Specialized Animal Chiropractic Care in St. Peter, MN
Restore Your Pet’s Mobility, Comfort, and Playful Energy
Seeing your furry family member struggle with pain, stiffness, or a sudden loss of mobility is heartbreaking. Because animals naturally hide their discomfort, minor spinal misalignments can quietly impact their nervous system, behavior, and overall quality of life. At Rising Sun Chiropractic, Dr. Seth Nelson and Dr. Andrea Sperl provide safe, gentle, and certified animal chiropractic adjustments to help your dogs and cats live pain-free and thrive at any age.
Serving patients from St. Peter and the surrounding areas.
Working with an Animal Chiropractor for the Safety + Longevity of Your Pet
Why Proactive Animal Chiropractic Matters for Your Pet’s Longevity
Pets are natural athletes—whether they are sprinting across the backyard, working out in the field, or jumping on and off the couch. Just like humans, their daily physical activities, minor slips, and structural wear-and-tear can cause spinal joints to become restricted or misaligned.
Because animals are hardwired by nature to hide their pain, these issues often go unnoticed until they become severe. Proactive care helps catch these subtle imbalances early, protecting your pet’s nervous system and overall mobility.
The Core Benefits of Gentle Pet Adjustments:
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Accelerated Injury Recovery: Safely restores natural mechanics to the joints and muscles following soft-tissue strains, sprains, or trauma.
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Enhanced Performance & Agility: Optimizes flexibility, coordination, and biomechanical movement—essential for hunting dogs, active companions, and show animals alike.
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Comfortable Aging for Seniors: Noticeably eases joint stiffness, preserves muscle function, and significantly improves the quality of life for aging dogs and cats dealing with chronic wear-and-tear.
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Veterinary Synergy: Working collaboratively with your primary veterinarian, our drug-free, evidence-based adjustment protocols serve as a highly effective, natural complement to standard veterinary medicine.
Transparent, Affordable Care
Providing elite care for your four-legged family member shouldn’t feel like an extreme financial burden. By investing in proactive joint health, you can naturally reduce long-term wear, lessen reliance on heavy pain medications, and minimize costly future treatments.
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Initial Assessment & Focused Treatment Sessions: Range comfortably between $40 to $55 per visit.
Our comprehensive treatment approach includes gentle, non-force chiropractic adjustments, localized activity advice, and simple, customized home exercise recommendations you can easily practice with your pet.
Gentle, Non-Force Adjustments Designed for Pets
Animal chiropractic is a highly specialized field of structural care that focuses on the health of the neuro-musculoskeletal system. By restoring normal motion to restricted joints in the spine and extremities, we naturally reduce friction on surrounding nerves, reduce localized inflammation, and allow the body to heal itself.
At Rising Sun Chiropractic, our practitioners have been safely treating animals for over a decade. As dedicated pet lovers ourselves, your companion’s comfort, safety, and trust are our absolute highest priorities. We never utilize forced cracking or aggressive movements; instead, we use precise, high-speed, low-amplitude adjustments that most dogs and cats find incredibly relaxing.
Smooth Collaboration with Your Veterinarian
Minnesota law requires a simple, standard veterinary referral before an animal receives chiropractic care. We have built wonderful, collaborative relationships with primary clinics throughout the St. Peter and Mankato areas. We handle this step completely in-house to make the entire process completely seamless for you:
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Submit Your Info: Fill out our brief online pet intake form.
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We Handle the Referral: Our clinic contacts your regular veterinarian directly to secure the clinical sign-off.
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Schedule Your Visit: Once received, we get your pet on the schedule for their initial assessment!
Injuries Our Animal Chiropractic Methods Can Effectively Treat
Conditions We Successfully Treat in Dogs & Cats
Just like us, our pets are prone to minor slips, repetitive stress, overuse injuries, and structural wear-and-tear. Our specialized adjustment techniques are completely customized to respect the complexities of your pet’s body, effectively reducing localized inflammation, eliminating nerve irritation, and restoring pain-free movement.
We routinely help local pets recover from and manage:
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Mobility Issues: Limping, lameness, compensation patterns, and general joint stiffness.
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Spinal & Disc Injuries: Back injuries from minor trauma, disc herniations, and degenerative disc disease.
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Chronic Wear & Tear: Arthritis, hip dysplasia, and shoulder pain/stiffness.
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Neurological Support: Muscle spasms, certain types of nerve-related seizures, and acute-onset weakness.
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Behavioral & Lifestyle Changes: Difficulty jumping onto the couch or into vehicles, difficulty walking up stairs, changes in gait, loss of appetite, or signs of tension.
How Do I Know if My Pet Should See a Chiropractor?
Over 15 Years of Certified Expertise & A Dedicated Animal Space
Unfortunately, most pet owners don’t consider chiropractic care until their dog or cat shows signs of severe discomfort or heavy lethargy. Because our companions naturally mask their pain, acting on subtle behavioral changes early can prevent minor joint restrictions from turning into major, costly injuries.
Our Training & Approach
In Minnesota, chiropractors must complete rigorous post-graduate training and maintain strict continuing education standards to be legally certified to treat animals.
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Dr. Seth Nelson completed his comprehensive specialized training with The Healing Oasis in 2009.
- Dr. Andrea Sperl completed her comprehensive specialized training with Options for Animals in 2019.
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For over 15 years, our clinical team has been actively managing pain and restoring performance for hunting dogs, lap dogs, aging cats, and competitive show animals alike.
A Comfortable, Calming Environment
We understand that a clinic visit can sometimes feel stressful for a pet. That is why our facility features a completely dedicated animal treatment room. Infused with calming scents and designed to feel safe and non-clinical, it provides a relaxing space where pets can feel completely at ease with our team during their gentle adjustments.
How to Get Started Today
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Fill Out the Online Intake Form: Provide us with a few basic details about your pet’s health and your primary veterinarian.
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We Handle the Authorization: Our front desk will contact your regular vet directly to handle the legal referral paperwork seamlessly.
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Schedule the Assessment: We will call you to get your companion scheduled for their initial exam and first gentle adjustment.
Our Process
Our clinic provides a dedicated animal room with comforting smells that entice relaxation and mental and emotional well-being. The pets we work with are always happy to be in our safe space with our loving and thoughtful providers.
If you’d like to enhance your furry friend’s life, let’s connect. Our process is simple:
- Fill out the referral form below
- Once approved by your vet, we’ll contact you for an appointment
- We’ll examine your pet and go over your concerns
- On day one, we’ll design your pet’s unique wellness strategy and begin techniques
- Typically, four to six sessions will treat the injury, dysfunction, or condition; however, all situations and pets differ.
There are so many opportunities for your pet to feel better.
