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Most of her acupuncture work is with horses, “but I also do a lot with dogs,” she said. “In dogs, I treat mostly the conditions that have to do with age,” she said, “arthritis and back and hip problems.”
She said the treatments take time, but can bring the dog relief and enable the dog to get around comfortably without drugs. She added that acupuncture can also be used to treat anything from sickness, to problems with the immune system to alergies.
“With horses I get to treat the young active athletes, diagnosing problems in the beginning before the horse is lame and before injuries show up on X-rays,” she said.
She said the treatment “will not only make the horse feel better and perform better, but prevent the worsening of the condition.” She explained that horses may suffer a mild strain and “as a result the horse uses himself differently to compensate for that.” That leads to a “vicious cycle,” she explained as the “compensation leads to further tightening of groups of muscles.”
She combines acupuncture with some chiropractic to help the horse overcome the process, but explains that she has not received the full course of training in veterinary chiropractic.
She noted that her interest in acupuncture has led to interest in practicing other types of “wholistic medicine, sparking the body to heal itself, including homeopathy and herbal remedies.”
Some of her clients are in Rappahannock County, but she also travels to Fauquier and Warren counties and even has patients in the Gainsville area of Prince William County.
She shares her five-acre home with Riggo the dog, Frank the thoroughbred and Arthur the mule, and enjoys hunting with the Old Dominion Hunt when she is not practicing veterinary medicine.
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