Michael Stanford, DVM Videos

This one is a bit late in updating but life has gotten busy on me. Piper returned for a 4th visit a week later. So, 3 acupuncture treatments and 3 weeks on herbals. This is a video of her just before treatment. Still pacing at the walk but much stronger and very happy. We treated for a 4th time and will see her as needed moving forward!

After another week Piper returned to the clinic. You can see she’s a lot more coordinated in her hind end and stronger. She’s moving in a pacing motion where front and hind limbs move in tandem. We treated with acupuncture again and left her on the herbs with a recheck scheduled for one more week.

Piper came back 7 days later. This is a video prior to treatment. Overall she’s been brighter and more active at home. She’s clearly uncoordinated in her hind end but substantially stronger. We repeated her acupuncture therapy and will keep her on the herbals at the previous dose.

OK, So a fun case to start. Meet Piper, a 6-year-old, female, Cocker Spaniel mix. 4 days prior to her visit with me she had a sudden weakness of her hind end. No pain was appreciated on the examination and a diagnosis of inter-vertebral disk disease was made with referral to the UC Davis College of Veterinary Medicine recommended for a MRI and surgery. She was sent home with carprofen (an anti-inflammatory) and gabapentin (an excellent drug for nerve pain). The owner decided to explore options and came to visit. The attached video shows her in the waiting room just before I examined her. I found her to be super sweet and full of energy during my exam. She had a swollen pink tongue and a wiry character to her pulses. She had no pain on palpation and a normal range of motion in all 4 limbs. A TCVM diagnosis of Spinal cord Qi Stagnation and Kidney Qi Deficiency was made. In TCVM (Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine) the Kidney is responsible to not only the production of urine, that we think about, but also for the strength and health of the bones and nervous system and the strength of the hind end. We also would diagnose a concurrent blockage of the flow of Qi in the spinal cord leading to the sudden, acute paralysis. I treated with a session of acupuncture with both dry-needling and electro-acupuncture and prescribed the herbal medicine, Double PII from Jing Tang Herbals. Updates to follow.