Nora is doing great!
If you read our last post, we’re happy to report that her liver values have now stabilized back to normal. We are monitoring closely though.
This weekend we took Nora to see a canine bodywork practitioner in NJ. She does massages, acupressure and triggerpoint massages. These services are often advertised for athletic/competitive sporting dogs – but my goodness are they the perfect fit for tripawds too!
Nora’s musculature has never been this relaxed for as long as I can remember! Daily massages at home help a lot, but this is on a whole other level.
We used Core Pawtential in NJ – and we can’t recommend them highly enough. Their knowledge and expertise on musculature, tendons, ligaments and functional movement is impressive, and they are also highly intuitive knowing how to handle dogs with their consent only. The dog gets lots of breaks and it is up to them whether or not they want to return for more treatment.
This was our main concern, since Nora is highly sensitive to pain. We once had an acupuncture session during which she had a pain incident (this was not long after we got her) and that experience led to her insisting on leaving the room and she would never accept acupuncture again after that incident. Siny at Core Pawtential was amazing and very gentle with Nora. One triggerpoint on her hind back leg caused her to yelp briefly and we thought that would be it for her! Nope! After a quick break and shaking it off, Nora came right back to Siny for more massage. I sincerely believe she felt the relief of that triggerpoint being released and understood this was helping her.
Research your canine bodywork practitioner well, and make sure they know what they are doing. Personally I can vouch for this practice, and another practitioner in Austin TX who is a personal friend and the one that referred us to Siny.
Leave me a comment if you want to learn more
Linking a short video of Nora during her session: https://youtube.com/shorts/Oy0MumPUP84?si=ZNsemyVYjVcTn_RB