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Snap, Crack, Pop: Equine Chiropractics

March 13, 2013
Posted by Alexandra Beckstett

Topics: The Winning Edge

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Hannah looked like a million bucks when she stepped off the trailer in Lexington from her winter stint in Ocala (a week before the EHV-1 scare, whew!). But when I hopped on her for a hack the next day, my normally well-balanced and forward-moving mare felt short-strided and unwilling to engage her hind end. I immediately called my trainer and asked how soon we could get the vet out to diagnose the problem. (Could she have a soft tissue injury? Painful gastric ulcers? Raging hormones?)

But my trainer had a different idea. Chiropractor-of-the-equine-stars Shirley McQuillan was scheduled to come to the barn in a few days to pop several horses’ bodies back into place–why not add Hannah to the list? I’ve neither been to a chiropractor myself, nor have I actually watched one work on a horse, so this wouldn’t normally have come to mind. But hey, maybe it would be cheaper than a vet bill.

It was fascinating to watch the chiropractor work, as she quickly identified and corrected problem areas

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Alexandra Beckstett

Alexandra Beckstett, a native of Houston, Texas, is a lifelong horse owner who has shown successfully on the national hunter/jumper circuit and dabbled in hunter breeding. After graduating from Duke University, she joined Blood-Horse Publications as assistant editor of its book division, Eclipse Press, before joining The Horse. She was the managing editor of The Horse for nearly 14 years and is now editorial director of EquiManagement and My New Horse, sister publications of The Horse.