Horse Chiropractic

By Kotomi Taniguchi

Have you ever heard of chiropractic? Chiropractic is the treatment of disorders by manipulation of the bones, especially the backbone. It is famous as one of the easy ways to make the body healthy for people in Japan. Last Wednesday, I went to see chiropractic for horses. I have heard that there is chiropractic for some animals before, but it was my first time to see amazing chiropractic for horses. It was quite a new experience for me!

Before the chiropractor began, she let the horse run and she checked his body from his back whether it is good or bad. That time he couldn’t run straight. That horse was suffering from something and looked really bad. First, she touched his body to check where the bones were bad. After that, she fixed his backbone with her hand and a big hammer! When she hammered the horse, he groaned like a human. He was really funny. She put some cream on his body. Third, she checked his leg and fixed his bone use with her whole body. Horses could understand our feelings and language but sometimes they are very dangerous, so she had to stand in a safe space to not get kicked. After that she stretched his legs using a rope. After all this, she let the horse run again and he ran straight, and I thought he looked very good.

This experience was amazing for me and I got interested in animal chiropractic more. We don’t have a lot of great techniques for animals in Japan, so I want to learn it and do chiropractic for my dog and my horse in the future.