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Saturday, 29 December 2018

The Uses For Holistic Healing For Animals

By Henry Cole


Therapeutic programs that are holistically designed and implemented have been available to humans for years now. People suffering from a host of ailments ranging from drug addiction to chronic pain benefit from being treated as whole beings rather than a litany of symptoms or body parts. Seeing the advantages that come to human patients, veterinarians increasingly are utilizing the same approach to treating pets. You might see the perks of seeking out holistic healing for animals for your own pet when you want to facilitate its total healing.

Veterinarians have known for a long time that an animal is fully capable of experiencing the same type of physical and psychological trauma as humans. Pets like cats and dogs are sentient beings, after all, and more than capable of feeling not only pain but also fear, anxiety, and uncertainty about their own health. Given this fact, many vets agree that pets could benefit from treatments that are holistically designed.

Providers who offer holistically designed programs for pets acknowledge the consciousness of cats, dogs, and other creatures and thus treat them as whole beings. They not only address medical issues these creatures face but also the psychological and emotional aspect of suffering from a certain illness or health condition. In this way, pets benefit and heal faster than if they were to receive symptomatic treatment.

For example, a dog that suffer from arthritis may not only experience pain in its joints and muscles. It also might feel afraid of the pain and suffer from anxiety at the thought of having to walk or move. It may purposely avoid moving at all simply because of the amount of pain it experiences. To recover fully, the animal needs treatment not only for the arthritis but also the anxiety behind the condition.

To ease all of its suffering, the vet may implement a plan of treatment that not only addresses the chronic pain but also the mental fear of suffering when the dog attempts walking or other movements. The plan may include using therapeutic massage while speaking to the pet in a soft and calming voice. The voice combined with the sensations of the massage address both issues from which the animal suffers.

The identical approach could be utilized to transform a cat that has been neglected or abused. The cat may be hostile and aggressive toward humans and not capable of being handled. At the time of its treatment, it may be unsuitable for adoption into a stable and loving home. The therapy will help the cat learn better behaviors that will allow it to trust humans again and also adapt to living in a home again.

The therapy can include utilizing playtime as a way to gain the trust of the cat. While they are playing with the cat, the caregivers might use a gentle and quiet tone of voice. The tone of the voice teaches the cat it has nothing to fear and that it can trust people not to hurt it. After a few weeks of this kind of therapy, the feline patient might be ready to be adopted or at least fostered in a home.

Holistic treatments are not just for humans anymore. They can now be used on animals who may suffer from physical, mental, and emotional traumas. When you have an animal that you want to help heal, you may seek out this level of care.




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