Veterinary acupuncture provides a holistic, evidence-based treatment option that works alongside traditional veterinary medicine to support pain relief, mobility, healing, and overall wellness. At Paradocs Animal Hospital, Dr. Roberts offers veterinary acupuncture for dogs, cats, and horses throughout Locust Grove and the surrounding communities using a combination of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM) principles and modern Western diagnostics.
Each patient receives an individualized treatment plan based on their medical history, symptoms, mobility, comfort level, and overall health. Depending on your pet’s condition, treatment may include traditional needle acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, aqua-acupuncture, herbal therapy, or integrative pain management techniques designed to support long-term comfort and quality of life.
Veterinary acupuncture involves placing thin, sterile needles into specific points on the body to stimulate natural healing responses. These acupuncture points help improve circulation, reduce inflammation, relax muscles, support nerve function, and encourage pain relief throughout the body.
From a Western medical perspective, acupuncture stimulates nerves, increases blood flow, releases endorphins, and reduces muscle tension. In Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, acupuncture works by restoring balance and improving the flow of energy, or Qi, through the body’s meridian pathways.
Many pets find acupuncture treatments relaxing, and acupuncture is commonly used alongside medications, rehabilitation, laser therapy, surgery recovery, and other medical treatments.
Veterinary acupuncture can help manage arthritis, hip dysplasia, degenerative joint disease, back pain, muscle soreness, mobility loss, and performance-related injuries in dogs, cats, and horses.
Acupuncture may support pets experiencing intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), seizures, nerve paralysis, degenerative neurological conditions, and other disorders affecting nerve function and mobility.
Acupuncture may also help support animals experiencing chronic digestive issues, inflammatory bowel disease, constipation, vomiting, colic, gastric ulcers, kidney disease, and other internal medicine conditions.
Some animals show improvement immediately after their first session, but most chronic conditions require a minimum of 3 to 6 treatments scheduled 1-2 weeks apart before significant, lasting results develop.
Dr. Roberts performs a Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine examination to establish a TCVM diagnosis, then inserts thin sterile needles into specific acupuncture points based on your pet’s condition. Sessions typically last 20-30 minutes.
Acupuncture works best as a complementary therapy integrated with conventional veterinary medicine, not as a replacement. In some cases, successful acupuncture treatment allows reduction of pain medications over time.
Dr. Roberts provides acupuncture for dogs, cats, and horses experiencing chronic pain, mobility limitations, neurological disorders, digestive issues, and other conditions that benefit from integrated Eastern and Western veterinary medicine.
