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Holistic House Call Osteoarthritis Care for Dogs & Cats

Osteoarthritis Care, Also Called Arthritis

Diagnostics for Arthritis that We Can Accomplish in a House Call

The acupuncture needles are timy, but if you ran your hand down this shar pei's back, you would feel a double row of plastic "poles" along the soine, like porcupine needles.

Doc Truli helps a Chinese Shar Pei with acupuncture

  • Physical Examination
  • Orthopedic Examination
    • Gait Analysis
    • Symmetry and Muscling Assessment
    • Range of Motion on all Hinged and Ball Joints
    • Trigger Point Identification
    • Tendon and Ligament Evaluation
  • Chinese Medicine Exam including tongue and pulse diagnosis, back shu associated points & front mu alarm points identified
  • Diagnostic Points for joint pain: Shoulder, Neck, Forelimb, Hips, Knees
  • Foot and Toe Examination, especially crooked or angled toes that may be causing the whole body compensate
  • Dr Truli reviews radiographs (X-Rays) and radiology reports in order to integrate Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine
  • Blood Chemistry and Blood Count Tests to monitor effects of pharmaceutical prescriptions: especially ALT, AST, ALK Phos, BUN, Creatinine, Hct for dogs taking NSaids like carprofen

Treatment for Arthritis that We Routinely Accomplish in a House Call

  • Food Therapy Recipes
  • Physical Therapy Exercises
  • Acupuncture
  • Aquapuncture
  • Electroacupuncture
  • Tui na Chinese massage therapy, lessons available for you to learn some of these techniques
  • Injectable homeopathic preparations such as Traumeel and Zeel
  • Injectable prescription Adequan FDA-approved for dogs and horses to treat osteoarthritis
  • Traditional Chinese Herbal Formulas
  • Prescription Painkillers. Dogs especially sometimes take carprofen, tramadol, gabapentin, amantidine, meloxicam, deracoxib, etc
  • Stem cell activation through acupuncture and then subsequent hemopuncture to guide the Stem cells to the target area: like the knee joint
  • Standard Process whole food supplements Patient Direct service

Call Dr Truli at (877) DR TRULI – 877-378-7854 for an appointment.

Dr. Sandra Truli Springer, VMD, CVA, CVFT, CVTP, CVCH, CTCVMP

“Truli holistic veterinary services” | Care provided in your home!

Greater Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Call toll-free  1 (877) DR TRULI  |  (877) 378-7854