Durango Animal Chiropractor

What a great week!
Wrapped up by representing at along side and 🙌🏻✨🧡
Also got to catch up with and get Sunny adjusted ☀️🐾

Sweet Nora had a follow-up adjustment today that showed marked improvement from two weeks ago.

➡️Swipe to the last photo to see what a pickle she had gotten herself in 😨

Luckily she wasn’t too badly scathed, but she was definitely sore and defensive about her body the first time I worked with her…in addition to only being a yearling!

She’s much more comfortable now and ready to head to her first show coming up soon! Good luck and Nora! 🐴✨

Despite a side eye from Twizzle, he is feeling 100% compared to his first adjustment the week before.

Twizzle came in when his back became painful after a longer hike. He expressed obvious signs of discomfort that were very out of character; trembling, trying to hide, and would even freeze and walk backwards trying to get comfortable.
After a visit to his veterinarian, x-rays showed some DJD in his lumbar spine. During his first adjustment, he was very polite but clearly still experiencing some discomfort.
When he came in for a follow up appointment, he was back to feeling 100%…as shown by his unimpressed side eye in the photo. 🙄😏😂🐾balboni

Pay attention to your dog’s body language so you know when they are hurting and can get them feeling back to normal quickly! Chiropractic care is drug-free and whole-body approach to healing and wellness for people and animals alike!🙌🏻🥰

I am making an effort to document more of my experiences and chiropractic cases I come across, and I keep forgetting to take before and after photos! 🤦‍♀️

I adjusted Oliver today, and saw some really neat pre and post changes that would have been SO cool to share… so I’m going to talk about it anyway and hopefully this instance will be my reminder in the future to take a picture or a video pre and post adjustment. 😉

Oliver is a big, stout 12 y/o Quarter Horse that was competing as a Versatility Ranch Horse. About 3 years ago, he unfortunately had an incident (speculating that he stepped in a prairie dog hole and went down) where he likely fractured his pelvis. Since then, he has been retired, as he never recovered fully enough to move correctly behind. He rope walks with his left hind leg and has a pretty significant asymmetry in his pelvis; left glute/side of his hip is raised and his right glute is dropped. His tail c***s to the left.

Before his adjustment today, we watched him walk, and then took a look at his pelvis by standing behind him to see the discrepancy. (This would have been the ideal time to take a picture 🤪)

After his adjustment, he was able to stand square, and was significantly more balanced/symmetrical in his pelvis than before. He still rope walked with his left hind, BUT the postural changes were remarkable.

In the photos that WERE taken, I am using a light force technique called Logan Basic which addresses the sacrotuberous ligament of the pelvis, and is able to relax the muscles of the back and help to balance the S.I. Joints and the spine. I put my block between me and the horse when working with their hind end for obvious safety reasons.

Out and about last weekend; x-country skiing with Mango🐾 and walking the road with Jack and Sam🐴❄️🌾
We have to get creative in the wintertime when riding is limited and horses have more downtime!