Following up on our post about integrative therapies and Zach -- the Newfoundland from Alliance:
After the integrative therapy sessions at the June 15-17 Summer Meeting in Alliance, Zach's owner -- Lorie Reeh -- implemented what she learned. We stayed in touch with her and tracked Zach's progress. Lorie documented on camera the wonderful results. She sent us the video, and we combined it with video from the Summer Meeting. Here's the result:
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Showing posts with label integrative therapies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label integrative therapies. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
NVMA Presenter: Use Both Alternative Therapies and Western Medicine
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| Dr. Holt works on the painful muscles of a horse. |
The pair made presentations for both Large- and Small-Animal sessions, demonstrating various therapies on a horse as well as on a number of dogs.
"Altermative therapies -- meaning acupuncture, chiropractic, laser -- all those other things are an important aspect of privtae practice, and they can be used with -- and should be used with -- Western medicine," Dr. Holt said in an interview during a break. "They're not that hard to do," he added. "They (veterinarians) can do it practice starting tomorrow."
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Zach the Newfoundland Benefits from Hands-on Session at Summer Meeting
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| L-R, Lorie Reeh, Zach, Dr. Jessica Rychel, and Dr. Tim Holt. |
Valuable information about pain management and other therapies was at the center of the educational presentations during the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association's Annual Summer Meeting June 15-17, 2015, in Valentine. Large and Small Animal Programs were presented by Tim Holt, DVM, Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University; and Jessica Rychel, DVM, emergency veterinarian and physical medicine practitioner at the Veterinary Emergency and Rehabilitation Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Their general topic area was Integrative Therapies, including acupuncture, manual therapy, osteopathy, massage, laser and more.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 16, they worked with a number of dogs, including Zach – a 10-year-old Newfoundland owned by Lorie Reeh of Alliance.
Zach was in pain and had some difficulty with balance. Dr. Rychel demonstrated some manual therapy exercises to help Zach with sitting, standing and with his overall balance. Zach also got some massage and some acupuncture, and it was clear by the end of the brief session that he was feeling better.
We're staying in touch with Lorie, who implemented the therapies she learned at the NVMA meeting. Just one week after the Summer Meeting, she reported that Zach is up to walking 10 blocks a day. When she brought him to the meeting, he could only go about two blocks.
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