Acupressure for Senior Dogs
Acupressure Points for Older Dogs
Christine Johnson Practioner of Acupressure
Quality of Life for Geriatric Dogs. As we age our joints tighten and we loose range of motion. One of the main reasons we become less flexible, stiff, and ache as we get older has to do with the changees that take place in the connective tissues. Our body lose fluids and dehydrates, thus causing less fluids in the joint causing arthritic and bone deterioration. Massage is effective for increasing and maintaining the loss of flexibility and motion. It supports muscles, connective tissues, tendon, ligaments and joins as it reduces stiffness and pain to help to tone muscles, slows atrophy and muscular skeletal deterioration.
LI4 Pain point for the front, fore arm, shoulder neck and mouth, Benefits pain in all parts, of the body, balances
gastrointestinal system and strengthens the immune system. Located in the due claw.
LU9- Strengthens arteries and assist with deficient energy. Alleviates pain in the chest, cough and asthma. Reduces
shoulder, elbow pain and arthritis in the metacarpal. Found in the crease on the inside foreleg at the wrist.
BL11- Strengthens bones and benefits joints. Helps to regulate the lungs and chest. Is used to relieve arthritis and
various joint problems and deformity, neck, and spin pain, stiffness. Found on spin between shoulder blades
BL23- the Kidney is a vital origin for older dogs, it is important to keep the kidney functioning and tonifed. Benefits
arthritis Lower back pain, paralysis of the pelvic limb and local swelling of the hock, Found just lateral to the
spine parallel to the last rib.
St 36-, tonifies, and strengthens spleen, lung, kidney and stomach. Drains pathogenic influences, Benefits allergies
and generalized weakness, fatigued extremities, builds immune system, indigestion, diarrhea and constipation,
consumptive disorder, hypertension, seizures, and shock. (Do not use if pregnant but can benefit difficult labor)
located in the lateral portion of the cranial tibia muscle. Regulates
KI3- Tonifies Kidneys and benefits lower back, and stifle. Helps to expel stones, and is good for brain/ mind
function. Found in the pocket on the inside leg just below the hock
Bl60 Aspirin point, reduce pain thought the body. Opposite of KI3
Dogs 4 Life Training and Wellness Center
Christine Johnson Practioner of Acupressure
Quality of Life for Geriatric Dogs. As we age our joints tighten and we loose range of motion. One of the main reasons we become less flexible, stiff, and ache as we get older has to do with the changees that take place in the connective tissues. Our body lose fluids and dehydrates, thus causing less fluids in the joint causing arthritic and bone deterioration. Massage is effective for increasing and maintaining the loss of flexibility and motion. It supports muscles, connective tissues, tendon, ligaments and joins as it reduces stiffness and pain to help to tone muscles, slows atrophy and muscular skeletal deterioration.
LI4 Pain point for the front, fore arm, shoulder neck and mouth, Benefits pain in all parts, of the body, balances
gastrointestinal system and strengthens the immune system. Located in the due claw.
LU9- Strengthens arteries and assist with deficient energy. Alleviates pain in the chest, cough and asthma. Reduces
shoulder, elbow pain and arthritis in the metacarpal. Found in the crease on the inside foreleg at the wrist.
BL11- Strengthens bones and benefits joints. Helps to regulate the lungs and chest. Is used to relieve arthritis and
various joint problems and deformity, neck, and spin pain, stiffness. Found on spin between shoulder blades
BL23- the Kidney is a vital origin for older dogs, it is important to keep the kidney functioning and tonifed. Benefits
arthritis Lower back pain, paralysis of the pelvic limb and local swelling of the hock, Found just lateral to the
spine parallel to the last rib.
St 36-, tonifies, and strengthens spleen, lung, kidney and stomach. Drains pathogenic influences, Benefits allergies
and generalized weakness, fatigued extremities, builds immune system, indigestion, diarrhea and constipation,
consumptive disorder, hypertension, seizures, and shock. (Do not use if pregnant but can benefit difficult labor)
located in the lateral portion of the cranial tibia muscle. Regulates
KI3- Tonifies Kidneys and benefits lower back, and stifle. Helps to expel stones, and is good for brain/ mind
function. Found in the pocket on the inside leg just below the hock
Bl60 Aspirin point, reduce pain thought the body. Opposite of KI3
Dogs 4 Life Training and Wellness Center