Article: Alternative Veterinary Medicine

Like many elderly patients, Georgia is plagued by arthritis. Her joints ache, she limps when it's cold and she has a hard time climbing stairs.

So she goes to massage therapist Reba Cullers for treatment. Under Cullers's ministering hands, Georgia dozes as her stiff muscles and joints begin to relax. Afterward, she bounces up, eager for a walk.

Or, perhaps, to fetch tennis balls.

Georgia is a golden retriever and Cullers a trained canine- massage therapist who offers a variety of alternative treatments, from massage and magnet therapy to herbs, acupuncture and chiropractic for ailing pets.

Just as more people are getting alternative treatments for themselves, more are doing the same for ...

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