THE SYMPTOMS

Any functional disorder is the responsibility of osteopathy or acupuncture

. Conversely, any lesional pathology is not their responsibility, even if it is important to know why a horse has aquired tendinitis, ligament damage or a fracture, both to avoid a relapse but also to help the horse to live longer with his condition stabilized. (broken pelvis stabilized for example, after 4 months of healing) Any disharmony in the locomotion of an horse is a good indication: the horse that gallops well but trots badly, has difficulty in turning, difficulty in changing legs at canter, the horse who always bends the same side, or lameness of a complexity that is difficult to comprehend ... As seen above, many visceral diseases , through the nervous system, have an interaction with the spinal cord segment of its métamères and therefore with all the tissues innervated by the same spinal cord section : skin, often the indicator of deep subtle pathology , muscles, joints, blood vessels, any abnormal sweating is to identify ...

Of course, musculoskeletal disorders are the most frequent causes of consulting an osteopath, but the primary lesion may be quite different, visceral, emotional, dental ... using a treatment whose nature is unknown at the start: openness and tolerance of difference are essential qualities for the best care possible.

Finally, any sign, as unobtrusive as it can, be can have a major significance for those who can see it.