"We will use our knowledge, talents, and tools to relieve your animal's pain and restore his fitness."

There are many causes of debilitating pain. Illness, surgery, injuries, cancer, and even some types of treatment can cause pain. Animals feel pain in different ways. Many things affect each animal's experience of pain. Sometimes pain is just a small nuisance; other times pain can affect your animal's ability to function and think. It can prevent him from sleeping, eating and being active. Pain can also make him feel afreaid, agitated or depressed.

Pain is invisible...its symptoms are not.

• Decreased social interaction or activity
• Slow to rise, stiff posture/gait
• Bites or attempts to bite caregiver
• Hangs head down; weak tail wag; tail flicking (cats)
• Refusal to move, hiding
• Change in facial expressions
• Muscle twitching or avoids being touched
  

Relieving and controlling pain early can help him get well faster, and return him sooner to daily activities and a happy enjoyment of life.

Imagine your pet without pain. . .
Eliminating pain is what we do best!

We are dedicated to reducing or eliminating pain, whether that pain be from arthritis, surgery, cancer, injury, anxiety, or depression. There are many ways of alleviating pain both at home as well as through therapy. Dr. Ava Frick can help you find the right treatment for you and your pet!

Common Signs of Pain in Dogs and Cats

   Decreased social interaction or activity
   Slow to rise, stiff posture/gait
   Appetite picky, decreased, or absent
   Bites or attempts to bite caregiver
   Whimpers, howls, growls / hissing, spitting
   Head hangs down, weak tail wag, flicking in cats
   Guarding behavior
   Refusal to move, hiding
   Change in facial expressions
   Muscle twitching or avoiding touch
   Urinates or defecates and makes no attempt to move

Alpha-Stim and Pulsed Signal therapies are utilized at our Center to improve the quality of life and function of our patients. Visit the sites below to see more about these amazing yet simply applied modalities.

The Alpha-Stim 100 is a precision medical instrument used for the management of pain, anxiety, depression, and/or insomnia. This treatment is non-invasive and drug-free. The Alpha-Stim 100 was developed through original research by Electromedical Products International, Inc.

The Alpha-Stim 100 may be categorized into 2 general categories. Microcurrent electrical therapy (MET) is a term used to describe a low level current used for pain control applied through easy-to-use probes or self-adhesive electrodes, the effects of which are long-lasting and cumulative. The second category, uses the application of ear clip electrodes for anxiety, depression and/or insomnia control, is known as cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES).

PST (Pulsed Signal Therapy) is a non-invasive therapy that has been shown to exert a beneficial effect on the two main clinical features (decrease pain and increase functional capacity) of Osteoarthritis and Sports-type injuries to any joint or Musculoskeletal disorder without side effects.

"The animal body's restorative capabilities can be optimized by therapeutic options like nutritional support, massage, ultrasound, chiropractic, infrared light, laser, magnetic and hydrotherapy."
says Dr. Ava Frick.