Integrative Medicine:
Southern Equine Service offers veterinary chiropractic and acupuncture services to our equine patients. We have two veterinarians on staff, Dr. Lauren Ray and Dr. Kayla Hufford, who offer these services and are able to treat your horse in the clinic or on the farm.
+ Chiropractic Care
The goal of veterinary chiropractic is to restore function and mobility to the bones of the spine in an effort to re-establish nerve communication, allowing the body to perform at its optimum potential, as well as heal and regulate itself.
Our chiropractic veterinarians use their hands to identify areas of restriction, and apply a precise thrust on the immobile vertebrae in an effort to restore motion and remove nerve interference.
Here are other benefits to consider: Chiropractic care helps to increase circulation and eliminate lactic acid. It increases delivery of oxygen and nutrient supply, helps reduce muscle spasms and adhesions, increases flexibility and can improve overall performance!
+ TCVM Acupuncture
Acupuncture supports the body's ability to heal itself and treat the internal source of the condition helping prevent future problems. It is important to use modern medicine and TCVM, as TCVM alone lacks the tools necessary to pinpoint illness to specific disease-causing agents like pathogenic bacteria or viruses.
TCVM acupuncture therapy is used to assess the “larger picture”. Modern medicine can perform miracles for trauma and acute injuries, however it has little to offer chronic conditions such as liver failure or skin diseases; which can be treated effectively with acupuncture and herbal medicine. In many ways, acupuncture and modern medicine each possess what the other lacks.