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September 19, 2007 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 13 Comments
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[...] Daniel Beatty, DVM wrote a fantastic post today on “One of the most common muscle injuries in a dog”Here’s ONLY a quick extractIn order to prevent a very common performance dog injury you need to strengthen and stretch your dog. Do these exercises at least every other day if not once a day to have a healthy happy dog. dog health, muscle injury, psoas muscle. [...]
[...] Strains (shoulder muscle strain), and the Psoas group muscle strain here —->.One of the most common muscle injuries in a dog and prevention could easily be the appropriate exercises and stretching. Arthritis has many [...]
[...] me), seeks information that you have on hand to help you in the interim. I found dog forums and E-Vet Clinic to be good resources on dog leg injuries. I even called my goldendoodle breeder (who I’ve [...]
[...] In this article she also talks about the loin area of the dog needing to be short. A long backed dog will tend to have back issues – think of the extreme of a dachshund they tend to have back problems. Long backed dogs are also more prone to injury of other core muscles such as what I wrote about as a psoas injuries being common – One of the most common muscle injuries in a dog [...]
Hello. I like your site, it has a lot of good information.
I was wondering if you could answer my question.
I have wanted to be a vet for six years. I am a 13 year old and I’ve always known that I am meant to be a vet and I really want to be one. People say, “Oh, your mind will change and your pasion will be lost.” But I know that’s not true, I can feel it. I love animals and have many of my own, horses (I love to ride), a dog (Djanga a yellow lab that Has had many injuries that I wish I could help on my own), two cats that are amazing, a turtle, and fish. I know I have the capability of being a vet because I am a strait A student and am on the high honor role. I was just wondering if you think it would be possible if at my age, or probably it would be better in high school, that I could go and be kind of an apprentice and have a real experienced vet teach me things while I help them get things they need. Right now I am writing a book about common sicknesses and injuries of animals.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I would appreciate if you would reply.
Great info!
I have a 2 year old border collie who had OCD (osteochondritis) at 8 months of age. He sprained the same shoulder this past week and found out that this shoulder has a little less muscle then his left shoulder.
Question: Does anyone know of any strengthening/building exercises I can do with him to get his right shoulder as strong as his left?
Thank you so much for any replies. He is such an active boy that I want to prevent any further injury.
This is a wonderful read, I will be adding this information to my site, thanks!
My dog always gets different injuries but I never use any meds to cure it. Now I know how to stretch my dog’s muscles, I hope this will help. Thanks for information.
This is a great post. I’ve probably read more than 15 different dog books and I have never seen this information anywhere. I also like how all of the streaching and strenghtening exercises are actually fun little games you can play with your dog and not something that your dog would hate.
I love the post and I’ll recommend it to others. Great job.
HI, I have a German Shepherd dog who is 9 years old & is on seizure medication. He is on Potassium Bromide, & Phenobarbitol. It is making his hind muscles very weak. He has a hard time walking on our wood floor & going up & down steps. He can run for the ball & occassionally his legs will fall out from under him. Is there anything we can do to strenghten these muscles, should we be keeping him resting or can he play. He’s a very driven GSD & wants to work & play all the time. Please advise. Thank-you in advance, Cyndi Stielstra
Cyndi – besides ethical issues it is also illegal for me to advise you on what you should do.
I unfortunately do not have all the information necessary to make an informed opinion on your dog’s case. I can tell you that in the beginning KBr and Pheno can make a dog weak for about 3 to 6 weeks until their body becomes adjusted to it. However in your case it may not be the medications but rather something else such as Degenerative Myelopathy or spinal arthritis or hip arthritis or a variety of other diseases or syndromes. Without a complete examination and history I can not make a proper diagnosis or treatment plan for you.
So my advise is to ask your veterinarian or see a neurologist or orthopedic specialist. Thank you for reading and I am sorry I can not provide you more information.
Your article talks about preventing injuries. Do you have an articles on dealing with injuries once they have occured? Thanks.
Articles will be coming on post injury – however it is difficult to do these as each pet is an individual and may need more or less treatment than what I recommend.