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Summary: Working the small intestine dog acupressure point will help treat sciatica back pain in dogs. Learn how to trigger the small intestine acupressure point on dogs with tips from a veterinary technician in this free dog care video.
Dawn Smith has been a traditional Chinese herbal medicine practitioner for six years and a registered veterinary technician over 20 years. Smith has practiced Chinese herbal therapy...read more
"Next one is going to be Small Intestine, Back Transporting point and that's bladder 27. And this is one is going to be particularly good for sciatica, So the pains that runs down the legs and for really lower back pains, so the lumbar area particularly or sacral area particularly. And this is, again, you're just going to walk down from your spine to the space between L5 and 6. And you're going to go into that space. Same sort of thing, straight up and down motion or rocking motion. And this is a great way to ease the sciatica, the short pains that runs down the legs. So it's another one that's going to be in that area where is the dog has spondylosis. This is likely to be painful. You might feel lumpy bits of bone on that area and the dog might really object. If that's the case, this is not a point to work, just go on beyond it, other further down or further up the back and work the other points."
eHow Article: Dog Acupressure for Back Problems: Small Intestine