This category is dedicated to veterinary chiropractic (also known as animal chiropractic), a sub-specialty in veterinary medicine that focuses on the spinal manipulation, manual therapy, and other holistic and conservative approaches for the treatment of animals. This involves the use complementary or nontraditional techniques in veterinary care and treatment.
The principles of chiropractic are similarly used on animals to yield such benefits as enhanced performance (especially for sports animals) and quality of life, increased pain thresholds, and significant changes in thoracolumbar and pelvic kinematics (as observed in horses). Being an emerging and considerable controversial veterinary medicine practice though, it should be noted that further studies are needed to properly prove the efficacy and safety of animal chiropractic. Veterinary chiropractic methods have the potential to injure animals especially in the absence of adequate skills in using the appropriate techniques and the lack of knowledge on the precise amount of force to apply.
Listed here are references, updates and information sources, groups and organizations, and online resources related to animal chiropractic and veterinary chiropractors.