About To The Point
“Acupuncture should become a standard part of veterinary medical care”
I have pursued an interest in using acupuncture in chronic pain and disease management for over 25 years. It is an underestimated and underused treatment in many conditions. It should become a standard part of an integrated medical (and veterinary medical) care system.
My practice of acupuncture has continued to evolve through experience and a continuing interest in following the research — the “art” combined with the “science”. The methods I use are a blend of the classical Chinese approach combining acupressure and TuiNa or manual body work with needle and laser acupuncture based on emerging science.
The vast majority of my patients respond exceptionally well to my approach. I rarely need to use a sedative for the anxious animal to receive acupuncture and they instead become “sedated” through the acupuncture treatment.
About Dietrich
Practicing Acupuncture Since 1998
Dietrich qualified at the University of Georgia in 1982, practiced in Maryland until 1986; moved to the UK and founded an equine practice in Guildford in 1989.
His acupuncture interest began in the US and he became certified through the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society (IVAS) in 1998. He is a past President of the Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists and continues as its Education Director; he also served on the IVAS Education Committee and Board of Directors. He now has a referral acupuncture practice along with his teaching commitments.
Besides his daily work he is involved in Vets with Horsepower, a charity fund raising for animal and children welfare organizations.
He conducted and published pioneering research in the thermographic monitoring of autonomic responses to acupuncture in horses with chronic pain syndromes and in needle electromyographic recordings of myofascial trigger points in horses.
More recently he authored “Electro-acupuncture for nerve injury in the horse” in Equine Vet Education 2014, and “Acupuncture for pain control” in Robinson's Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 7th ed., 2015.