Integrative Veterinary Medicine

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.

A More Complete Approach to Care

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.

Integrative Therapies We Offer

Acupuncture

Supports pain relief, improves mobility, and helps restore balance within the body

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Therapeutic Laser Therapy

Reduces inflammation, promotes healing, and provides non-invasive pain relief

Herbal Medicine & Supplements

Uses Chinese herbs and targeted nutritional support to help manage chronic conditions and support overall health.

FAQs

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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New Client Offer

$75 Off Your Pet’s 1st Appointment

New clients save $75 on their first exam. Use code NC75

* Valid for new clients only. Not valid with any other offers. Must mention NC75 at time of booking.