Acupuncture is something that most of us our familiar with. However many people are probably ignorant of the fact that acupuncture is also practiced on animals. When this method is used to heal horses it’s referred to as equine acupuncture.

There seems to be various versions about the roots of this unique method. Some people consider China to be the birthplace of equine acupuncture while others consider it to be Tibet. The thing that must be kept in mind is that this treatment was one that came about 3000 – 4000 years before organized western medicine came into use.

Equine acupuncture gained global popularity during this time since the horse was a significant animal and was used for war and for transportation. However there are still those who think negatively of acupuncture considering it to be unproductive and somewhat primitive. This is indeed a misunderstanding. Acupuncture is now widely accepted in cases like arthritis and there have been many cases where the use of equine acupuncture has given positive results for horses suffering from respiratory, behavioral and neurological conditions.

Some people might be astonished to know that equine acupuncture is widely used in the case of performance horses and veterinary acupuncturists have accompanied several Olympic teams during games. As well as treating clinical conditions the method is also used to bring horses to the optimal physical state before competitions. The fact that it’s unnecessary to use drugs in equine acupuncture makes it all the more attractive since horses that are given drugs face the risk of being disqualified from competitions.

Some people have are of the notion that acupuncture is painful. This is not so in most cases. People might get a numb or a ‘warm’ kind of feeling at most Even in the case of horses in equine acupuncture since the needles used are very thin, being only about 0.18 – 0.25 millimeters in width there is very little chance of it being painful.

Ensuring the capability of your veterinarian is important if you want to get equine acupuncture done on a horse that you own. Certification on this regard is issued by 2 bodies and you might be able to find online the veterinarian working nearest your house who is qualified at equine acupuncture.

It must be kept in mind however that equine acupuncture schools is a treatment that tends to be somewhat costly. The treatment is however both unique and effective though it may not be conventional.

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