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At 10 years old, Maddie the Great Dan is feeling her age, arthritis1 and damaged nerves in her spine2 weakened her hind3 legs and brought her pain. It got so bad she had trouble walking and spent months on steroids. She faced possible surgery, but then a neurologist recommended animal acupuncture4.
- I have friends who got acupuncture, but it's not something I would necessarily, you know, choose to do myself. So we were, you know, a little skeptical5 but we had some friends who had good experiences with it and decided6 to give it a shot.
For a little more than a year, Maddie has been a regular visitor to a veterinary acupuncturist8 in Fairfax Virginia. Vet7 Marilyn Khoury inserts needles into points on Maddie's body to relieve pain or to create therapeutic9 effects. Her goal is to relieve inflammation and stress on the spine to help Maddie keep walking.
Nice, so there is a very nice point hmm...at the heel that links two meridians10: the bladder and the kidney. And we actually go through and through here.
Despite the many needles, Maddie drifts into a relax state during the 20-minute treatment. Acupuncture doesn't yield instant results but the Clays say Maddie has regained11 strength. It's walking well and doesn't need steroids much anymore.
- I really dislike the word alternative medicine because it suggests you have to make a choice and I think that should not be the case. I think you should be given all the options and you should go with those that do the least harm.
And some veterinary acupuncturists have even revived the traditional doctor's house call. Caroline Karcher's 19-year-old Siamese cat Mariquita has been getting regular acupuncture treatments for about a year and a half.
Mariquita has severe constipation leading to hospitalization and an enlarged colon12 can lead to grave health problems. Karcher says the only other choices were to let the cat die or surgery which could have hastened Mariquita's death. Other than an occasional growl13 she puts up with the needle treatment. The acupuncturist inserts more than a dozen needles and runs a low electric current through them. Karcher says the treatments along with Chiropractic therapy and injections helped Mariquita little by little.
- As we continued with it, it wasn't like overnight she was better. It was a long process.
A rescued Saint Bernard Aris wears a protective boot to keep him from dragging a hind paw. Nerve damage in his back left him unable to walk. His owner credits acupuncture used with other therapy with helping14 restore the dog's ability to walk.
- I think almost every illness can be addressed by integrated medicine, complementary medicine anything from a developmental problem, for example, a limp deformity at birth to allergies15.
Lipton says her Washington D.C. location is ideal for an integrated health approach since there are many open-minded people who can afford to care for their pets. She originally treated animals only with traditional veterinary treatments, but found they didn't always do enough to improve the pets' quality of life. Now she mixes traditional treatments with acupuncture, chiropractic, massage16 therapy, herbs and other treatments. Treatments range in cost, depending on the length and type of therapy.
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1 arthritis | |
n.关节炎 | |
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2 spine | |
n.脊柱,脊椎;(动植物的)刺;书脊 | |
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3 hind | |
adj.后面的,后部的 | |
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4 acupuncture | |
n.针灸,针刺法,针疗法 | |
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5 skeptical | |
adj.怀疑的,多疑的 | |
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6 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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7 vet | |
n.兽医,退役军人;vt.检查 | |
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8 acupuncturist | |
n.针灸师 | |
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9 therapeutic | |
adj.治疗的,起治疗作用的;对身心健康有益的 | |
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10 meridians | |
n.子午圈( meridian的名词复数 );子午线;顶点;(权力,成就等的)全盛时期 | |
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11 regained | |
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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12 colon | |
n.冒号,结肠,直肠 | |
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13 growl | |
v.(狗等)嗥叫,(炮等)轰鸣;n.嗥叫,轰鸣 | |
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14 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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15 allergies | |
n.[医]过敏症;[口]厌恶,反感;(对食物、花粉、虫咬等的)过敏症( allergy的名词复数 );变态反应,变应性 | |
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16 massage | |
n.按摩,揉;vt.按摩,揉,美化,奉承,篡改数据 | |
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