VPN Plus+ ExclusiveVeterinary chiropractic: A friend or foe to your patients?November 18, 2020By Brennen McKenzie, MA, MSc, VMD, cVMAChiropractic is primarily the manipulation of bones in the spine in an effort to treat or prevent disease or to reduce discomfort. Though therapeutic manipulation of bones in the spine has a long history, chiropractic—as it is understood today—was invented in the late 19th century by Daniel David Palmer. He conceived the notion that all disease results from vertebrae in the spine being out of place (so-called "subluxations"), and that their forceful manipulation (an "adjustment") can prevent or treat disease. He gave varying explanations for this idea over time, often claiming nerves carried a spiritual energy called "innate intelligence," and that obstruction of the flow of this energy by vertebral subluxations caused medical symptoms.1,2 Few chiropractors today still adhere to the notion of a mystical energy such as innate intelligence as the source of disease or the focus of chiropractic treatment. However, there is a split in the field with respect to the subluxation concept.3,4 Most chiropractors still view subluxation, or the vertebral subluxation complex (VSC), as a real entity causing illness and that can be corrected by chiropractic manipulation. These practitioners also sometimes reject modern scientific explanations of illness, such as germ theory, and may recommend their patients avoid …
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