Animals can benefit from complementary therapies

Complementary therapy is being used in Jersey to tackle spinal problems in horses.

The procedure's similar to chiropractics in humans, which involves manual manipulation of the spine.

Anya Taylor is trained in animal spinal therapy , which involves the whole body being treated, rather than just the problem areas in isolation.

The therapy stimulates the entire nervous and circulatory systems to encourage the animal's body to heal itself.

Afterwards they will give a deep sigh, licking and chewing, it shows they really have really relaxed Anya Taylor

Miss Taylor came to Jersey to treat 25-year-old horse called Silver Celebration.

His owner, Catherine Vint, says he has been given a new lease of life.

"It's made the most enormous difference to the horse, he has got a spring in his step a 25-year-old shouldn't have," she said. Anya Taylor said the animals can be wary at first.

"If it is a very acute problem they can react quite violently," she said.

"You can get reflex kicking and leaping around but afterwards they will take a little while to register what's happened and will give a deep sigh, licking and chewing, it shows they really have really relaxed."