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", | | (continued)
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 |
