen the lives of the patients and improve their quality of life. The following is a brief description of some of the alternative therapies offered and examples of types of cases where they can be useful.
- Stem Cell Treatment
- Acupuncture including:
- Aquapuncture
- Dry needle
- Electro acupuncture
- Lacer
- Massage Therapy
- Nutrition, neutroceuticals, herbal medicines and homeopathy
- Pulse signal therapy (PST)
- Rehabilitation evaluation and therapy including:
- E-stim
- Gait-analysis
- Goniometry
- TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
- Therapeutic exercises
- Underwater treadmill therapy:
- Enhances the care of postoperative neurosurgical and orthopedic patients
- Manages a variety of chronic orthopedic and neurological diseases including arthritis and degenerative myelopathy
