Snap, Crack, Pop: Equine Chiropractics
- Topics: The Winning Edge
Hannah looked like a million bucks when she stepped off the trailer in Lexington from her winter stint in Ocala (a week before the EHV-1 scare, whew!). But when I hopped on her for a hack the next day, my normally well-balanced and forward-moving mare felt short-strided and unwilling to engage her hind end. I immediately called my trainer and asked how soon we could get the vet out to diagnose the problem. (Could she have a soft tissue injury? Painful gastric ulcers? Raging hormones?)
But my trainer had a different idea. Chiropractor-of-the-equine-stars Shirley McQuillan was scheduled to come to the barn in a few days to pop several horses’ bodies back into place–why not add Hannah to the list? I’ve neither been to a chiropractor myself, nor have I actually watched one work on a horse, so this wouldn’t normally have come to mind. But hey, maybe it would be cheaper than a vet bill.

It was fascinating to watch the chiropractor work, as she quickly identified and corrected problem areas
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