{"id":69176,"date":"2018-03-27T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=69176"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T14:19:26","slug":"physical-therapist-applies-human-techniques-to-help-mans-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/physical-therapist-applies-human-techniques-to-help-mans-best-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical therapist applies human techniques to help &#8216;man&#8217;s best friend&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Kikin \u2013 a Labrador retriever \u2013 is 12 years old, but in dog years, he is an old man in his eighties.<\/p>\n<p>Every week, Kikin comes to ARFit dog therapy center for a special treatment. Therapist Tod Miner is helping Kikin walk better again. To do it, he\u2019s applying his experience doing physical therapy on people.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Physical therapist applies human techniques to help &#039;man&#039;s best friend&#039;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/260274417?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kikin\u2019s owner Beatriz Triqueros says she likes physical therapy because it has fewer side effects and Kikin is responding well to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want him to be happy, to jump, to run, and not to be afraid of anything,&#8221;\u00a0said Triqueros. &#8220;So he is a happy dog and we love him to death.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Kikin, a 12-year-old Labrador retriever is taking a cold laser therapy. March. 3, 2018. 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