Veterinary Medical Manipulation (VMM) by Jennifer Tucci, DVM What is VMM? Veterinary Medical Manipulation (VMM) is a manual therapy that uses motion palpation to find joint restrictions and alleviates them using quick and controlled joint adjustments. Correcting these joint restrictions restores normal range of motion, relaxes the muscles and relieves pain of a restricted joint. […]
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Would Your Pet Benefit from Acupuncture? by Jennifer Tucci, DVM Acupuncture can be used as a complementary therapy to Western treatments or as a stand-alone therapy for patients that cannot tolerate or aren’t responding to standard medicines. Ancient Chinese theory teaches that disease occurs as a result of blocked flow of Qi (the body’s energy). […]
Chinese Food Therapy for Pets by Jennifer Tucci, DVM “Food is the medicine you take every day. “ The belief in the healing power of food is one central to Chinese medicine, where food therapy is often utilized in conjunction with other modalities to treat disease. It is the art and science of tailoring diet […]
Chinese Herbal Therapy for Pets by Jennifer Tucci, DVM Chinese herbs are used as medicine to correct the body’s imbalances that cause disease to to promote the body’s ability to heal itself. Each herb has a different effect on the body based on its energetic properties (warming vs cooling), special actions (clear heat, tonify the […]
