What is Animal Chiropractic?

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Chiropractic is an integral part of the holistic trend in animal health care.  A holistic philosophy stresses the integration of all the external and internal influences on the organism in the study of health and disease.  Holistic therapies are designed to intervene at the appropriate level and to work with, not against, the inborn homeostasis of the organism.  This differs from pure allopathic philosophy that treats symptoms, often separating and isolating those symptoms from the entire health paradigm of the patient.

Animal chiropractic is a specialized area of animal health care that emphasizes neuro-musculo-skeletal health.  This is crucial because every function in the body is dependent on healthy nerves that allow the rest of the body to work.  The brain and spinal cord are protected by the skull and vertebral bones, but the joints that connect these bones are surrounded by ligaments, tendons, muscle, and fascia that can be shortened, spasmed, and tightened to keep any joint from moving as it was meant to move.  This impaired dysfunction - especially where the nerves exit the spinal cord or go from the skull to the spinal cord or in any joint in the body for that matter - can inhibit the health of the nerves to keep all these structures and muscles and organs from properly maintaining health in the body.  By correcting these dysfunctions, the correct input to the brain will keep the entire body healthy.