Dogs Love it! 05/14/2010
 
This is video of Benny getting his bi-weekly acupuncture treatment.

Benny had knee surgery to repair a torn ACL.  Unfortunately for Benny, this isn't the first time he's required this surgery.  LAST spring he had the same injury and same surgery on his OTHER knee!  

With Acupuncture and Chinese herbs, Benny healed extremely quickly from his surgery last year.  He was walking on it with very little limping after only about a month.  The usual recovery time is around 3 months!

Here's what Bridget, Benny's treat-hander-outer, had to say about Benny's surgery recovery last year:

"Two of my dogs are prone to orthopedic injuries, and both of them have had to have major surgeries to their knees. I took them to Thrive
acupuncture because my human family has had great outcomes from Becca Seitz's acupuncture prowess.

I was concerned that my husky mix and my pit bull would both be weird about the acupuncture needles. Becca was able to put them at ease, and needle them without stressing them out. Imagine my surprise to watch my big dog just fall asleep right after the needles went in.  Both Benny (the husky mix) and Olive (the pit bull) experienced faster healing times and much less post-surgical pain than is typical. They were able to go off of their pain medications very quickly. I was expecting them to have long recoveries, and both of them were walking normally within a month of their surgeries. This is just unheard of.

Big thanks to Becca Seitz and Thrive Acupuncture for making my dogs' post-surgery experience much less painful for them.

You saved our summer!"

Hope you enjoy this video of Benny's latest treatment! (Provided by Bridget Pilloud, Benny's treat-hander-outer) 

PS I hope you don't fall asleep watching it - I promise you, there are no dog attack scenes! ;)
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Dog Acupuncture 05/14/2010
 
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This is Toby.  He's coming to see me for arthritis.  He's 16 years old - he looks GREAT for his age, right?

People ask me, all the time, HOW I do acupuncture on pets.

Don't they move around?

Do they bite you?

Do you have to anesthetize them?

Nope!  Just look at Toby!  He hardly even notices that the needles are in!  Some dogs will lay down and fall asleep.  Some do move around (and this is fine!).  My main goal (aside from making them feel better via acupuncture and herbs, of course) is to make sure that they're comfortable and unstressed when they come visit me.

A stressed animal is preventing the acupuncture from working to its full potential, so keeping a relaxed environment is KEY to speedy healing.

Stay tuned for video of my buddy Benny who's being treated for post-surgical pain in his knee, and you'll see just how relaxed most dogs are during their treatments!
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It's about time that there's finally proof of what we acupuncturists already know - This medicine is a fine art, not one that can be learned in a mere 300 hours, and those attempting to practice acupuncture with so little working-knowledge of the system create dangerous situations for their patients.

Anyone practicing acupuncture should be required to complete a minimum number of hours of hands-on training as well as pass the same rigorous testing that licensed acupuncturists complete.  This is a matter of patient safety.

Press-Release - Wednesday, May 5, 2010- Acupuncture patients may suffer from unwanted side effects in the hands of non-licensed acupuncturists, according to a comprehensive study conducted by the Institute of Community Medicine in Norway. 

Acupuncture has been proven to be an effective form of therapy. Numerous scientific studies have proven the efficacy of acupuncture on treating various ailments. As a testament to the now scientifically recognized value of acupuncture, the Department of Essential Drugs and Medicine Policy of the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a list of diseases, symptoms, and conditions that acupuncture can treat. Headaches, depression, sprains, strokes, sciatica, and rheumatoid arthritis are among the conditions included in WHO’s 2003 publication. 

However, practitioners with minimal acupuncture training, such as Chiropractors and Medical Doctors who have logged about 300 hours of practice while attending several weekend acupuncture seminars, may pose a risk to patients seeking acupuncture therapy. 

A comprehensive decade long study of Norway’s Institute of Community Medicine validates the fact that acupuncture is not safe at the hands of untrained individuals. During the 14-year study, the institute have discovered that 193 patients have suffered from adverse side-effects. The bulk of the said patients may have consulted non-licensed acupuncturists. The study also found out that Medical Acupuncture treatment performed by doctors with minimal acupuncture training was the reason for the death of three patients as also reported by http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com. 

The most serious side-effect that may stem from consulting non-licensed acupuncturists is pneumothorax or the influx of unwanted air in the chest due to perforation of the lungs by incorrect needle insertion. One case involved a patient who died 90 minutes after suffering chest pains and dyspnea after medical acupuncture treatment, according to MEDLINE. 

Like other fields of conventional Western Medicine, acupuncture should be performed by a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) only. Qualification for an acupuncture license is rigid. It is required that graduate acupuncture students should have more than 3,000 credit hours of study and training before gaining a license. During training, students are required to master the human body and the various acupuncture points. Such extensive training would ensure the absolute safety of patients who seek the services of an L.Ac. Unwanted accidents, such as perforation of the lungs by an acupuncture needle, would not happen at the hands of an L.Ac. who knows by heart all insertion points in the body.

When it comes to seeking treatment, your well-being should be your top priority. To ensure your safety, it is advisable to only consult an L.Ac. who has graduated from accredited acupuncture schools from The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicinehttp://www.acaom.org/accprgs.asp. 

About Medical Acupuncture Facts: 

Medical acupuncture facts discusses the importance of seeking out a licensed acupuncturist over a doctor or chiropractor with minimal medical acupuncture training. For over 2 years Medical Acupuncture Facts has been informing the public of the dangers of going to non-licensed acupuncturists and shows common sense reasons of why to stick with licensed acupuncturists to ensure public safety. Visit http://www.medicalacupuncturefacts.com to learn more.
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In a small study (200 women) it was found that acupuncture can be a great adjunctive therapy in place of some or all oxytocin used to help the uterus contract following a c-section.

But this isn't the exciting part of this story, believe it or not.  The exciting part is that this was "discovered" because of a shortage of drugs getting to the hospitals.  Adequate supplies aren't getting to the hospitals because of the war that has been raging for so many years now.

Doctors are opening their minds to other therapies in times of shortage and are finding great uses in them!  While I would rather that the doctors be open-minded in times of plenty as well, this sure is something!

Doctors and hospitals of the world, please take a look at what the Iraqis have done.  Please take note that you could decrease expenditures, decrease side effects and discover many more treatment options by accepting acupuncture as a powerful healing modality.
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So by now, you've heard a ton about how great acupuncture is for humans.  Here's a story of how well it has worked in man's best friend!

I've treated several pets with various types and stages of paralysis and in every case the pet has experienced at least some amount of relief from their symptoms.

Acupuncture is often used to treat chronic, long-standing conditions, but there are many cases where it can be used to treat emergency-type conditions with great success!
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