Coming soon..... spinal manipulation services

Dr. Snedden is currently completing coursework to become certified in equine spinal manipulation.  You may ask  the difference between spinal manipulation and chiropractic. It's pretty simple really,to be considered a chiropractor, one needs to attend a 3-4 year postgraduate school and graduate with a Doctrate of Chiropractic (DC), which then allows you to earn your living working on people.   In order to treat animals, both DVMs and DCs need further education.  While there are several animal spinal manipulation courses  open to both DVM's and DC's  focusing  on both horses and dogs, Dr. Snedden, has chosen to attend the Integrative Veterinary Medicine Institute in Florida which is only open to DVM's and focuses solely on horses.  

The first session, focusing on the head and neck, consisted of 20 hours of lecture and 10 hours of lab covering not only the theory of spinal manipulation (it's not really about putting bones back in place), but also delved into topics such as the interrelations between dentistry and the spine, as well as dissection and ultrasound labs to refresh a solid understanding of the applicable anatomy.  

Check out Dr. Snedden's facebook posts from the first trip for some relevant tips for evaluating your own horse.  

We want to hear from you!  Have you had experience with equine spinal manipulation in the past?  What were the results?  What questions to you have for us?

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