Ember and Justice go to the chiropractor

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The training school I go to recently has been having a chiropractor come to the school every 2 weeks.

For those that don't know Justice ran into a tree almost 4 yrs ago now and injuried his neck and he has had chronic problems since. I have had him adjusted from time to time and it really helps. This visit, I took Ember along too. She has had no real lameness issues but her speed in agility has been off(there and then not there) and last week my instructor petted her around the shoulders and she yelped.weird. I have not been able to find any area of real tenderness, flexion and extension ok but she was slight tense on extension of the left hindleg and she seemed really tight in the shoudlers.

Well, Justice's appt went well, his neck was out slightly and adjusted great and his lower back needed mild adjustment. No real suprises.

Well Ember turned out to be worse than Justice.:( She had 3 subluxated vert. in her neck C2, C4 and C6(just above her shoudlers). She yelped when the lowest one was adjusted and then she totally relaxed. I suspected that was what was causing the pain in her shoudlers. Her lumbar spine was also out at the lumbal sacral junction(where the spine and pelvis meets)on the left side. Thats why she was more worried about me moving her left hindleg. Ember felt so much better right away and pranced out of the appt. :lol: I hope this really helps her feel better. I'm to massage her neck and lower back and apply moist heat the next couple days and recheck with them in 2 weeks. I'm so glad I took her I just knew something was wrong.
 
Poor Justice,it must have scared the heck out of you when he ran into the tree. That's great they have a Chiropractor there. I can just see Justice prancing out feeling all better. Good thing you took Ember I feel bad that the adjustment was painful for her though. Hopefully with you massaging her and applying heat she'll feel a little better in a few days. I know after my back injuries I was sore after being adjusted sometimes but would feel much better in a couple days.
Chandler and Gypsy will be praying for her to feel better quickly and send her Sheltie hugs.
 
I freaked out. He hit it with his shoudler more than straight on or I think he would have been dead from a snapped neck. I lost 9 months of training with him, then a year after the tree, he fell in a hole and injuried his left front leg and lost 6 more months. He has never really been the same in the obedience ring(he was well on his way to his OTCH, 4yrs old and brillant) he still has his moments and I had to retire him from agility but his health is the important part to me. I'd rather he be able to walk at 15 then have another title.:smile2:
 
The last time my dog went for an adjustment is when he fell down into a basement stairwell. There was no fencing around it, and I told him to go around and come down. So he jumped. Hit his nose and smashed his head into his shoulder. He wouldn't come to me to let me see it, wouldn't look at me, nothing. He also wouldn't go out in the yard, or back on those stairs.

This adjustment was the one and only time he ever tried to bite a human. He must have hurt pretty bad. After the adjustment, and a couple of days of Rimadyl, he was fine.
 
I'm happy to hear that both dogs are feeling better. I hope they continue to feel better, and that it improves their performance in obedience and agility.

I don't know much about chiropractors, but I know several people in my agility club swear by them.
 
That's a coincidence - I took mine to the physio on Saturday and they have both put their backs out. Tully had done a couple of thoracic disks. Boy did I feel mean, here I am pushing her at agility and putting her in time out when she refuses jumps at flyball. Since having her back released she has been a new dog - spent half an hour running after a mob of roos today (much to my alarm) and she managed a clean run at Gamblers last night (the last couple of months we hadnt been getting clean runs)

It is really hard to tell with a high energy dog when they are sore because they just keep on going.
 
Justicemom said:
I have not been able to find any area of real tenderness, flexion and extension ok but she was slight tense on extension of the left hindleg and she seemed really tight in the shoudlers.
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This is Abby to the tee............Her right shoulder gets flinchy and warm and sometimes even hot. When she trots in front of me she does not track straight. It looks like the right is carrying the left. Perhaps we should see a chiropractor? If you continue to see positive results I will have to visit one.
 
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