• • Optimal nutrition from the start (hint: it doesn’t come in a bag)
  • Antibody titer testing tells us that puppies responded to vaccination and are protected, and whether older pets need booster vaccines or not
  • Individualized vaccine protocols
  • Acupuncture to support a strong immune system for disease and cancer prevention. More about acupuncture …
  • Targeted supplements for effective preventive care
  • Exercise therapy to prevent orthopedic disease and injury
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  • NEW! Low Stress Nail Trims. Teach your dog to enjoy this procedure with our low-stress technique.

As integrative care providers, we support dogs and cats recovering from chronic illnesses or injury using holistic modalities to provide an added layer of support. We often add support that is non-pharmaceutical such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, or laser therapy.  We see our patients regularly and make changes as needed to keep them comfortable and mobile. Examples of pets we help include those with any chronic disease including kidney disease, IBD, anxiety, seizures, arthritis pain, lameness, ACL tears, back pain, neurologic disease, geriatric weakness, weight loss, and endocrine issues. Many of our patients have a combination of health issues.

• New! Housecalls available on Wednesdays starting in January. Purrfect for cats and couch potatoes. We will offer exams, palliative care, acupuncture, nail trims, massage, pain management. call for more info!
• Acupuncture: Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into specific points on a patient to produce a physiologic response. Stimulation of these points can lead to an increase in circulation, decrease in muscle spasm and modulation of pain. Acupuncture can treat both musculoskeletal and neurologic issues and is often used in conjunction with other therapies. More about acupuncture …
• Physical Rehabilitation: See below
• Nutrition/Food Therapy:  Many pets with chronic disease or allergies will respond to improved diet.  Learn how to feed nutritious whole foods to your pet using what’s in your refrigerator at home.  If chopping or cooking isn’t for you, we can help you choose the best commercial options available.
• Herbal Medicine and Supplements: We can help you weed through the label claims and provide evidence-based, high quality products for targeted therapy. We have a complete in-house herbal pharmacy and only use the purest medicinal grade supplements for the best outcomes.

Canine Rehabilitation is the diagnosis and management of patients with painful or functionally limiting musculoskeletal or neurologic conditions.  Examples of some of the conditions we typically see who benefit from rehabilitation include post-surgical injury repair and ACL tears, non-surgical orthopedic injury, intervertebral disk disease, arthritis, and muscle strains. The goal of rehabilitation is to achieve the highest level of mobility, independence, and quality of life possible for the patient. The following modalities are frequently used in physical rehabilitation for pain management:

• NEW! Hydrotherapy now available at Heal! We are the proud parents of Tahoe’s only underwater treadmill. Read more about hydrotherapy here!
• NEW! We have partnered with Jenny Jones Moe, DPT, CCRT of Pawesome PT to offer your pets the most advanced rehabilitation options available anywhere. Read more about Jenny and PT for pets here!
• Therapeutic Exercise: Therapeutic exercises improves strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination and slows progression of disease. Our goal is to improve mobility and quality of life.
• Electro-stimulation: decreases pain and inflammation by providing a low level electrical current which disrupts the normal pain perception pathways.
• Pulsed Magnetic Electric Field (PEMF):  speeds healing by improving blood flow to injured areas, reduces inflammation and provide pain relief. PEMF therapy can be delivered via mats, jackets and even portable loops and is a highly effective, non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical option for pain management.
• Laser Therapy:  Laser therapy is the use of light energy to stimulate tissue repair and provide pain management. Laser therapy may alleviate muscle and joint discomfort, relieve symptoms of arthritis, relax muscle spasms and increase blood flow to an area, helping injuries to heal.
• Acupuncture: Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into specific points on a patient to produce a physiologic response. Stimulation of these points can lead to an increase in circulation, decrease in muscle spasm and modulation of pain. Acupuncture can treat both musculoskeletal and neurologic issues and is often used in conjunction with other therapies. More about acupuncture …
• Animal Massage Therapy: Massage therapy is a series of manual techniques used to improve a patient’s physical and emotional well-being. Physiological benefits of massage include pain relief, improved joint mobility, relaxation, and increased circulation.
• Manual Therapy: Manual therapy includes a variety of techniques, including passive range of motion, stretching, and joint mobilization. Manual therapies can be of great benefit to joints, allowing for greater movement and can also provide significant pain relief.
• Nutrition/Food Therapy:   Food therapy uses principles of Chinese Medicine to improve nutrition. It helps pets heal from injury and illness faster, aids with weight loss, builds muscle, and improves well-being.

• Palliative and Hospice Care for Dogs and Cats:  We provide an additional level of care to maintain a high quality of life for pets and pet parents. Our focus is mobility, comfort care, nutrition and minimizing side effects. We help with quality of life assessment and decision-making guidance. Please contact us as soon as your pet is diagnosed so we can help you with strategies to minimize stress, pain, and discomfort and improve quality of life.  We want to find a way to keep your pet doing whatever it is that they love to do. Please note: we only are able to provide home euthanasia services to our palliative and hospice care patients. Please contact us for more information. Click here for pet loss support & resources.