Silent Suffering: Pain Care When Our Pets Hurt

Silent Suffering: Pain Care When Our Pets Hurt
Pets can’t tell us when they hurt or why. Therefore, pain often goes undetected, and underlying medical conditions, untreated. A pet that "bunny hops" up a flight of stairs may seem cute, but may also be suffering pain due to osteoarthritis in the back or hips, hip dysplasia, or painful knees. When a cat holds an ear down or sideways, it could indicate a painful ear infection. Cats going to the litter box more frequentlyRead more

Lyme Disease and Your Pets

Lyme Disease and Your Pets

Symptoms of Lyme Disease Let’s answer your most urgent question first: what does Lyme disease look like in pets? Fever Stiff walk with an arched back Sensitivity to touch Difficulty breathing Loss of appetite Lethargy and depression Lyme disease is one of the most common tick-transmitted diseases in the world, but only causes symptoms in 5-10% of affected dogs. It’s been positively diagnosed in all 50 states, and every continent except Antarctica. Transmission of the

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Pain in Your Pets: How to See It, How to Fix It

Pain in Your Pets: How to See It, How to Fix It

Pain is probably one of the most unrecognized (by owners) and therefore, under treated illnesses in pets. Pain can be extremely debilitating and detrimental to a pet’s quality of life. Animals can be stoic, even when in pain showing no typical or overt clinical signs. Owners will often mis-read behaviors their pets are exhibiting. Not understanding that these behaviors are in direct response to the pain they are experiencing. Pet Pain Can Be Hard to

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K-Laser Therapy

K-Laser Therapy

What to Expect in therapy  K-Laser Therapy at Woodlawn K-laser can be beneficial as a non-invasive pain management solution for chronic pain due to arthritis, sprains, strains and other joint mobility problems instead of oral medications. It can also significantly reduce healing time by strengthening injured tissue and supporting normal tissue for less scar formation during healing. For faster recovery, we include K-Laser therapy in treatment of bone and muscle injuries. We also recommend it

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