Our Services

  • Fully licensed and insured animal therapist

  • Sensitive, friendly and professional practitioner

  • Up-to-date methods, qualifications and understanding

  • Comprehensive, adaptable and bespoke treatments, tailored to each case

How I treat

Eir Animal Chiropractic use a variety of treatment such as soft tissue techniques as massage, fascial manipulation, and scar tissue release, in combination with adjustment, short lever, high velocity, controlled thrust, and mobilisations. No animal is the same and thus no treatment will be the same.


What you can expect

Following a history of your animal’s health and progression, physical examination which includes gait and posture analysis, soft tissue and bony structure palpation and motion palpation, treatments will be tailored to your animals’ needs. 

How does adjustment work

The adjustment is typically a specifically applied short lever, high velocity, low amplitude, controlled manual thrust applied to specific articulations or anatomic regions. These trigger a therapeutic response via changes in joint structures, muscle receptors and function, and neurological reflexes. The mechanical effect of the adjustment leads to a momentary low pressure in the joint; the joint surfaces move apart, during which synovial adhesions and cross linkages are disrupted. The adjustment has a specific influence on mechanoreceptors (muscle spindle cells, golgi tendon organs and joint receptors) to induce reflex inhibition of pain and stimulate muscle relaxation and to correct abnormal movement patterns.

Prices

£85 for initial visit and consultation for Horses

£75 for subsequent treatment for Horses


£55 for initial visit and consultation for Dogs

£45 for subsequent treatment for Dogs

£35 for initial visit and consultation for very small Dogs

£25 for subsequent treatment for very small Dogs

Catchment area mainly Dorset and Hampshire, other areas considered, prices upon request. Prices may vary depending on size of group.

Dogs will be seen in Southbourne if nothing else arranged. 

Cancellation policy 24 hours or full fee will be charged. Payments in cash or card.

 

Signs and symptoms in dogs and other small animals:

  • Pain when being touched, pet or lifted

  • Reluctance or difficulty when climbing stairs or jumping

  • Difficulty when getting up after lying down

  • Negative changes in attitude or behaviour

  • Altered sitting

  • Changes in eating or eliminating

  • Constantly licking or chewing paws

  • Lameness or changes in gait

  • Changes in performance

  • Lying on one side

Signs and symptoms in horses and other larges animals:

  • Pain and stiffness when moving or being touched

  • Reduced performance

  • Negative changes in behaviour or attitude

  • Abnormal gait, shortened stride or lameness

  • Inability or difficulty in taking a lead

  • Bucking

  • Difficulty or inability to collect

  • Pinning ears or snapping when being cinched

  • Difficulty flexing at poll

  • Changes in posture

  • Resistance to being ridden