What is veterinary orthopedic manipulation, or VOM? VOM lies somewhere between veterinary care and chiropractic care.

Veterinary orthopedic manipulation locates neurons within your dog’s nervous system that have fallen out of communication and re-establishes communication between them. The neurons that have fallen out of communication are called “subluxations,” and they instigate painful symptoms or disease in your dog. Veterinary orthopedic manipulation is works wonderfully for treating these symptoms in dogs:

* Acute, non-acute, unilateral and progressive lameness
* Hip dysplasia
* IV disc disease
* Progressive myelopathies ("down in the rears")
* Urinary and fecal incontinence
* Wobbler’s disease
* Diseases of the knee
* Esophageal disease
* Increased or decreased GI mobility disease
* Endocrine disease
* Agility dysfunction
* Digestive disorders
* Performance problems
* Behavioral problems

Veterinary orthopedic manipulation is similar to chiropractic care in that it reduces subluxations. It utilizes a hand-held device that is similar, but not identical to, "activator methods" utilized by chiropractors on humans. The hand-held device is called a spinal accelerometer, which roughly resembles a spring-loaded doorstop. The spinal accelerometer reduces the subluxations in your dog’s joints by providing a very precise motion to specific areas of your dog’s spine. If a subluxation is present, it detects and reduces it immediately and painlessly. That will give Fido something to wag his tail about!

The spinal accelerometer activates neurons that are "off--" but don’t worry; it cannot turn off a healthy functioning neuron! The spinal accelerometer provides the exact amount of pressure necessary to reduce subluxation without having to induce unnecessary motion. This is why veterinary orthopedic manipulation can be safer for your dog than manual chiropractic manipulation, which can potentially induce injury with any extra twisting and torque than is necessary. The spinal accelerometer replaces motion with speed (using Newton’s Second Law of Motion, in case you’re interested: Force = Mass X Acceleration). Tens of thousands of animals have enjoyed the benefits of the veterinary orthopedic manipulation without injury.

Besides, the human hand is simply too slow. he quickest motion a veterinary chiropractor can apply is within 80 milliseconds. But your dog’s natural reflex resistance adjustment is only 20 milliseconds, which is four times faster. But the spinal accelerometer’s speed is an amazing two to four milliseconds. This heals the pet every single time because it’s so easy to apply, whereas manual adjustment see success in only 50 percent of animals because they’re simply too squirmy for manual adjustments to work.

Veterinary orthopedic manipulation is so accurate because it locates and reduces all neuronal subluxations. On the other hand, only 40 percent of neuronal subluxations can be discovered via a veterinary chiropractor’s manual palpitations, which focus primarily on locating misplaced bone prominences or taut and tender muscles. But the spinal accelerometer discovers all neuronal subluxations. In other words, more than half of your dog’s subluxations could be unintentionally overlooked by a veterinary chiropractor!

Veterinary orthopedic manipulation is not strictly chiropractic care, so it is not taught by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association. And the American Veterinary Medical Association does not yet formally recognize veterinary orthopedic manipulation. But this cutting-edge modality is recognized by Washington State, the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the Maine Veterinary Medical Association, and the German Shepherd Clubs of America, just to name a few.

Veterinary orthopedic manipulation is simple, effective and safe. It may very well be the most effective healing modality available in veterinary care. Contact your veterinarian to see if veterinary orthopedic manipulation is available for your dog!

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