lame leg

i have a dog that was in a yard accident about 6 months ago, his back left leg came up really lame the day after the accident to the point that he was falling down on slipper floors and knucling up his foot on the bad leg. i took him to the vet and they said it was either a cruciate ligament or a pinched sciatic never, they thought it was more a pinched nerve than a torn ligament. they suggested i continue crate resting him. after crate resting him for quite some time i ended up taking him to a chiropractor/ acupuncture, three separate occasions. it seemed to help some. It seems as if the recovery of his leg is at a stand still and is not getting any better, i give him a good rub down and stretch him 2 - 3 time a day. when he is trotting you can not notice at all but when he walks he throws the leg out to the side. It is much more noticeable if he has been running around.

has anyone had anything similar to this? any suggestions on what i should do? i had a friend suggest going somewhere that has a sonaphone but i have not found anyone that will do it with a dog.

 

I had one carry her leg of the ground even after it healed up. When she would run around on the chain she would act like nothing was wrong. As soon as she stopped she would hold the leg up. I just started walking her more and she eventually stopped holding the leg up. Sometimes the more you baby them the more they put on. Sounds like yours likes the extra attention and will keep playing hurt to get it.

 

from some one who's had massive leg trauma and nerve damage, it takes
some time to regenerate normal sensation back in that area.
give it time,... it took me close to 3 yrs before i felt "normal" and even
now 20yrs later it still has a numbing sensation under certain circumstances.
IE: cold damp weather,...over stressing etc ect...

what will sooth it is submersion in hot water to relax and stretch the ligaments and
tendons. i hope this helped.

 

so does it sound like a pinched nerve? or something else?

 

i would have to be able to see the dog..can you post a vid?

 

YOU R ight post

 

I had a dog that got shot in the leg with a 9mm,even after she healed completely years down the road she would still favor it when she walked sometimes.I think that she favored it for so long,it became more of a habit than anything else.She would run,jump and pivot on it with all her weight and never miss a beat ,but every now and then when she walked,she would start limping,or favoring it again.

 

any type of damage like that takes time... i had an injury to my ankle during football and it took almost 2 years before it felt normal again... and also, you must take it real easy on em as it can injure itself again very easily and start back from square one.

 

will they go ?