Jemma and her Severe Disc Disease

Jemma girl here is one special little lady. Jemma came to us in the winter, unable to lift her head and hardly wagging her tail. She was timid, scared, and in a LOT of pain. She was in a constant state of spasm in her neck and even the slightest amount of pressure would cause her to cry out. Jemma was on a large list of medications, none of which seemed to be helping her at all, and she was basically being crated all day to prevent her from further injury. At one point her fur dad was told she may need to be put down because she wasn’t improving.

Jemma’s dad refused to accept that as the final answer. He started searching for alternatives and found animal chiropractic. At Jemma’s first visit, we could see how bad she really was. She couldn’t lift her head beyond horizontal with her body and her little ears were folded back. Her muscles were twitching and she couldn’t help but whine in pain. This looked like some severe disc problems in this seven year old otherwise healthy girl.

Working very gently, Jemma was adjusted weekly for about six weeks. With each visit she started to improve, slowly at first but then the ball started rolling. She could lift her head, she was eating, and her muscles hardly twitched. Between icing, traction, and regular chiropractic, Jemma started to be a dog again. Her fur dad was able to stop all of her medications going forward and even then she continued to improve. Now Jemma is back to her normal self, she can jump and wiggle without an ounce of pain, and she can wander the house without being crated anymore. Most importantly, she can play with her puppy brother again. Jemma was not a lost cause, and there was so much more life left for her to live, it was just a matter of finding the right method to relieve her of her pain!