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英语听力：宠物针灸治疗法

At 10 years old, Maddie the Great Dan is feeling her age, arthritis and damaged 第2页 /总页数 3 页
英语听力：宠物针灸治疗法

At 10 years old, Maddie the Great Dan is feeling her age, arthritis and damaged nerves in herspine weakened her hind legs and brought her pain. It got so bad she had trouble walking and spent months on steroids. She faced possible surgery, but then a neurologist recommended animal acupuncture.
I have friends who got acupuncture, but it's not something I would necessarily, you know, choose to do myself. So we were, you know, a little skeptical but we had some friends who had good experiences with it and decided to give it a shot.
For a little more than a year, Maddie has been a regular visitor to a veterinary acupuncturist in Fairfax Virginia. Vet Marilyn Khoury inserts needles into points on Maddie's body to relieve pain or to create therapeutic effects. Her goal is to relieve inflammation and stress on the spine to help Maddie keep walking.
Nice, so there is a very nice point hmm...at the heel that links two meridians: the bladder and the kidney. And we actually go through and through here.
Despite the many needles, Maddie drifts into a relax state during the 20minute treatment. Acupuncture doesn't yield instant results but the Clays say Maddie has regained strength. It's walking well and doesn't need stero