Animal Chiropractic for Dogs and Cats 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
When an animal is not moving well, the problem is often bigger than one sore joint. Animal chiropractic can help address restricted movement, mechanical stress and compensation patterns that may affect comfort, mobility and performance.
Addressing movement problems and musculoskeletal dysfunction earlier may help keep smaller problems from becoming larger, more painful ones. In older animals with arthritis, disc-related problems or other chronic musculoskeletal pain, chiropractic care can also be part of a broader plan aimed at maintaining mobility, comfort and quality of life while potentially reducing how much the animal has to rely on pain medication over time.
Chiropractic care does not replace appropriate veterinary diagnosis or medical pain management. When medication is needed, we work alongside the animal’s veterinarian, and any decision to reduce or change medication should be made with them.
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
Techniques are selected for the animal’s size, condition and tolerance. Treatment is performed with controlled, specific contact rather than forceful twisting or general manipulation.
At Rising Sun Chiropractic, our practitioners have been treating animals for more than a decade. Your companion’s comfort, safety and trust are central to every visit.
Smooth Collaboration with Your Veterinarian
Minnesota law requires veterinary referral before an animal receives chiropractic care. You can send us your pet’s relevant information, or your veterinarian can refer your pet directly. We collect the needed history, contact the veterinarian for the referral, and then schedule the appointment.
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Share the relevant information: Complete our animal intake and referral form, or ask your veterinarian to send a referral directly.
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We contact your veterinarian: Our team coordinates the required referral and any relevant records.
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We schedule the assessment: Once the referral is in place, we contact you to arrange the initial visit.
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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Complex Medical Histories: Muscle spasms, weakness and mobility problems in animals who may also have neurologic conditions under veterinary management.
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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.
Some of the animals we care for have complex medical histories, including long-term seizure disorders. In those cases, chiropractic care is used to address mobility, joint restriction, muscle tension and other musculoskeletal issues while the animal continues appropriate veterinary management.
We have seen meaningful improvements in comfort, movement and overall function in some of these animals, and those outcomes are worth sharing. The important distinction is that the animal had a seizure disorder while receiving chiropractic care; we are not claiming that chiropractic replaces veterinary diagnosis or seizure management.
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 try to make animal chiropractic visits feel as calm and low-stress as possible. Our treatment space is separate from a traditional veterinary environment, without the same smells, sounds and activity that can make some animals anxious. We also schedule animals separately whenever possible so they are not unnecessarily exposed to unfamiliar dogs or cats before treatment.
The goal is simple: give the animal a quieter, more comfortable setting so we can evaluate movement and provide care without adding avoidable stress.
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
- Many treatment plans involve approximately four to six visits, but frequency depends on the animal’s condition, examination findings and response. We will explain the recommended plan after the initial assessment.
There are so many opportunities for your pet to feel better.
