Winters in Minnesota, Slips, Falls, Sprains and Strains.
Sitting here and watching the mixture of rain, sleet, snow and ice pellets from the comfort of my couch makes me glad I am not outside and it doesn’t bother me too much. When I watch my dogs chasing each other around, slipping, falling, and jumping in and out of deep snow, it makes me cringe.
Just like us, for your pets those quick slips are hard to anticipate and equally difficult to respond to. With age it gets even more difficult to catch ourselves quickly and maintain balance. When your dogs or horses are out cruising around and hit a patch of ice at 15-40 miles per hour it can spell disaster.
How can Chiropractic help you ask? Well in several ways. First, you have heard of rehabilitation well I’m talking about prehabilitation. Making sure that your pets nervous system is firing quickly and their muscles are balanced and strong will help them be much more responsive to quick changes in footing and much more resilitant to those akward falls. Those falls are what can lead to serious injuries, like muscle strains, ligament and tendon tears and disc injuries. After the slip and fall getting your pet the proper therapies quickly can be the difference between a short term, fast healing injury and a chronic problem that lasts a life time.
A visit to Dr. Nelson will involve specific chiropractic adjustments, therapies and at home exercises that will help your pet heal quickly, correctly and hopefully without long term issues.
I hope that you and your pets never take that hard fall after hitting a patch of ice but if you have seen your pet take a hard fall like I recently have with my own pets give us a call today, your pets will feel better and live longer healthier lives.
Yours in health,
Dr. Nelson