An Oklahoma chiropractor who works with both humans and animals has gone viral thanks to a video of him making some adjustments for a giraffe in need.
The giraffe, named Gerry, has a private owner who noticed he was chewing abnormally. His owner called Joren Whitley after meeting the chiropractor at an event.
Whitley saw Gerry on Feb. 16 and posted a video of the adjustments he made on April 16. Since then, the clip has amassed over 682,000 views . In the video, he felt Gerry’s jaw and moved it from side to side.
“I noticed that (his jaw) had more range of motion to one side than the other side,” Whitley told USA TODAY on Monday. “I facilitated that movement with an adjustment and then I went and I checked his cervical spine … When I found areas that didn’t move very well, I put a little bit of motion into it.”
After making the adjustment with Gerry’s jaw, he noticed his joints moved a lot better. The giraffe’s responses to Whitley also changed.
“He was wanting to be closer to me,” Whitley said. “He was putting his head on me. He was wanting more attention, more affection. It was like I was giving him a hug and he was like ‘This is awesome.’ He was like ‘Thank you’ and he just wanted to be loved on.”