Arthritis

Arthritis

Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre

Arthritis

in Dogs (incl. Horses, Ponies & Cats)

An Introduction

Arthritis means 'joint inflammation'. It can be either acute (short term and relatively sudden) or chronic (long term and usually deteriorating).

Affected dogs usually show lameness, which can be anything from a mild inconvenience to quite painful and disabling. If the arthritis is secondary to injury, it usually affects only the injured part. If it is part of generalised disease, it can affect several or even all joints.

While actual cure is very unlikely, in chronic arthritis (which is the most common form to come to the AVMC), an integrated programme of natural medicine input appears capable of usually bringing about a variable degree of relief or even long-term improvement. Many have found natural medicine to be able to offer a realistic alternative to steroid or NSAID therapy.

Treatment options used, often combined, have been veterinary homeopathy, veterinary acupuncture, herbal medicine, LASER, chiropractic manipulation and natural feeding.

For a fuller account of this topic, see:

Dog Diseases - Arthritis

N.B.: Similar considerations apply to Arthritis in other species (e.g. horses, ponies, cats etc.).

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