(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 30, 2013 ) Scottsdale, AZ -- Nearly 30 years ago, Dr. Gene Giggleman was a veterinarian who felt all chiropractors were quacks. However, since those days, he states that he has changed his tune and straightened out thousands of dogs and cats, quite literally. He also has serviced the occasional snake, hamster, gerbil, and even guinea pig.
"And I know people who have adjusted pigs, goats and rodeo bulls," said Giggleman, a professor at Parker University in Dallas, which specializes in chiropractic care.
Dr. Rod Block of Southern California has tended to an elephant, a paralyzed iguana, turkey, pigs, llamas, and a nearly incalculable number of dogs and horses.
"You have to be very much in tune with the being of the animal you are working with," said Block, who limits his work these days to house calls throughout Southern California, where he works with several veterinarians.
Vets now say that any human or animal with a spine-related problem can surely benefit from a chiropractic adjustment. For instance, Block's 38-year-old horse patient is a prime candidate for adjustments. "He's not rideable, but he's mobile. He's off steroids and free to roam around and enjoy the remainder of his life relatively pain-free," Block said.
However, the horse does not get the top billing in Block's new book Like Chiropractic for Elephants, which describes how he treated an elephant at a private sanctuary which was suffering from a gimp. The story notes how the elephant's herd accept him and how he used his the elephant used to help him locate the problematic pain.
Through the book, Block said he hopes "to demystify chiropractic."
"I really want to illuminate the differences between what allopathic (mainstream) veterinary medical care does and what chiropractic does and how the two integrate well even though they are at opposite ends of the pole," he said.
Unlike Dr. Giggleman, Block spent 30 years as a human chiropractor instead of starting as a veterinarian. He made the switch 20 years ago and became certified.
Giggleman, instead of working with elephants, began his work with Sparky, a seizuring springer spaniel dog. "I examined the dog. Although I was a fledgling, I could tell the dog's neck was out of whack or subluxated," he said. "When I reached down and petted the dog, it hurt him so bad, he flipped over and started shaking."
Giggleman adjusted Sparky and the dog lived another six years without seizures, he said.
On the spot, that made a convert out of Giggleman. He went on to co found the Parker University animal chiropractic program.
"Chiropractic care is a drugless, non-surgical approach to treating animals," Giggleman said. And, he added, much cheaper than traditional medicine with its surgeries and drugs.
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"And I know people who have adjusted pigs, goats and rodeo bulls," said Giggleman, a professor at Parker University in Dallas, which specializes in chiropractic care.
Dr. Rod Block of Southern California has tended to an elephant, a paralyzed iguana, turkey, pigs, llamas, and a nearly incalculable number of dogs and horses.
"You have to be very much in tune with the being of the animal you are working with," said Block, who limits his work these days to house calls throughout Southern California, where he works with several veterinarians.
Vets now say that any human or animal with a spine-related problem can surely benefit from a chiropractic adjustment. For instance, Block's 38-year-old horse patient is a prime candidate for adjustments. "He's not rideable, but he's mobile. He's off steroids and free to roam around and enjoy the remainder of his life relatively pain-free," Block said.
However, the horse does not get the top billing in Block's new book Like Chiropractic for Elephants, which describes how he treated an elephant at a private sanctuary which was suffering from a gimp. The story notes how the elephant's herd accept him and how he used his the elephant used to help him locate the problematic pain.
Through the book, Block said he hopes "to demystify chiropractic."
"I really want to illuminate the differences between what allopathic (mainstream) veterinary medical care does and what chiropractic does and how the two integrate well even though they are at opposite ends of the pole," he said.
Unlike Dr. Giggleman, Block spent 30 years as a human chiropractor instead of starting as a veterinarian. He made the switch 20 years ago and became certified.
Giggleman, instead of working with elephants, began his work with Sparky, a seizuring springer spaniel dog. "I examined the dog. Although I was a fledgling, I could tell the dog's neck was out of whack or subluxated," he said. "When I reached down and petted the dog, it hurt him so bad, he flipped over and started shaking."
Giggleman adjusted Sparky and the dog lived another six years without seizures, he said.
On the spot, that made a convert out of Giggleman. He went on to co found the Parker University animal chiropractic program.
"Chiropractic care is a drugless, non-surgical approach to treating animals," Giggleman said. And, he added, much cheaper than traditional medicine with its surgeries and drugs.
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