Emma Fretwell is a Human and Animal Chiropractor, treating horses, dogs, and other pets. She is registered with IVCA, specialising in a combination of Veterinary and Animal Chiropractic based skills, primarily assessing back pain, lameness, and other pain management issues in the quadruped. Emma can cover all your specific equine and canine chiropractic, rehabilitation and performance needs.

Equine Sports and Injury Therapy

Worldwide, chiropractic for animals is already a strongly established specialist form of chiropractic, and it is growing rapidly. Many animal owners have found dramatic proof of the efficacy of this combination of science and healing art which helps the body restore itself to proper health without the use of drugs or surgery. In this country the main animals that are presented for treatment are horses and dogs.

What is Veterinary Chiropractic ?

Veterinary Chiropractic draws on a background of veterinary medicine and human chiropractic to create a profession, which, while it has some ties to both professions, it is unique, and it has recognition as a separate health care system. Pioneers of this profession took the technique and functional theories from the human chiropractic profession and merged these with the science and tradition of the veterinary profession. Chiropractic care is a holistic approach to many of the health and performance problems of the quadruped. Chiropractic does not replace traditional Veterinary Medicine and surgery, but rather provides a complimentary method of care. Chiropractic adjustments have proven to be invaluable in detecting and treating gait abnormalities and other performance problems in the animal. It has also been proven to alleviate pain in the back and neck.

Many of the leading veterinary and chiropractic professionals have chosen this path, and are now world leaders in the complimentary and alternative veterinary medicine today (CAVM).  This new and dynamic approach to complimentary animal health care has lead to the explosion of the popularity of animal chiropractic over the last two decades.

There are many people out there who are claiming skills and knowledge about Animal chiropractic, who are unqualified and uninsured. Please, if you would like to use a Chiropractor for your animal’s health regime, check on the practitioner’s qualifications, association memberships and insurance details before you use them.

Also a good rule of thumb is to find out what they are allowed to call themselves. If they are allowed to call themselves a chiropractor, you are normally safe as they have proper education, memberships, insurance etc. However if they are not, and they are calling themselves manipulators, spinal therapists etc, then they are generally either not qualified, or insured, or properly educated to acceptable standards. This is of paramount importance to know whether the person you are employing to help your animal is of reasonable standards. Also check with your vet to see who they would recommend, or if they are happy that a certain person is going to look at your animals, rather than being dismissive about the approval / referral.

All registered chiropractors have to, by law, consult or have permission from your veterinarian to treat your animal. This is in line the Veterinary Act. This is in place to protect your animal, and is in order to maintain the highest level of care possible for the animal.

Many local vets have given general permission for myself to treat animals under their care, however, depending on your location, I would like to contact your vet before the animal is seen. Many practitioners require that you notify your vet prior to consultation, and this will be made clear when the appointment is made. Many charlatans do not require veterinary permission prior to treatment, beware of these as they are practicing illegally and unethically.

The same principles apply to Physiotherapists and Osteopaths that treat animals. We are all required by law to carry our insurance documentation, and gain prior permission from the consulting vet.

I am based at Twyford, Evesham, Worcestershire, and I treat various animals throughout the Midlands, however if there is a number of animals in a certain area, then I am willing to travel outside this area to see them. My pricing for different animals vary, so please call me to discuss any requirements – 07799692722