How to create a happy and successful workplace
Is your practice as happy and successful as it can be? If you’ve answered yes, read no further. If not, don’t worry — this aspiration…
Category: Innovative Practice
Chinese Herbs – Science or Tradition?
Both approaches have successes and yet they seem worlds apart. Whether using traditional TCVM principles or science-based medicine, it seems we are saying the same…
Understanding the power of medicinal mushrooms in your practice
For centuries, various cultures around the world have used mushrooms for medicinal purposes. Modern research backs up what ancient healers and scientists learned through practical…
10 tips for building a strong relationship with clients
Today’s pet parents want to feel they are taking a proactive role in how their companion animals will be cared for. Here’s how to treat…
Evidence-based Medicine For Animal Supplements – Part 1
When United States Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994, they failed to consider the potential application and benefits of supplements…
Put A Pin In It!
Acupuncture has been practiced in China for over 2,000 years, and spread to other Asian countries such as Japan and Korea about 1,500 years ago.…
The road to integrative healing
Why a renowned veterinarian changed his definition of healing and began incorporating integrative therapies into his practice. When I graduated from Colorado State University School…
Class IV Laser Therapy – The Hot Technology of 2011
Laser therapy uses electromagnetic energy interacting chemically and biologically with tissue to produce “photo-bio-stimulation” or “photo-bio-modulation”. Light interaction with tissue is not a novel concept:…
Green Cleaning
Green cleaners are wonderful, both for our health and the planet’s, but ingredients like baking soda just don’t cut it in a hospital setting, where…
Chinese herbs as a treatment for liver disease
Chinese herbs have been a medical modality for hundreds of years. Can this ancient remedy be used to treat liver disease in your veterinary practice?…
Learning Curve
You leave vet school with a degree, a brain full of detail, and lots of enthusiasm. Then, somewhere down the line, it hits you —…
Supportive Supplements & Fun Foods
Probiotics should be used regularly in many animals, and always during a food change or while using antibiotics. Lactobacillus sporogenes is often a good form…