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History
Over the past 18 years and represented by over 45,000 clinical cases
(on file and available on computer) the patterns for over 250 disease
conditions have been recognized and tested for reliability.
This technology was extensively examined by the Veterinary Board in
the author's state and finally validated as a "valuable, safe, fast
and effective healing technology". In the last three years over 3800
practitioners have been trained in seminar given by Wm. L. Inman BS,
DVM, and were able to effectively apply the technology the next day.
The author's training as a surgeon clashed with his client's reluctance
for surgical solutions to medical problems and out of this frustration
arose a "non-surgical approach to spinal disease and lameness".
VOM Seminar Modules One, Two and Three are offered nationally to present
and teach this technology and the completion of all three, and the passage
of a test including clinical competence, will confer an accreditation
"Certified Veterinary Chiropractitioner" (CVCP).
The Misunderstood Subluxation Definition
The application of chiropractic principles of care involve
the reduction of subluxations present in the neurological make -up of
the pet.
Many practitioners including some veterinary neurologists doubt the
existence of the "subluxation" as a cause of disease.
This is unfortunate because this opinion not only invalidates all of
chiropractic care, (not to mention 80,000 chiropractors in the US alone),
but also blocks the treatment of the hundreds of disease states held
in place by subluxation.
There are, extant in the field, four definitions
of this term:
1. Veterinary Definition
In veterinary school we were taught that if a bone was out of the socket
it was termed "luxated",
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therefore by default, a bone that was partially out of joint was then
ermed to be "subluxated". This can be seen (and usually is) on x-ray.
This is an incorrect definition.
2. Chiropractic-Straight Definition
Classic chiropractors choose to use a definition of subluxation that
describes pressure or trauma to the peripheral nerve and the effects
that trauma has caused or is causing.
3. Chiropractic-Mixed Definition
A newer interpretation of subluxation is defined by another group of
chiropractors as a phenomenon of neuronal interference that leads disease
states. These neuronal interferences are housed in the facilitated segments
of the spinal canal and are treated there.
4. VOM Definition
The VOM definition is one that agrees most with #3 above. The location
of the subluxation phenomenon is not the nerve or the bone, but it is
the neuronal interference that exists at the interneuron of
the dorsal horn of the facilitated spinal segment.
It cannot be seen on x-ray, cannot be imaged by ultrasound or MRI, but
can be readily demonstrated with the application of a simple diagnostic
protocol using a hand-held device.
Radiographic evidence of the effects of the subluxation phenomenon can
be evaluated grossly and on x-ray only 40% of the time.
Palpation as a Diagnostic Technique
For years, manual palpation has been used to determine the effects
of subluxation through recognition of bony distractions, taught or tender
fibers, or limited range-of -motion.
This is the diagnostic technique taught and expertly developed by the
American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA), and the very fine
work of Dr. Sharon Willoughby and Dr. Pedro Rivera of that organization.
This approach is an acquired practice art and subject to individual
interpretation by each practitioner. This
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