{"id":1984,"date":"2023-07-24T10:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/treating-arthritis-in-dogs-using-light-therapy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T11:41:23","slug":"treating-arthritis-in-dogs-using-light-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/treating-arthritis-in-dogs-using-light-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating arthritis in dogs using light therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>As <strong>dogs<\/strong> age they are often afflicted with <strong>painful arthritis<\/strong>. In fact, four out of five dogs suffer from arthritis in their golden years. Early signs are <strong>limping<\/strong> and licking of the affected area. Advanced arthritis may result in your dog losing their appetite and crying when they exert themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can help them to feel better by using <strong>light therapy<\/strong> to treat the pain caused by arthritis. Light therapy will help with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pain reduction <\/strong>through the<strong> stimulation of the release of endorphins<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduced markers of inflammation<\/strong> in the joint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduced swelling and oedema<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increased joint mobility and function<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stimulation of collagen synthesis <\/strong>for repair of tissues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Increasing circulation <\/strong>for faster healing and removal of waste products<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/white-dog-1-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/white-dog-1-800x533-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/white-dog-1-800x533-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/white-dog-1-800x533-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/09\/white-dog-1-800x533-1-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/06\/page-5.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As dogs age they are often afflicted with painful arthritis. In fact, four out of five dogs suffer from arthritis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,169],"tags":[175],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles","category-vetcare-news-articles","tag-vetcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2993,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/2993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}