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 Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:05 am
Having a mare that truly responds to chiropractor work has made me TRULY PASSIONATE about chiropractic care. I will never be able to explain all the differences that I have personally witnessed when chiropractor care has been given to the HORSE OR HUMAN. If you are one of those on the sidelines wondering if chiropractic care can help your horse because they are stiff, won't pickup the correct lead, sets back when poll pressure is applied, bucks or kicks out occassionally, even hightened sense of awareness (spookier), lameness, dragging their toe, clipping their front feet, won't give to the bit, I could go on and on but, I will stop there.Here's the website if you want to look for a certified doctor. http://www.avcadoctors.com/search_for_avca_certified_doctor.htm"AVCA Certified Doctors (licensed doctors of chiropractic and licensed doctors of veterinary medicine) have completed upwards to 200 hours of post-graduate training in basic animal chiropractic and have passed the AVCA Certification Examinations. 30 hours of CE every three years is required by the AVCA for these doctors to maintain active certification. Doctors listed on the following referral pages are in good-standing with active certification. Any questions about certification, please contact the AVCA office". Click on US and then look for our state and it will give you a list of doctors that have passed all the tests to be certified in Equine Chiropractic services. If you have never used an equine chiropractor please, please, please make sure they have credentials to back up what they are doing. I used one before my current Dr. and looking back I am sooooo thankful that I did not wind up with a horse injured worse than they were when he started.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:03 pm
my barn actually has a chiropracter come out every month or so...maybe every other month, i can't remember, but it really helps alot of the horses. One of the riding horses, rainy, started to be leased by someone who brought a chiropracter out for him, and it was amazing the difference, he was so much more loose and comfortable and happier. not as stiff, too, it was really nice.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:47 pm
I'm a die hard chiro fan.
Chiropractor is a regular thing, just like vaccinations, worming, and feet.
If it needs to be done, it gets done.
I always get my resell projects done too,
because you can;t really teach a horse anything when something is going on physically.
I also regularly see a chiro myself.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:54 pm
Chiropractic is great, both for horses and humans (and other animals too, I'm sure!). I'd been getting my horses done for years and seeing wonderful results before I went in for my first adjustment. It took me "breaking" before I would bother to go and get adjusted myself, but now it's a regular thing. I hate going more than 6 months between appointments, and even that seems like too long a lot of the time. I didn't realize just how much the unevenness in my posture was affecting the way my horses were moving until after I got "fixed" and suddenly all of my horses could leg yield to the left! My hips had been so twisted that it was close to impossible for me to give a clear aid with my seat.
I've always put my horse before myself when it comes to things like chiro or massage, things that seem more like "pampering" than actual essentials, but my horses are so much happier and more comfortable with me being in alignment, that I no longer consider it a luxury. I'm getting a more expansive health insurance package to make sure that chiro is covered, because it's not optional for me.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:07 pm
Chiropractic care is fabulous.
The first time we got Ruby a chiropractor, he was really tough on her with hammers.
I was terrfied and whining, but afterwards Ruby looked great. ^____^
Apperantly though, she anticipated it too much. He said a bunch of the arabs he worked on caught on too quickly. ;D
I've never had it done on myself, but I'm sure I could use it.
Oh~
Actually, I need a physical anyway, since my mom thinks my back is out of alignment. So a chiropractor might be in need anyway.
o.o
Anyway, I'm in love with the stuff.
It works great on Ruby, definitely shows improvement.
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Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:13 pm
What do you guys think about this:
"This is interesting. When a horse's mane breaks and goes both ways.....they say to stand, say, on the left side of the horse, take your left hand and put it at the end of the split, your right hand at the end of the mane on whithers, then take that distance and put your left hand at the end of the mane at whithers, and were the right hand lands on the back, the horses back is out. Get the horses back adjusted and the mane will all lay on the same side again.
I have actually seen this to be true.
My Paso's mane splits and I did this. You can not "see" his back out, but you can feel it and I found it by doing the mane thing.
my friends horses mane split since she got him. He must have rolled right or bucked right at one point months later because his mane all started going on one side again and his back was nice and smooth."
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