Mag. Nora Schmid – Tierärztliche Komplementärmedizin

About Mag. Nora Schmid – Tierärztliche Komplementärmedizin

Mag. med. vet. Nora Schmid is a vet in Tribuswinkel who specialises in complementary medicine, meaning methods used alongside conventional veterinary medicine. She treats horses, dogs, cats and other small animals with chiropractic, acupuncture, herbs, laser, kinesio taping and Bach flower remedies.

The methods

• Chiropractic: the spine and limbs are examined for restricted mobility of individual joints, and blocked joints are treated with a short, controlled impulse of the hand. The website lists areas of use such as muscle tension, chronic lameness, older animals and sport animals. Schmid expressly sees chiropractic not as a replacement for conventional medicine but as a supplement to it.
• Acupuncture: treatment is preceded by a conventional diagnosis and a diagnosis according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). She works with needles, laser, moxibustion (warming acupuncture points), autologous blood therapy and neural therapy.
• Western herbs: a herbal recipe put together individually for each animal on the basis of the TCM diagnosis, infused and mixed into the food, and if necessary also with Chinese granules. The website describes the herbs as a supplement to acupuncture.
• Laser and neural therapy: with a laser pen, acupuncture points can be treated without a needle.
• Kinesio taping: an elastic, self-adhesive tape that is stuck onto the coat and is meant to support muscles, joints and tendons.
• Bach flower remedies: plant extracts that Schmid uses for stress, anxiety and strain.

Which animals

According to the website, horses, dogs, cats and other small animals. The patient reports on the site are about dogs and one horse; one female dog came on referral from her Viennese vet.

Training

Schmid studied at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna from 2001 to 2007 and then worked as an employed vet in a small animal practice in Baden. Additional training followed: in 2008 acupuncture and neural therapy with the ÖGT, from 2009 to 2011 acupuncture and TCM with the IVAS in Belgium, from 2009 to 2010 chiropractic with the IVCA in Germany, plus Western herbs with Bacopa in Upper Austria and taping with Physiovet. She is a member of the Austrian Chamber of Veterinarians.

Appointments

Treatment is by appointment only on +43 650 6755022 or by e-mail to info@noraschmid.at. The website does not give fixed surgery hours. According to the website, if you do not cancel or reschedule an appointment in time, you will be charged for the reserved time. The website does not mention an emergency service.

Getting there

The practice is at Doblhoffgasse 26 in Tribuswinkel, a district of Traiskirchen.

Automatically translated from German.

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