The Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Story : Acumed Veterinary Specialty

Jonty,9 year old Labrador suffered from a cervical spine compression in October 2014 which led to a progressive deterioration in his ability to walk and a painful neck. At a point he could not get up and walk on his own. He is very lucky to have very dedicated and loving pet parents who did not give up... We started treating him since November 2014 and there was no looking back. It was a long process of pain relief and rehabilitation.
Jonty travelled about 400 kms to come over and go back home from Pune,once a week. His condition improved in the months to come and gradually regained his ability to walk.

AcuMed Veterinary Specialty - Our 1st Anniversary - Yearbook

AcuMed Veterinary Specialty was founded a year ago with the purpose of Integrating the principles of Acupuncture and Conventional Medicine.
We have extracted the principles from both conventional and oriental medicine and thus have been treating our patients with both conventional medicine and acupuncture,depending on what's best for them.
Here's what we did last year.


Brain & Spinal diseases : We've encountered over 50 Brain and 150 Spinal disease cases. We've been diagnosing numerous Brain tumors, Meningioencephalitis, Vestibular dieases,Epilepsy and numerous Spinal cord diseases with the help of MRI and have been able to help many animals.
We've helped numerous Paralyzed dogs & cats walk again.

Pain Management : Our motto has always been managing Pain with all possible modalities. We've developed protocols to manage them in the best possible way. We routinely treat severe osteo-arthritis cases , Hip joint diseases, Spondylosis, Neck pain cases. We also treat old age patients who have severe pain due to degenerative joint changes,but cannot be on long term NSAID's due to their side effects. Acupuncture works best for them.

Lectures & Workshops : We were invited to Parbhani Veterinary College last year and had conducted a lecture for the budding veterinarians, post graduate students and staff. We had a great time interacting with the audience while conducting the workshop.http://drprathmeshdvet.blogspot.in/2012/05/integrating-acupuncture-into-veterinary.html

Interesting Cases : We've had the chance to treat the "White Peacock" at the Mumbai zoo and the "White Tigress" at the Pune zoo.

Media : We were covered in an article in Hindustan times after treating the White Peacock.https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=324115694340057&set=a.322895411128752.76872.322679151150378&type=1&theater

We would like to thank all our supporters for encouraging us to do so many things. We wish to do much more this year.
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AcuMed Veterinary Specialty- Veterinary Acupuncture for Cats : Dewey !

Dewey - Instilled the belief in us that Cats indeed do have 9 lives.

Dewey was paralyzed and was lying at one of the corners and was rescued by a kindhearted gentleman . He volunteered to take care of her and later adopted her. Upon examination we found that she was paralyzed by her hindlegs and had lost control over her urine. A radiograph was taken, showed reduction in vertebral size,but was inconclusive. A CT scan was then performed which revealed a fracture of the vertebrae and a rotatory subluxation.. With a lesion so severe the prognosis was guarded to poor.
We were requested to start with the treatment and thus we started her on Acupuncture.

With a lesion so severe the recovery was indeed going to be very gradual. She first was able to bear weight on her legs. Then slowly started taking a few steps , then walking with an ataxic/ inco-ordinated  gait . The ataxia then reduced and she was able to walk in a more co-ordinated way.

A Video showing her progress , For all the students interested in Neurological Rehabilitation, this shows a few stages:




 It was a perfect combination of Compassion, Veterinary Care , Pet-parent Compliance  Patience which helped Dewey on her road to recovery.

AcuMed Veterinary Specialty - Happy Feet Peacock

As a kid ,The City Zoo,Veermata Jijabai Udyaan,Byculla always had a special place in my heart. I would like to share my experience about treating a White Peacock . 

This april he had developed a condition which rendered him paralyzed by his right side, in addition to the existing foot issue. He lost his proprioception and was rapidly loosing sensation in his feet and had a drooped wing. As a result he fluttered and tried to get up, but could not. Soon he ended up having wounds on the underside of the wings. He received immediate attention from the Zoo hospital with daily medical monitoring. The next challenge was of rehabilitating him, as soon the wound used to get better, his constant fluttering resulted in him developing ulcerative wounds.

We chalked out an Integrative Approach , the Zoo Hospital started him on the necessary medical therapy and i was assigned the work to rehabilitate him. He received 4 Acupuncture sessions and by the end of 2 sessions, he was able to stand after assisted lifting and did not fall after that, so thus it helped in healing of his ulcerative wound. Post 4 sessions he regained all his neurological deficits and was able to walk a few steps.

Post 4th  Acupuncture session

A Big Thank you to the Zoo hospital Vets & staff for all the help .. It was a great Honor & a Pleasure to be on the other side of the City Zoo this time.

The White Peacock also featured in Hindustan Times dated 17th June,2012 , with reference to Veterinary Acupuncture practice in Mumbai.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/City-pet-owners-opting-for-acupuncture-therapy-for-arthritis-and-paralysis/Article1-873637.aspx