last week our 14 months female decided o jump over the 6 ft kennel fence.....th good news is she made it,the bad nes is she twisted her knee....damn my luck.he vet said she streached the ligiment that runs over the knee giving it
extra play.He doesn,t beleive its tore though.
He has perscribed a anti inflamatory n muscle relaxer,He also gave some downers to help keep her down.She has so much drive she would'nt stay off it.My question is their anything else we can do to help strengthen the ligimants in her knee.
Their was talk about the possibility of knee surgery.Any info would help a bunch .....
My layman's understanding is that ligaments have zero elasticity. Once stretched, they never shorten. If it's a dog you're wanting to train/compete, I would go to an orthopedic specialist for an opinion. MRI's can show even partial tears, I believe.
Acupuncture applied by an experienced professional is good for causing the ligament to be strengthened as much as possible. However, the knee won't ever be the same.
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Find an orthopedic specialist. My boy Einstein would have been put down if our vet hadn't suggested we go to get a second opinion. One of the leading vet orthopedic specialist in the country is just down the road from us. Approx. $4000 later Einstein can do almost everything he used to do. Even if your vet diagnoses correctly and prescribes the right treatment the outcome can be affected a lot simply by the fact that this probably isn't the kind of surgery he does everyday. Our regular vet said if he fused Einstein's hock he would barely be able to walk. The orthopedic vet had field(hunt test) champions with fused hocks.
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