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Dogs getting acupuncture
Dogs getting acupuncture
February 24, 2015, 9:03 PM
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After his initial massage, veterinarian Nicole Karrasch encourages Hurricane to lie down. He’s reluctant at first, but eventually gives in and flops to the floor. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
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Veterinarian Nicole Karrasch opens a pack of sealed needles and begins to insert them into a few specific areas along Hurricane’s body. She explains that she is targeting points associated with certain muscles, nerves and blood vessels. Stimulating these points allows the nervous system to modulate itself. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
WTOP/Rachel Nania
However, after a few minutes pass, Hurricane obviously feels something. He rolls over on his back and relaxes completely. The back half of his body even slides off the bed and onto the floor. (WTOP/Rachel Nania)
WTOP/Rachel Nania
Chocolate, a miniature dachshund receives acupuncture therapy to help with lumbar disk herniation, at the Marina Street Okada animal hospital on April 12, 2013 in Tokyo Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Chocolate a miniature dachshund receives laser acupuncture therapy to help with lumbar disk herniation, at the Marina Street Okada animal hospital on April 12, 2013 in Tokyo Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Veterinarian Satoshi Okada prepares the acupuncture needles before treatment, at the Marina Street Okada animal hospital. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images
A dog receives acupuncture treatment at a animal hospital on July 29, 2005 in Bundang, South Korea. The classical Eastern explanation for how acupuncture works is that channels of energy or Qi run in regular patterns through the body and over its surface. These channels, called meridians, are like rivers flowing through the body to irrigate and nourish the tissues. An obstruction in the movement of these energy rivers is like a dam that backs up, creating imbalance and pain. Stimulating the acupuncture points can influence the meridians; the acupuncture needles unblock the obstructions at the dams, and reestablish the regular flow through the meridians. Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points located near or on the surface of the skin which have the ability to alter various biochemical and physiological conditions in order to achieve the desired effect. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
Veterinarian Satoshi Okada prepares the acupuncture needles before treatment, at the Marina Street Okada animal hospital on April 12, 2013 in Tokyo Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Oreo, a Bulldog receives acupuncture therapy to help fix his flow of Qi energy enhance his self healing power at the Marina Street Okada animal hospital on April 12, 2013 in Tokyo Japan. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Vanilla anxiously watches Chocolate, a miniature dachshund receive acupuncture therapy to help with lumbar disk herniation, at the Marina Street Okada animal hospital on April 12, 2013 in Tokyo Japan. It would be the first ever treatment for Vanilla. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images
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