Why Adjust Your Pet

Why Adjust Your Pet?

A Young pet
	Because the VOM style of animal adjusting gives us a neurological evaluation of each and every nerve coming down the spinal column, we can use the reflex pattern of the pet to find neurological imbalances early, BEFORE they progress to creating obvious symptoms of disease. So I always recommend an evaluation once every three months beginning at 5 months and continuing until growth plate closure, at approximately 18-24 months of age for breeds with common musculoskeletal problems such as hip dysplasia, elbow and knee anomalies such as medial patellar luxation. Other organ illnesses that seem excessive such as chronic diarrhea with or without parasites, upper respiratory infections, eye issues, and chronic bladder infections may be a result of improper neural and vascular input to the area. VOM can correct all of these to aid in healing or prevent things from progressing to obvious disease.
An older pet
	Many of the characteristics of "aging" are often just an accumulation of minute injuries to the musculoskeletal system or a chronic diminished blood supply to organs, slowing things down and causing buildups of debris to stagnate the functions of the body. Performing a VOM adjustment resets spinal receptors all down the body to reverse these changes. Often, increasing blood supply to areas can allow better function, reestablish innervation, and relax muscle spasm providing a rehabilitation and healing.
An ill pet
	Every function of the body is a result of blood supply and nervous control. If either or both are compromised even a small amount, the function also diminishes. Reestablishing this balance of optimal blood supply and nervous input throughout the body is always a component of illness. It may show as decreased blood supply to a kidney giving decreased kidney function as based on blood values. It may show as chronic decreased tears to the eyes and corneal injuries due to decreased blood supply to the tear ducts causing decreased tear production and poor corneal health.
An injured pet
	The body's response to a pain stimulus is to (1) decrease blood flow to the injured area to decrease bleeding and swelling; (2) decrease innervation so that the body can function past the pain; and (3) contract muscles to stabilize the area. All of these natural occurrences can be repeatedly stimulated by the chronic pain leaving a continual injury. This can start out as a minor injury that appears to resolve but the body heals to a level of subclinical or "inobvious" injury. Meanwhile the body continues to try to heal with diminished blood supply forming "less than optimal repair". The body continues to try to function with a compromised range of motion causing the body to shift the workload to other areas of the body. Over time, the body runs out of areas to compensate. Rehabilitating the proper blood flow, innervation, and muscle tone to the body can reverse much of the problems in the body as well as help the body heal stronger.