Chiropractic Care

What is Animal Chiropractic Care?
What are the spine and nervous system?
- It is a therapy in which a doctor’s hands are used to affect joints of the spine.
- It focuses on the biomechanical dysfunction of the spine and its effect on the entire nervous system throughout the body.
- It treats decreased function of the spine.
- It influences the function of spinal cord and nerves.
What are the spine and nervous system?
- An animal's spine consists of bones called vertebrae.
- The spine is important for the protection of the spinal cord and the exit point for the spinal nerves.
- The spinal cord is the "information highway" which allows the transmission of information between the brain, muscles, skin and all organs.
- When even a subtle change in alignment occurs, it is called a subluxation or VSC.
- A VSC (vertebral subluxation complex) is a change in the alignment of the spine that can lead to decreased movement within a join's normal range or motion.
- Reduced mobility between two vertebrae can negatively affect the nerves that leave the spinal cord. This results in less information being able to travel to the rest of the body.