06/21/2025
✨️What you probably don't understand about Animal Chiropractic✨️
[Or maybe just some quiet Friday night thoughts to chew on]
💎When you complete my intake form, I am creating space, love & hope for your animal within my being for as long as they live- oftentimes longer... Even if I am only blessed to encounter them one time & I never hear from you again [the exception, not the rule, but it happens].
💎I'm excited and energized to see you together & thriving- doing what you love! I feel your losses & lessons if you share them, too.
💎Your animals become my shower thoughts. And my driving around thoughts [and I drive A LOT]. If you've ever gotten a "Just checking in!" message from me, it's not because I have an automated list of follow-ups to get to or because I'm self-interested [most of my colleagues have crippling student-loan debt, we paid mine off the day before graduation]... It's because you crossed my mind or I passed your place and I am genuinely wondering how you and your animal are doing. Working with me is an investment in YOU.
💎Just because I offer maintenance when your animal is feeling better, does NOT mean there is something wrong with them. You don't need to be broken to receive chiropractic. Every professional sports team has a chiropractor on staff. Animals are athletes, are designed to move WELL & they should be treated as such. The time to get adjusted is not just when something is WRONG, but rather when things are going well & you'd like to continue as such. [I'll save this soapbox for another time.]
💎I've never assessed an animal that was completely clear of subluxation prior to adjusting. This is because no one- not even animals- are immune to the inevitable stresses of life.
💎We get lumped in with musculoskeletal therapists/bodyworkers but what we do [when done correctly by a Licensed & Certified Doctor] is SO much more profound- we use the spine as a lever to assess stress/tension/fixation/stagnation/interference [whatever you want to call it] on the NERVOUS SYSTEM which controls everything from you waking up in the morning to trying to not drop your phone on your face while late-night scrolling. It's not about twists, snaps and pops [sowwy].
💎For myself & my practice, it's about relationships. It's about understanding your goals with/for your animal and playing a small [sometimes big] part in helping you both get there.
As always, I'm endlessly grateful for the amazing multispecies community in which I am blessed to serve & the incredible humans who choose to trust me with the care of those they love most. 🐾 🐎
Thank you for another great week of allowing me to continue to walk in the work that God has called me to.
💜Dr Jenna
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