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1. How can my animals benefit from animal chiropractic care?
Animal chiropractic care offers a natural, drug free adjunct to your animal's total health care. In conjuction with regular veterinary care, chiropractic can decrease pain and add quality to your animal's performance, movement and well being.
An simple analogy is to think of the body as a system of pulleys powered by an electric circuit that moves levers with hinges.
The electric circuit being the nervous system, the pulleys being the muscles, the levers the bones and the hinges the joints.
Chiropractic care addresses problems stemming from the following systems:
2. What kinds of problems respond to animal chiropractic care?
Chiropractic care is extremely helpful for animals having problems involving joints, muscles and nerves. This is because chiropractic addresses the mechanical causes of disease where the nerves are pinched by a stuck or rotated joint or by a tight muscle. This is called a "subluxation" or "misalignment".
A full physical examination is performed to evaluate the animal's condition(s). The appropriate treatment is given. In the week between the first and second treatment the animal's owner/trainer should monitor the animal for changes. At the second treatment tests will be performed to see if there is any measurable improvement. Following this an treatment schedule is determined based on the type and severity of your animals problem.
3. How many treatments will be needed?
It is important to follow the prescribed course of treatments to allow the body to make lasting changes & allow it to reach biomechanical equilibrium. By gradually increasing the time gap between treatments as time moves along, until your animal receives visits for regular maintanence check at 5 monthly intervals, your chiropractor can help to maintain a current condition & help to prevent any susequent problems. If the condition is chronic or severe it will require more frequent visits
4. What does a treatment consist of?
Following assessment and examination, findings and treatment options will be discussed with you. The appropriate therapeutic modalities will then be utilised. These will address the whole body.
- Chiropractic adjustment is defined as short lever, high velocity controlled thrust by hand or instrument that is directed at specific articulations to correct vertebral subluxations. It comprises the adjustment of vertebral joints, extremity joints, and cranial sutures
- Muscle release & massage, using a variety of techniques learnt over the years
- Stretching, passive and active
- Spectravet Laser therapy, also known as infra-red laser therapy or low level laser therapy
- Cryotherapy and hydrotherapy
5. How do I gain the most from a consultation?
The most important factor here is to follow the post-treatment advice given at the end of your consultation. The advice given relates to particular features of your animal’s problem and is prescribed to help you continue your animal's recovery and return to optimum fitness and health
Animal chiropractic care offers a natural, drug free adjunct to your animal's total health care. In conjuction with regular veterinary care, chiropractic can decrease pain and add quality to your animal's performance, movement and well being.
An simple analogy is to think of the body as a system of pulleys powered by an electric circuit that moves levers with hinges.
The electric circuit being the nervous system, the pulleys being the muscles, the levers the bones and the hinges the joints.
Chiropractic care addresses problems stemming from the following systems:
- The Skeletal System: Bones and joints form a flexible structure and are capable of pain free movement when in normal health and alignment
- The Muscular System: Healthy muscles allow the joints to move freely. Healthy muscles are free of spasm, weakness, pain, knots, or degeneration.
- The Nervous System: Nerves "direct" the functions of the body controlling the flow of communication between the brain and all areas of the body. When nerves are pinched, reduced performance levels and pain may result. This can eventually lead to a state of poor health.
2. What kinds of problems respond to animal chiropractic care?
Chiropractic care is extremely helpful for animals having problems involving joints, muscles and nerves. This is because chiropractic addresses the mechanical causes of disease where the nerves are pinched by a stuck or rotated joint or by a tight muscle. This is called a "subluxation" or "misalignment".
A full physical examination is performed to evaluate the animal's condition(s). The appropriate treatment is given. In the week between the first and second treatment the animal's owner/trainer should monitor the animal for changes. At the second treatment tests will be performed to see if there is any measurable improvement. Following this an treatment schedule is determined based on the type and severity of your animals problem.
3. How many treatments will be needed?
It is important to follow the prescribed course of treatments to allow the body to make lasting changes & allow it to reach biomechanical equilibrium. By gradually increasing the time gap between treatments as time moves along, until your animal receives visits for regular maintanence check at 5 monthly intervals, your chiropractor can help to maintain a current condition & help to prevent any susequent problems. If the condition is chronic or severe it will require more frequent visits
4. What does a treatment consist of?
Following assessment and examination, findings and treatment options will be discussed with you. The appropriate therapeutic modalities will then be utilised. These will address the whole body.
- Chiropractic adjustment is defined as short lever, high velocity controlled thrust by hand or instrument that is directed at specific articulations to correct vertebral subluxations. It comprises the adjustment of vertebral joints, extremity joints, and cranial sutures
- Muscle release & massage, using a variety of techniques learnt over the years
- Stretching, passive and active
- Spectravet Laser therapy, also known as infra-red laser therapy or low level laser therapy
- Cryotherapy and hydrotherapy
5. How do I gain the most from a consultation?
The most important factor here is to follow the post-treatment advice given at the end of your consultation. The advice given relates to particular features of your animal’s problem and is prescribed to help you continue your animal's recovery and return to optimum fitness and health