Speaking for the Horses: A Pain in the Neck By: Dr. Matt Fehr, Animal Medical Center, Great Bend, KS By: Dr. Matt Fehr, Animal Medical Center, Great Bend, KS It’s chiropractic month at Animal Medical Center, so I thought I wouldmonth talk aatbit about Medical what chiropractic It’s chiropractic Animal Center, so care I can do Ifor yourtalk horses. of you have yourcare horses thought would a bit Many about what chiropractic can adjusted fairly regularly and I applaud you and will do for your horses. Many of you have your horses adjusted hopefully give and you Iaapplaud little more what wegive are fairly regularly you insight and willonhopefully accomplishing those of you who you a little morewith insight onadjustments. what we areThose accomplishing with Those of youmaybe who have had havethose neveradjustments. had your horse adjusted, I cannever give you your horse adjusted, maybe I can you givetoyou enough information to stimulate tryenough it out. information to stimulate you to try it out. The first question I always get is, “how do you know if The question I always get is, “how know yourfirst horse needs an adjustment?” Theredo is ayou very longiflist your horse needs an adjustment?” There is a very long list of signs that could hint at a horse needing an adjustment. of signs that could hint at a horse needing an adjustment. They include, but are not limited to, lameness, soreness They but are not limited lameness, sorenesstail of of theinclude, back, neck or virtually anyto,other area, holding the back, neck or virtually any other area, holding tail or or head strangely, refusal to go into a lead on one side, head strangely, refusal to go into a lead on one side, bucking out outof ofthe theblue, blue,bucking buckinginintransition, transition,refusal refusaltoto bucking bend, sore sore when when cinched, cinched, etc. etc. bend, Quite frankly, frankly, II would would say say any any horse horse that that has has either either never never Quite been adjusted or that has not been adjusted in recent been adjusted or that has not been adjusted in recent history, would wouldbenefit benefitfrom from adjustment, especially history, an an adjustment, especially horses that thatare areworked workedororridden riddenhard. hard. But, they horses But, do do not not they have horse’s day-to-day have to to even even be be in in use use to to be be in need. A horse’s day-to-day life and life is is full full of what we call micro-trauma. Just walking and standing on hard surfaces, putting a thousand pounds on standing on hardManufacturing surfaces, a thousand pounds on Daniels Danielsputting Manufacturing Co. Co. the small their feet isis enough issues. World’ssurface Leading Manufacturer Theof World’s Leading of Cattle Manufacturer Handling Equipment of Cattleto Handling Equipment theThe small surface of their feet enough to cause issues. cause
What does it mean for a horse to be “out”? Chiropractors hate to use “out” when talking about chiropractic care. Saying a bone is out bone being out of place, What does it mean for indicates a horse toabe “out”? Chiropractors which is really not the case. hate to use “out” when talking about chiropractic care. Saying a bone is out indicates a bone being out of place, The bones do not which is really nottechnically the case. get out of place, they actually just get stuck such that the joint does not move freely as it should. Wenot call this “stuckage” A joint The bones do technically get outaofsubluxation. place, they actually being causes decrease in flexibility, causes just get subluxated stuck such that the ajoint does not move freely as it tensionWe in the and tendons around the should. call muscles this “stuckage” a subluxation. A joint, joint and being subluxated causes decrease in as flexibility, causes causes inflammation of athose tissues well as the nerves tension in the muscles and all tendons thestiffness joint, and involved in the area. This causesaround pain and that causes inflammation worsens with time. of those tissues as well as the nerves involved in the area. This all causes pain and stiffness that worsens with time.joint is left uncorrected for an extended If the subluxated time, the surrounding tissues can fibrose and in a sense If“lock” the subluxated leftposition. uncorrected an extended the joint joint into is that Thisfor is why many of time, the surrounding tissues can fibrose and in a sense these issues require multiple adjustments, over a period “lock” the joint into that position. This is why many of of weeks, ordermultiple to get them to stay over in their normal these issues in require adjustments, a period of position. weeks, in order to get them to stay in their normal position. A common misconception is that chiropractic adjustments all about the skeleton.is Truth is, our adjustments are Aare common misconception that chiropractic adjustments actually more about the nervous system than the skeleton. are all about the skeleton. Truth is, our adjustments are Everything the the body, from system musclesthan to the intestines, actually moreinabout nervous skeleton.is controlled in bythe thebody, nervous system. Everything from muscles to intestines, is controlled by the nervous system. Continued on the next page Continued on the next page
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