Dog Acupressure Benefits for Elbow Arthritis

Series Summary

Dogs can bring an infinite amount of joy and companionship into our lives. Coming home to a wagging tail and an eager smile creates a feeling of love and happiness, and can make anyone feel needed as part of an intimate family. In fact, studies have show that having a pet can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and relieve depression. Whether your favorite activity to share with your puppy is a long walk in the park or just watching television on the couch together, it's important to show your dog just as much love as they show you. In this free video series our expert veterinary technician will show you how to treat elbow arthritis with dog acupressure and massage. Arthritis is a common ailment for bigger dogs or older dogs. Learn how to find acupressure points specific to treating elbow arthritis and how to trigger each acupressure point. You will also learn how to massage different points on your dog to help in treating elbow arthritis. If your dog has elbow arthritis and you want to treat it with some natural pain relief, let our expert show you everything you need to know about dog acupressure.

Video Transcript

"In this series, we're going to work with you on ways to relieve the pain that your dog might be experiencing from elbow arthritis. A problem that more and more people are seeing in their pets is elbow dysplasia which, like hip dysplasia, is a bony malformation. It's a congenital problem. A lot of dogs have real serious troubles moving their elbows from this particular malformation. What we're going to show you are ways that we can make your dog more comfortable by doing some basic acupressure techniques. Now, before you start this, we do recommend that you go see your vet, get your dog worked up completely. Make sure there's not an underlying problem that should be treated before you begin the acupressure series. Once you know that your dog has arthritis or dysplasia of the elbow, this is a great adjunct therapy and a great way to give your dog more relief than he would get just from pain medications or particular veterinary programs. It's an ancient method, several thousand years old. It's worked wonders for people over time and now we're using it for dogs."