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About this journal

The domain has always been about one thing: chiropractic care for animals in Australia, offered by people who actually trained for it.

What the old site was

Internet Archive captures from July 2007 show a spare, practical site: chiropractic as a drug-free approach to musculoskeletal problems in horses and dogs; a downloadable brochure; and a membership note for the Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association. By 2014 the same material lived on a WordPress theme under the name Lara Rogers — B.Sc., Master of Chiropractic, Graduate Diploma in Animal Chiropractic from RMIT University, completed in 2006.

Rogers had practised in Sydney, then on the New South Wales south coast. Dogs were seen at a purpose-built clinic on Willowford Road, Woollamia, a few kilometres from Huskisson. Horses were seen on the road — Nowra, Milton and Ulladulla, Berry, Kiama, Kangaroo Valley, Albion Park, Gerringong, Wollongong, Helensburgh. The copy was plain. Manipulations were applied by hand, or by instrument in dogs. There was, the site said, “no yanking or jerking of limbs.” Adjuncts included laser, stretching, trigger-point work and myofascial release. Care was framed as symptom relief, performance work, and prevention.

That is the brief this journal still keeps. We are not Lara Rogers, we do not take bookings for that clinic, and we do not pretend the telephone numbers on a 2014 contact page still ring. We write about the same animals, the same postgraduate pathway, and the same Australian rules.

What this desk is now

Animal Chiropractor is an independent editorial site. We publish topic hubs and reported essays for owners, referring veterinarians, and practitioners who want the qualification picture stated without salesmanship. The field has a new name — Animal Biomechanical Medicine — and a new association, Animal Biomechanical Professionals Australia, which grew out of the old AVCA. The Chiropractic Board of Australia still does not regulate animal practice. State veterinary practice acts still do. We treat those facts as the furniture of the room, not as optional colour.

We do not diagnose animals from a contact form. We do not rank clinics. We do not sell supplements. Guest essays, if we take them, are labelled, and any paid link carries rel="sponsored".

How to read us

Start with how to find a qualified animal chiropractor in Australia, then the canine chiropractic hub or the equine chiropractic hub. The editorial standards explain evidence, corrections, and the veterinary-first rule. The credits page lists every photograph. Write to the contact desk if we have something wrong.