ABOUT:
Felicia Dunn, DVM, cVMA graduated from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2006. She has worked at multiple general mixed animal practices as well as small animal emergency hospitals and spay/neuter clinics. In 2020, she completed her equine and livestock acupuncture certification from Curacore Academy in Colorado and has continued training in botanical medicine, massage, equine rehabilitation, and LASER therapy. "What I enjoy most about being a veterinarian is the chance to actually resolve a problem and improve function and quality of life with a hands-on approach. That is why both surgery and acupuncture/manual therapy are so rewarding."
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Contact Info:
Currently working out of Ranchside Veterinary Clinic, China Grove, NC
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For Appointments or Estimates:
Call: 704-859-8180
Email: better_petsmobile@yahoo.com
About Acupuncture/Manual Therapies
Acupuncture is well supported by evidence-based research to be effective in aiding healing and providing pain control. Here are some fun facts that may surprise you.
Acupuncture has been practiced for over a thousand years in China and was developed based on their understanding of the human circulatory system. Western medicine did not know about the circulatory system until much later.
"Qi" (pronounced chi) was a term that was developed in the 1970's and was considered so unsupported by science that China actually outlawed the practice of acupuncture for a time due to that misunderstanding.
There are still acupuncturist taught based on Qi and diagnosis of a conditions based on personality type, tongue color etc. In the veterinary world, it is difficult to know how this is supposed to translate to animals and is not compatible with our scientific understanding of medicine.
Veterinary acupuncture debunks the theory that all that acupuncture does is produce a placebo effect. In double blinded studies in rats, it still works. Lab rats are hardly prone to a placebo effect from having needles put in them!
Acupuncture does not need a weird mysterious explanation. The more we understand about the nervous system and the biochemical reactions that take place in the body, the more acupuncture makes sense. All we are doing is stimulating the nervous system to release chemicals that relieve pain, promote healing and a return to normal health.
