Natural Therapy Centre for Animals

Isle of Wight
Natural Therapy Centre for Animals

Natural therapies for your horse, cat and dog. Chiropractic, massage and hydrotherapy can speed healing after illness, trauma or surgery, advance healthy performance or improve quality of life for disabled or elderly animals.

Vav Simon
(Mhairi Simon)
DC AMC MMCA MCC
Clinical Director

PHONE US:
01983 566009

Success Stories - Star of the Month

BACK IN PERFECT BALANCE

Kluedo is an 11 year-old Westfalian gelding who had been doing really well in dressage tests. Martine had bought him when he was seven and had been training him to the point where they had achieved Advanced Medium grade. Things were going well and then last summer, Kluedo caught a virus.

Once he was over the worst, he never seemed to recover properly. Martine thought it was the virus hanging on, but three months later he was still rearing up much more than he should, and hating the right rein. She got his teeth checked and the vet took blood samples but although the tests were clear, his performance was still below his normal standard.

Then Martine suddenly realised that he might have a sore back. “I've suffered with my back, since I was 19 — I get pains all down one side from time to time.” She called out Vav for a chiropractic treatment. Vav explained that virus infections can cause changes in ligament tensions. Ligaments hold the bones in place like guy-ropes hold tent-poles in place. So, it is not unusual to see these tensions cause subtle mis-alignments which can then trap a nerve.

Martine noticed an immediate change in Kluedo. He was supple and flexible, calm and well-behaved and his flying changes came back to normal. These improvements were all-important for his dressage career. As he was after the virus, he wouldn’t train happily and couldn't do dressage tests. He was, in effect, back to beginner level. But within a few days of the treatment, Martine felt confident to resume training.

Vav came back once to do the follow-up treatment. This is usually necessary to finish off the therapy with small adjustments here and there and it can nip any new problems in the bud. This time, hardly anything needed to be done, which probably explains why the improvement was so quick and so good. And it has paid off — just recently Kluedo easily won his Advanced level test and qualified for the Regionals!

Star of the Month

To let everyone share in our excitement in their improvement, we thought we would highlight some animals’ great progress.

Heidi is an Alpaca

The Old Gentleman

Toby ‘Torpedo Knickers’ Winn

From Rescue to National Competition

Muffin is Walking Again!

He’s Getting Younger!

My Buffalo's Back!

Back In The Show Ring

Over the Moon

Afraid of Water No More!