Only in Scotland...

[Cowboy DO]

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Thought this was funny. I'd imagine HVLA is out of the question.

 

[Docgeorge]

Ha! That is funny. The OMM chair here told us stories of his predacessor who did OMM on a cow(or was it a horse? ) that what having diffculty dilvering a calf. He also used OMM on his dog.

 

[Fermata]

Ha! That is funny. The OMM chair here told us stories of his predacessor who did OMM on a cow(or was it a horse? ) that what having diffculty dilvering a calf. He also used OMM on his dog.

 

[Lexmark]

No wonder people use the term osteoquack.

 

[DrMom]

Please keep in mind that Osteopaths in Britain are not physicians.

 

[Fermata]

Please keep in mind that Osteopaths in Britain are not physicians.

The history of medicine seems to have many more branches than I previously realized.

 

[evescadeceus]

I do know there is specialist training available for massage therapists who want to include horses in their practice in the US. There seems to be enough demand among the racehorse crowd that some therapists focus almost exclusively on animals. As a DO, I plan on sticking to people, though.

 

[DOSouthpaw]

Yeah, animals have spines too. I know a DO that works on horses with the help of a vet. He'll palpate down the spine until he finds something restricted. They walk the horse up an incline until the segment is at the apex of the curve. then they untilize the Vet's knowledge of the horses reflexes to make the horse jerk against a counter force...wahla...equine muscle energy technique!

Race horses are important here in KY, so making sure they are sound in the musculoskeletal system is crucial cuz those are some big old bones! 😛

 

[coreyw]

Not sure why the application of OMT to horses should strike folks as strange, anymore than the use of drugs or surgery in veterinary practice.

The chiros have postgraduate courses in the use of manipulative therapy on animals other than humans, with some co-operating with Vets regularly.

And I trust that the note that British osteopaths are not physicians isn't taken to mean that they are less than professional - whether they're treating humans or other beasts.

I suppose it's a case of horses for courses!

(Ha! Sorry, couldn't resist.)