What is the history of chiropractic in veterinary medicine?
Spinal manipulation has been practiced for centuries in many cultures, including the early Chinese and Greeks. However, there is a distinct lack of historical documentation of its early use in animal species. In its modern form, chiropractic theory and practice have developed within the last century. Early practitioners of modern chiropractic investigated its use in various animal species. As a distinct practice specialty, veterinary chiropractic is a young profession that is undergoing rapid growth and evolution. On which types of animals is chiropractic practiced regularly? Chiropractic manipulation is frequently performed on horses, dogs and cats, but can theoretically be performed on any vertebrate species. Who practices veterinary chiropractic? Chiropractors who work on animals must have specific training in both chiropractic theories and animal anatomy so that they understand the differences in biomechanics and neuromusculoskeletal function between humans and animals. In North Am
