Pet Massage and Reiki for the “well-healed pet”

Sarah E. Meyer, CMT, Reiki Master

Who would have guessed that right here in the heart of Inverness, Florida we would have top of the line, Massage therapy and Reiki for pets? PET ANIMAL WELLNESS SERVICES offers Reiki and Massage, two therapies that together with your veterinarian’s care greatly help to reduce pain and encourage healing and to reduce stress and increase mobility of pets.

Over the millennia, massage has been an integral part of health care both for people and animals – most notably massage was basic care for horses of kings and tribal lords from as early as the first pyramids in Egypt. Today, massage is an important part of daily maintenance for race horses, world-wide. In fact, it wasn’t until the advent of modern day antibiotics that therapeutic touch was abandoned in favor of newer chemical and surgical treatments to heal disease and discomfort. Sad, because touch can be a powerful tool to reduce pain and encourage healing.

Massage for pets is becoming part of mainstream maintenance for today’s pet populations for the same reasons that it is part of regular health maintenance for people. As we age, we develop age-related discomforts. We become arthritic or we do not exercise as we should and we become less flexible and lose muscle tone. Often we suffer from poor circulation or develop digestive disorders. Our pets have many of the same maladies and hurts we do that come with aging. Massage can help restore flexibility, stability and circulation and at the same time reduce pain. Massage is also used to aid relaxation, reduce stress, to enhance confidence and increase performance in show animals. Massage helps to socialize rescued pets that need to learn to trust again. PET ANIMAL WELLNESS SERVICES offers certified massage therapy in the comfort of your pet’s home. In a simple sentence - We make house calls!

Reiki is an energy-based system that is used worldwide in hospitals, clinics and hospices for the control of pain and to encourage healing. Reiki takes over where massage is not appropriate; for example in the case of post-surgical wounds or burns. Tapping into the energy that animates us all, the Reiki practitioner soothes the hurt and helps the body to heal itself. Reiki is not new, although it is not well known here, yet. Reiki is love in action and comes from a sincere desire to help. Our bodies all run on electrical impulses (energy) generated within our brains. When an animal suffers, most of the time we don’t even know it until the suffering becomes so severe that the animal can’t hide his symptoms any longer. Often the animal’s energy level is blocked or diminished and needs the help of a knowledgeable practitioner. Tapping into the energy that animates us all,PET ANIMAL WELLNESS SERVICES owner/practitioner Sarah Meyer soothes the hurt and helps your pet’s body to heal itself. Sarah is a certified Reiki master and works with various rescue groups to help educate the public about animal care. Reiki sessions as well as massage sessions are held in your home, by appointment. We make house calls!

Another service of PET ANIMAL WELLNESS SERVICES is behavior modification. Your pet is your buddy, your confidant. He lives to please you and he has lessons to teach you. His life is a mission and it’s all about you. Pets offer us lifelong dedicated companionship and unconditional love, but pets often can and do drive us to distraction with incessant barking or chewing up household articles or other undesirable behaviors. It is said that communication is 90% of any relationship. Most of the problems associated with pets are directly related to lack of understanding both on the part of the pet and its owner. It might surprise you to know that some dogs understand and respond to more than 500 words. How many sounds or signals given by your pet do you recognize and respond to? PET ANIMAL WELLNESS SERVICES behavior modification training helps your pet understand what you expect from him and helps you understand what he needs from you. Schedule a session today and open a line of communication for you and your pet. We make house calls!

PET ANIMAL WELLNESS SERVICES

. . . for the “well-healed pet”

Call today 344-1018

We make house calls!

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