Veterinary Acupuncture

Veterinary acupuncture works through the stimulation of specific points on the body typically using acupuncture needles to activate the nervous system to produce a physiological response such as decreasing pain, relaxation, or increasing local blood circulation. Veterinary acupuncture can be used to help many conditions such as arthritis, muscle strains, acute soft tissue injuries, intervertebral disk disease, allergies, and asthma.

Veterinary Acupuncture can help with:

Expectations Post Treatment

Many times improvement can be seen after a veterinary acupuncture treatment.
Sometimes it may take 2-3 days to see improvement after a veterinary acupuncture treatment.

Minor conditions may respond fairly quickly while severe, chronic or complex conditions may require more veterinary acupuncture treatments for maximum benefit.

Patients can be more tired for the first 24 hours after the veterinary acupuncture treatment.

Types of Acupuncture

The normal way most people see veterinary acupuncture being performed is using a technique called dry needling where the veterinarian inserts acupuncture needles into the specified acupuncture points.

Laser veterinary acupuncture is another way where by using a therapeutic laser to stimulate the acupuncture points.

Veterinary aquapuncture​ is performed by injecting a small amount of usually sterile saline or B12 vitamin into acupuncture points.

Does it Hurt

Generally, most dogs and cats do not feel any pain or discomfort in most locations on the body from many of the modalities used in veterinary acupuncture.  ​

Some pets may feel some initial discomfort when the needle is inserted through the skin.

Once the acupuncture needles are in place, many pets will become relax and some will fall asleep during the veterinary acupuncture treatment session.