Dog Acupressure Benefits for Shoulder 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 dog or 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 shoulder 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 shoulder arthritis and how to trigger each acupressure point. You will also learn how to massage different points on your dog to help in treating shoulder arthritis. If your dog has shoulder 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 are going to demonstrate on CoCo showing you some of the acupressure points that are really helpful for relieving pain and muscle stiffness and soreness from arthritis in the shoulder. It is not uncommon for dogs to injure their shoulders from jumping down off of things persistently any type of thing can cause shoulder injury. We do recommend that you first go see your vet to make sure that you've got an accurate diagnosis and that there is not something you are missing, make sure your vet knows what you are doing but then in conjunction with your regular medical care these acupressure treatments and massage therapy can do a lot more to make your animal more comfortable and especially given that the bony changes that happen with arthritis aren't going to go away and over time you will be able to make the animal much less painful and much more comfortable with much less stiffness in the joints and he will be able to move more freely and be much more happy as your pet and it will give you a nice time together with your animal."