Feb 6, 2007 5:45 pm US/Eastern
Owners Say Orthopedic Treatment Helped Their Pets
by Lynne Hayes-Freeland
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―
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Benny doesn't seem to mind undergoing veterinary orthopedic manipulation
CBS
Some local pet owners are swearing by an unconventional treatment that they say helped their dogs when traditional veterinarians couldn't.
Laurie Phillips of Penn Hills says her dog, Cricket, fell off a groomer's table. "Her back was really arched," Phillips explains, "and as we found out, her neck was out of place."
Desperate to help her pet, Phillips called Dr. Michael Savko, a chiropractitioner who specializes in Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation.
"It's kind of a combination of veterinary medicine and chiropractic care -- so hence the 'veterinary,'" Savko explains, "and it's not really chiropractic so we're kind of moving bones and dealing with the nervous system -- so 'orthopedic manipulation.'"
Using something called a VNA (Veterinary Neurologic Adjusting tool), Savko says he's able to quickly and painlessly realign imbalances in an animal's nervous system.
"With this technique," Savko explains, "I'm able to find and reduce 100-percent of all of the nervous imbalance in an animal."
Though Greg Rodgers of the South Hills says he was a little skeptical about the treatment, he says he was willing try "anything that could help" his 9-year-old Rottweiler, Rocky, walk again.
After undergoing the treatments, Rocky is walking once again.
"What I'm doing is I'm taking fuses that have been turned off," Savko adds, "and I'm flipping them back on again."
Each treatment costs about $50 – and the number of treatments the animals need depends on the problem.
While pets usually get treatments every other week in the beginning, Savko says the ultimate goal is to get them to the point where they don't need to continue with the treatments.
To learn more about this technique or to contact Dr. Michael Savko, call 412/894-7853 or log on to his website:
DrChiroVet.com
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