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What Is Chiropractic

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Chiropractic is an integral part of the holistic approach in animal health care. The word chiropractic is derived from the Greek meaning “to perform by hand”. The foundations of chiropractic philosophy are based on the intimate relationship of the spinal column to the nervous system,Chiropractic is an integral part of the holistic approach in animal health care as well as the role of the spinal column in biomechanics and movement.

Chiropractic focuses on the relationship between structure, primarily the spine, and function as coordinated by the nervous system and how that relationship affects health. Chiropractic is a health care discipline that emphasizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery.

We expose our animals to a vast number of stressors every day including for horses; stabling, travelling, different riding styles, jumping, collection, extension, saddles, bridles, dentistry, harnesses, shoeing, clipping, etc…the list goes on, and the same applies for the canine; agility, obedience, clipping, showing, collars and leads etc. It is therefore inevitable that our animals may at some point experience injury, whether trauma or overuse induced, or due to conformational defects. Whatever the cause is, it is only natural to assist our animals in the healing process as we would ourselves? 

Formalised animal chiropractic education began in 1989 with a 100 hour post-graduate course. Current programs have a minimum requirement of 210 hours where Doctors of Veterinary Medicine and Doctors of Chiropractic are trained side-by-side. Recognition of animal chiropractic began when the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association was established and this has led to the development of the International Academy of Veterinary Chiropractic and Options for Animals education programme.
 
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