May 2008

Chiropractic Care Comes Of Age

Not too long ago, chiropractic manipulations were considered risky, even dangerous. Not anymore. Here’s what you need to know when considering this therapy for your horse.

We interviewed Dr. Heidi Bockhold, board member of the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association, to learn more about the advances that chiropractic care has made for horses.

Dr. Sharon Willoughby, founder of the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association, defines chiropractic care as the art and science of diagnosis and correction of dysrelationships between the nervous system and the spinal column through manual spinal manipulation. In this interview, Dr. Bockhold further explains this as restoring the normal range of motion to a joint, with the goal of alleviating any

Chiropractic care should concentrate on the horse’s normal range of motion.

nerve irritation that may result from the vertebrae not moving freely. …