Dog Acupressure for Hip Dysplasia: Stationary Seam

Video Transcript

"The first point we're going to be working with is stationary seam, or gallbladder 29. This is the most specific for hip dysplasia, and in most cases you're going to want to do this point on both sides. There are very few dogs that have only hip dysplasia on one side. Usually, if the joint is malformed on the left, it's also malformed on the right, maybe one side worse than the other, but generally you'll want to do both sides. In this point, again, this is going to be that looking around in the big muscles. You want to be at the front of the femur, and coming down from the hip. You see how my finger falls into this hole right like that. So, as you're running down you can use the flat of your hand to find the point, but as you're running your finger down, once you hit that point the upright position, straight up and down use of the finger is going to be the best for this point. You can use a small circular motion, like this, which will also help, and again, you'll want to hold that point. Once you've found the point it's fine if the dog wants to lie down, and in fact, in a lot of dysplastic dogs, you're going to find that they'd rather lie down than sit or stand, and you just hold that point for about one minute."