Discover the holistic benefits of chiropractic care for dogs, from pain management and improved mobility to enhanced performance and injury recovery.
How Do You Adjust a Dog? Dog Chiropractor
Neck Pain In Dogs - A simple test you can do to test
There are many reasons why a dog will limp in their front end.
It can be caused from their neck, shoulder, elbow, nerve damage, or even a strained muscle.
To help pin-point what is causing the limp, you have to rule out injuries to certain areas.
One way to test if it may be related to your dog’s neck, is to check their range of motion.
How to Check Your Dog's Hips
As a canine chiropractor, I am constantly checking hip range of motion.
Different breeds have different hip motion due to the fact that their lower back may be angled down more towards the ground, limiting the amount of movement they have in their hip.
Normal hip range should be smooth and pain free for your dog. They should allow you to slowly draw the hip back with little to no resistance.
Dog Agility Shoulder Problems
Animal Chiropractor For Agility Dogs
Agility competitors (both dogs and humans) have to be in great shape to perform well.
But let’s face it, the dog is the high performance athlete in this case.
If you and your pooch are competing in dog agility you know that every second counts.
Just like in high performance human athletes there is a difference between being injured and being hurt.
Low Back Pain in Dogs?
Determining where the root problem in a dog can be difficult. They can’t explain to you what they are feeling and they don’t have fingers to point where it specifically hurts.
When I see injured dogs as an animal chiropractor, I am usually presented with a dog that has very common symptoms like limping or change in activity levels, but it usually comes with no diagnosis of what is happening… and I totally get why.
How Do You Adjust a Horse?
How do you adjust a horse? This is a common question I get from people, especially from people foreign to the equine world.
I get it though, it’s a big animal and it would be tough to visualize enough power to move a horse.
The thing is an animal chiropractor doesn’t adjust horses, an animal chiropractor adjusts joints.