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from just one side, which is traditionally
the left. “I went to one stable
where I adjusted 12 horses. I asked
who was riding the horses as they were
so out of alignment.” It turned out
they were all being ridden by the same
rider whose hip was misaligned and
who kept shifting his weight in such a
way that the horses would have to
compensate.
Dr. Seely and Dr. Mahoney now
offer group seminars at stables where
both riders and their horses can have
their spines checked. “But there’s no
point in adjusting a horse if you’re
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not going to maintain it because the
injury will come back. Horses need an
adjustment every two months.”
She carries a small stool with her
everywhere she goes. People are
often amazed when they hear she
adjusts horses and think she must
have to use a lot of strength.
“I get on a stool so that I can use
my body weight on their back to
adjust them. I don’t need a huge
amount of thrust. I am bigger than
two vertebrae. That’s all I’m moving.
So it takes very low force.”
She also regularly adjusts cows
for local farmers but dreams of being
asked to treat an elephant. The
largest animal she’s adjusted so far is
a draft horse.
“It was enormous, probably close
to 19 hands. (A hand is four inches.)
I brought my stool but had to climb
up on a tractor to adjust it.”
Bernie Cannell brought her Irish
setter, Murphy, to see Dr. Seely regularly
over a two-year period. Murphy,
who lived to be 13, had developed
arthritis and her back legs were stiff
and sore. “But Dr. Seely improved her
quality of life, and she seemed to be
pain-free and more mobile than she
had been in a long time,” says Bernie.
As for Carmen, I had my dog
back, fully functioning and raring to
go. She has had six weekly chiropractic
adjustments and has maintained
her mobility.
For more information, contact the Carp
Road Animal Hospital at 613 831-2965
or the Pembroke Animal Hospital at 613
732-3641. For equine chiropractic, call
Dr. Seely at home at 613 582-7464.
What is an animal
chiropractic?
All animals have spines subject
to stresses that make them
apt to misalign — or subluxate.
The basic premise of chiropractic
care is to correct this misalignment.
Chiropractic maintains
that adequate nerve supply
is vital to the proper functioning
of the entire body. An adjustment
aims to correct the subluxation
and restore proper functioning
of the nervous system.
Due West/Due East Magazine • Summer 2008 Ottawa Page 31