Integrative care combines modern diagnostics with therapies like acupuncture, laser therapy, and herbal medicine to support your pet’s overall health. At Wheaton Animal Hospital, Dr. Foster takes a whole-pet approach, looking beyond symptoms to understand your pet’s lifestyle, comfort, and long-term needs.
This allows us to create personalized, gentle treatment plans that can support chronic conditions, improve mobility, and enhance overall wellness while helping your pet feel better, move better, and live well.
Dr. Foster evaluates each pet as a whole, not just a diagnosis. Treatment plans may consider your pet’s daily routine, comfort level, body condition, and diagnostic results to ensure nothing is overlooked.
We also collaborate across our services to provide well-rounded care. Whether your pet needs additional diagnostics, pain management, or ongoing monitoring, integrative medicine works alongside traditional treatments to support better outcomes and long-term wellness.
Supports pain relief, improves mobility, and helps restore balance within the body
Reduces inflammation, promotes healing, and provides non-invasive pain relief
Uses Chinese herbs and targeted nutritional support to help manage chronic conditions and support overall health.
Integrative veterinary medicine combines traditional treatments with holistic therapies like acupuncture, herbal medicine, and nutritional support to care for your pet as a whole.
Yes. The therapies we offer are non-invasive or minimally invasive and are selected based on your pet’s individual needs and health status.
It’s commonly used for chronic pain, arthritis, mobility issues, inflammation, and complex conditions, but it can also support general wellness and preventive care.
Absolutely. Integrative medicine works alongside conventional care, not in place of it, to ensure your pet receives the most complete treatment possible
Dr. Foster will evaluate your pet’s condition, lifestyle, and your goals to determine if integrative care is the right fit.
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