Animal Chiropractor

Robert Humphreys B.Sc. - Jimboomba Queensland, Australia

My Somali girl, Rani Ji, was limping quite heavily on her front leg and could no longer jump up on my knee or the couch without crawling her way up. Also when she walked she took a few steps and then sat down with her paws tucked under and then took a few more steps. But she could run if she needed to - although she seemed not to *want* to and looked sort of exhausted after she did.  She had also been spayed recently but the limping happened before hand.

I took her to the Vet (twice) who tested her and said she was fine ...but... I knew she was not!  So I sort another Vet's advice.

She used to be such an athletic girl. I wondered if she'd pinched a nerve while doing somersaults in mid air, chasing her squid on the fishing pole or play-wrestling with my other (much stronger) Bengal cat.

The vet examined Rani and said two things:

1. She may still be reacting from an injury as *though* it hurts, because certainly nothing appeared to hurt when he examined/palpated her, and maybe she's just afraid to use it.

2. And the reason she can't claw her way onto a low bench is that her stitches may still be hurting her.

But I couldn't get rid of my feeling that something was actually hurting her - so I went to yet another "vet" for peace of mind. I still thought it was a bone, nerve pinched or muscle injury from the day before the spay operation.

She never complained but she still couldn't climb onto the couch. Surely a week later after being spayed, she should have been able to jump 12-14 inches to the couch.

I had heard high praises about a local animal chiropractor. I located the animal chiropractor and spoke to him by phone. The good news was that he listened carefully to me describe her movements and gait, asked a few questions, and said her neck was probably slightly jarred and to bring her down.

So I took her to the "animal chiropractor" first thing the following morning and she's now fixed!

HE WAS WONDERFUL! BRILLIANT!! I can't tell you how much of a relief it was to find someone who KNEW what he was talking about. I just *knew* something was wrong!  And the vets said she was fine.

After getting two Vet's opinions - who just said it was her spay operation restricting her movement Pfff! - he simply felt her neck, shoulders and hips and then he described every nuance of how she had been walking and moving and limping and why sometimes she was limping on one side, then on another, then on the rear legs.   It was spot on!

He didn't even watch her walk - he described it all just by feeling her spine and muscles. He made me feel it too, so I would know for next time. He even described onto which part of her body she most probably fell. Then he adjusted her pelvis and her neck, and SHE'S WALKING PROPERLY AGAIN already!!! <big smile & sigh>

She was still a bit stiff for a couple of days which he said to expect. But now she's great.

It turns out Rob is quite famous in the animal world (though very humble) with race horse owners, cat & dog breeders. He was trained by his dad who was a very well know human chiropractor (who was in turn. trained by my uncle, who brought chiropractic to the state of Queensland, directly from Palmer himself in USA) I felt so happy.

I'm so happy that she is out of pain. I could cry with relief. :-))

I highly recommend him, if you think your animal has twisted something. Here are his details: