Re: RE: Chiropractors

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Hi, all.


I don't intend to belittle anyone's POV, or to state that chiropracty does /
doesn't work, but simply to add some possible "food for thought" to this
discussion.


I have some major bumps and lumps from a motor vehicle accident.  My back is
a bit of a mess, and my left leg is, as a result, significantly shorter than
my right.  Will I go to an orthopaedic surgeon?  No - if it's back, I see a
neurologist.


I have been to a physiotherapist, who has helped me to stay comfortable.
However, if I think about the way she operates, it is largely dependant upon
communication between the two of us "Is this sore", "How far can you flex to
the left / right" , "Are you feeling stiffness or pain", "Do you suffer from
headaches" etc, etc.


No physio / chiropracter in the world can do this with my horse.  They are
dependent on me giving them information which may be a result of my
completely inaccurate interpretation of my horse's way of going.


For this reason, I am dubious about engaging the services of a chiro /
physio to assist my horses.  If I think that they are sore / stiff / not
quite right, and my vet can't help, I rest them for a time.  In all such
cases, the rest has done the trick.


One time I did use a physio (early on in my riding "career", before I became
obnoxiously self-opinionated), she made such a mess of things that Toc felt
worse afterwards than he did before.




Tracey