Chiropractic for people is known to help keep the spine and joints healthy and to help alleviate muscle and nerve related symptoms like back pain, neck pain, sciatica, headaches, carpal tunnel and more. Animals can also develop the same symptoms from muscles and nerves not functioning properly, and chiropractic can help relieve these symptoms for animals too and help them stay healthy.
When chiropractic care can help:
- -Spine and joint health, wellness, prevention
- -Living in continuing state of compensation can lead to injury and/or more breakdown with age causing chronic problems that are harder to heal from
- -When a horseback rider is unbalanced this can lead to an unbalanced horse and vice versa, sometimes both need chiropractic to help
- -Athletic animals ie) dog agility, horse showing, barrel racing, horse jumping, sled dogs, Frisbee competitions
- animals should be adjusted after an event or at least a week before an event
- -Hip dysplasia and any resulting muscle loss when combined with exercises
- -Lameness, trouble walking, or getting up
- -Navicular pain in horses
- -Bowel and bladder problems
- -After a slip or fall
- -Geriatric animals to ease the pain of arthritis and help improve mobility
- -After surgery or anesthesia
- -Neck, back, or jaw pain
- -Saddling issues for horses
- -Training issues if pain or discomfort might be the cause
- -Many more…
