Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Discovering Holistic Healing For Animals

By Carol Fox


When family pets are injured or ill, it can often be a heart wrenching experience. Whereas, taking the animal to a veterinarian can often be expensive. As such, a number of veterinarian and animal clinics are now practicing holistic healing for animals.

In one example, after owners discovered a cat was not going to get any better after becoming paralyzed, the owners sought advice. In the process, the owners found Dr. Valerie Trudel whom owned an acupuncture and osteopathy clinic for animals. As such, the owners took the cat to Dr. Trudel. Upon examining the cat, the doctor feared the only option would be euthanasia.

Upon the initial examination, Dr. Trudel's first impression was to prepare the cat's owners for the worse case scenario. Although, upon the owners' request that the doctor try any and every holistic procedure possible to prevent having to put the cat down, Dr. Trudel agreed to provide treatment. While the owners realized there were no guarantees, both remained hopeful that one of the alternative healing methods offered by Dr. Trudel would help the cat recover and once again be able to walk.

Dr. Trudel provided the cat with an acupuncture treatment, then the owners took the cat home and kept a watchful eye on the animal for 24 hours. Much to the owner's amazement, while the cat left lying on his stomach, he arrived home laying on one side, the most movement the owners had seen in quite some time.

After two weeks of at home care, the owners returned to the clinic for a follow up visit. Much to Dr. Trudel's amazement, the cat was walking normally. While a shock to the veterinarian and owners, especially considering the cat was completely paralyzed on the first visit, there have been many similar stories in the animal world. For, there are a number of pet owners, handlers and trainers whom have turned to alternative forms of healing due to not only to the success but also because these treatments can often be far less expensive in the long run.

Like Dr. Trudel, there are a number of veterinarians now offering alternative forms of care. For, when animals are non-responsive to traditional forms of medications and surgeries, it can often be beneficial to try alternative and holistic healing methods. In reality, it is often best to try these alternative methods prior to moving on to more traditional medications and surgeries when and where necessary.

In many cases, pet owners have discovered that traditional medications can often be harsh on the digestive systems of animals. Whereas, in other cases, the medications are just not strong enough to provide the necessary treatment to heal the animal. Since most pet owners consider pets to be family members, this is often hard on the owners as well. As such, many are now turning to alternative and holistic veterinary services so that the animals can remain as calm and comfortable even when not feeling well.

While traditional veterinarians and practices have discovered new and safer treatments for animals over the last few years, so too have alternative providers such as that of Dr. Trudel and Dr. Barnes. For, if an animal can be healed through osteopathy, acupuncture or natural medications, it can often be far less intense or invasive to the animal than traditional forms of medications and surgeries.




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