What is Veterinary Chiropractic Care?
Veterinary chiropractic care is a drug-free approach to animal healthcare. It focuses on the nervous system, which is contained in the spinal column. Animal chiropractic is a complete evaluation of the animal’s spine with chiropractic adjustments made when subluxations are identified. A subluxation causes pain and muscle spasms through a cascade of events. In the normal spine, two neighboring vertebrae are attached by a joint, which fits precisely together. Between the two vertebrae is a hole in which spinal nerves exit the spinal cord. When the vertebrae are out of alignment, the hole is narrowed, which puts pressure and possibly pinching of the nerves. The end results of a subluxation is decreased spinal movement, pain and muscle spasms. Chiropractic can relieve the symptoms and lessen the discomfort of many animal health problems. Chiropractic may help with acute or chronic back pain, neck pain, enhance performance, lameness of front or hindlimbs, stiffness of body, or weakness to hindlimbs.
What conditions are often treated by chiropractic?
Conditions with a neurologic or biomechanical origin can benefit from chiropractic manipulation. These conditions include degenerative joint disease such as hip dysplasia, spondylosis, cervical instability, neck pain, intervertebral disk disease, autonomic nervous system problems such as urinary and fecal incontinence, musculoskeletal weakness or pain that resists conventional diagnosis and treatment and chronic back and neck pain.
How can your pet benefit from chiropractic?
Chiropractic is one of the few modalities in veterinary medicine where results can be immediate. In general improvements are defined as an improved gait and reduction in pain. In orthopedic conditions such as fractures or ligament tears, chiropractic care may not replace the need for surgical correction but will be useful in addressing secondary problems caused by compensation or overcompensation to the injury.
Animals used for athletic performance or other working purposes are ideal candidates for chiropractic treatment. By regular assessing and maintaining maximum flexibility in these animals, injuries may be avoided. Animal athletes include horses used for racing, dressage or pleasure riding, and dogs used in racing, agility training or field trials.
How much does chiropractic treatments cost?
Please see the professional fees section of the website for a full list of services provided and professional fees. Our mobile services avoid the stress of traditional veterinary visits and provides a family-oriented approach to pain management and improving your pet’s mobility. If you feel your pet may be a candidate for chiropractic therapy, please contact us at 951-758-8365 or serenityvetoffice@gmail.com to schedule an appointment.
