Holistic Treatments for Dogs and Cats

Chinese Herbal Medicine is one of 5 branches of traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. These branches are Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, Food Therapy, Tui-Na (massage) and Exercise Therapy.

The objective of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine is to use a suitable combination of these 5 options to restore balance to the body. Disease of any type is considered an imbalance.

The choice to use Chinese Herbs, and the specific herbs chosen must be prescribed under strict Veterinary supervision.

Our herbs are sourced from the CHI Institute (Florida, USA).

Platelet Rich Plasma has gained popularity due to its use in the field of Human Sports Medicine and is used to treat ligament and tendon injuries in athletes. This has recently filtered into Canine Veterinary Medicine and has already been used for many years in Equine Veterinary Medicine.

We collect the patients own blood, filter that blood and collect the platelet rich plasma. That extract is rich in both growth and repair factors and this fraction is injected back into the patient's body as close to the site of injury as possible.

Common conditions treated in canines are partial cranial cruciate ligament tears, bicep tendon and Iliopsoas injuries. Horses are treated for tendon injuries.

Prolotherapy is a process whereby a substance is injected in and around tendons and ligaments with the aim of producing fibrosis (scar tissue), in order to strengthen a damaged or incompetent structure. Prolotherapy causes the body to heal itself through a process of inflammation and repair.

Treatment sessions are usually every 4 to 6 weeks and conditions which respond to this treatment protocol are partial Cranial Cruciate Ligament tears and Carpal Hyperextension.

Photobiomodulation uses a specific wavelength of light to positively influence tissue repair. Animal Health and Hydro offers two types of Photobiomodulation treatments namely, Laser Therapy  and Photizo which are used to manage acute and chronic inflammation, for pain relief and post-surgery wound healing. Photizo is available for rental.

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Homotoxicology is a bridge between complementary and conventional medicine. It is a process whereby whole blood is taken from the patient, which is then diluted through a homeopathic process and then dosed back to the patient.

This process stimulates the patients body to recognise the disease and to respond with its own immunological and repair mechanisms, essentially assisting the patient's body to heal itself from within.

The premise behind Homotoxicology is that the body has its own intelligence and Homotoxicology awakens that intelligence to promote self healing.

Electrical therapy the most common forms of Electrical therapy used in rehabilitation are EMS (Electrical Muscular Stimulation) and TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation).  EMS is used to build post operative muscle mass in patients with limited physical ability. TENS is used to manage pain post operatively. 

Thermotherapy refers to the treatment of disease by the application of heat. Heat can be administered as moist heat (with warm compresses or immersion in warm water) or as dry heat (with infra-red lamps, electric pads, hot-water bottles or heat packs and therapeutic ultrasound).

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Cryotherapy is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryosurgery makes the use of liquid nitrogen to remove malignant or benign lesions. In veterinary physical rehabilitation cryotherapy is administered to superficial areas of the body in the form of cold packs or ice.

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Therapeutic Massage is used to improve blood flow, relax muscular tissue, which contributes to management of pain.

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Myofascial Release is an extremely mild and gentle form of stretching and a relatively painless process, which can be used to successfully treat a number of connective tissue injuries such as repetitive strain injuries, chronic inflammation and long standing tissue and muscle injuries with patterns of compensation.

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Gold Bead Implants  are used in patients with a chronic disease which responds well to acupuncture. Gold beads are surgically implanted are the Acupuncture point associated with the patients condition.

Reiki is a form of energy healing which is used in conjunction with other more traditional therapies. The premise of any type of energy healing is that everything is energy. Therefore a Reiki practitioner taps into Universal Energy and channels it to the patient, to promote recovery or to ease the transition from life to death.