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Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic is an integral part of the holistic trend in health care. Its purpose is to treat the animal as a whole at the very foundation of health and function, rather than treating symptoms separate from overall health.
Chiropractic care offers a conservative approach, natural alternative, and supplemental treatment to medicine. The foundations of chiropractic philosophy are based on the intimate relationship of the nervous system to the spine, as well as the role of the spine in biomechanics and movement. Motion is absolutely essential to life, especially the motion of joints to the life of organs and tissues. Chiropractic is concerned with the relationship between structure and function and is designed to restore motion to joints and balance to the body in order to improve efficiency, speed, endurance and overall health.
Benefits
Chiropractors treat misalignments or motion restrictions of the spine called vertebral subluxation complexes (VSC), as well as those of the extremities. These joint dysfunctions can be directly related to altered function of the nervous system and other organ systems, altered movement, inflammation and pain. The chiropractor treats the subluxation complex utilizing a manual adjustment, a very specific, short lever, high velocity, low force controlled thrust. Animal chiropractic care is integrated with concurrent veterinary primary care and is not meant to replace that.
The treatment of an animal with chiropractic care involves adjustment of the spine and extremities as well as advice on the management of the animal to facilitate optimal response to chiropractic care.
Evaluation
Prior to adjustment treatments, a through evaluation is conducted. This includes:
Following the evaluation it will be determined if the animal is a good candidate for chiropractic care, or if the patient will be referred back to primary care veterinarian for further evaluation or care. The animal patient MUST always have concurrent care by a primary care veterinarian. In addition, in Nebraska the animal must also be examined, diagnosed and referred to the chiropractor for care by their veterinarian.
Treatment
Horses
Dogs
Cats
Signs & Symptoms in Animals
If your animal has any of the following signs or symptoms chiropractic care may be helpful. This information is from Options for Animals College of Animal Chiropractic.
Horses
Dogs
Cats