{"id":1729,"date":"2011-10-25T17:18:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T01:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2022-06-03T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T17:29:09","slug":"massage-therapy-for-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/massage-therapy-for-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage Therapy for Dogs &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When massaging your dog following a cranial cruciate ligament (ACL or CCL) injury it is important not to just focus on the injured knee joint, but the entire body, especially when initiating the massage.  Some of the benefits of canine massage include: enhancing the human-animal bond, relieving pain and decreasing swelling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/dr-james-st-clair\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. James<\/a> suggests a massage technique starting by working from the toes up to the affected knee joint.  While massaging the area around the joint (or anywhere else in the body) you may encounter &#8220;knots&#8221;.  You can relieve the pressure in these points by placing firm, direct compression on the area for about 20 seconds, leaving time for it to rest before returning to the area.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Massage Therapy: A Rehabilitation Technique for your Dog\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0EjpIw4cWOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When massaging your dog following a cranial cruciate ligament (ACL or CCL) injury it is important not to just focus on the injured knee joint, but the entire body, especially when initiating the massage. Some of the benefits of canine massage include: enhancing the human-animal bond, relieving pain and decreasing swelling. Dr. James suggests a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/massage-therapy-for-dogs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,103],"tags":[154,58,152,52,60,153],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canine Massage Therapy, Healing Massages for Dogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some of the benefits of canine massage include: enhancing the human-animal bond, relieving pain and decreasing swelling.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/massage-therapy-for-dogs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mandie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/massage-therapy-for-dogs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/massage-therapy-for-dogs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mandie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f34d31f6169ceb41add3e91194d18833\"},\"headline\":\"Massage Therapy for Dogs &#8211; 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