Tag: cruciate

  • Welcome to Emma

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    Hello and welcome to Emma. Such a sweetie! Poor thing has had to have both her knees repaired. Her cruciate ligaments went. Shockingly common. What is not so common, is that this time the bone didnt heal properly around the impant. This is called non union. So she has been sent to physio. It is…

  • Welcome to Wispa

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    Hello and welcome to Wispa. Such a little darling. She has had quite a life! She has been in Diana brimblecoombe Animal Rescue Center. They clearly love all thier rescues and want the best life for them all. Wispa arrived with a ruptured cruciate ligament and the other in a questionable condition. She had surgery…

  • Welcome to Priya

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    Hello and welcome to Priya. Such a sweetie, though a little nervous. She has been diagnosed with a stretched cruciate ligamnet, so not needing surgery, but does need rehab. So we have started her on a program of strengthening, limb confidence building and ultrasound. Mum has taken to the home regime well and we look…

  • Welcome to Willow

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    Hello and welcome to Willow. This is a sweet spaniel. He ruptured his cruciate ligament. He had a TPLO surgery. This is a very successful type of surgery. His recovery waa good, but as so often with these cases, he had extensive muscle loss. So we set a program to encourage muscle to not deteriorate…

  • Welcome to Parker

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    Hello and welcome to Parker. Such a cute young man! He became lame and mum felt she wanted to try physio before option for anaesthetics and x-rays. The vet agreed this was a good idea as they also had not found anything significant . There was conciderable mucles loss in the lame limb but no…

  • Welcome to Rudi

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    Hello and welcome to Rudi. This is a very special dutch kioni. A real fluff ball! Sadly he managed to rupture both his cruciate ligaments. His recovery was going well, but mum wanted some further help so they were referred to us for Physio. This was much needed as there was conciderable muscle loss, which…

  • Welcome to Skye

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    Hello and welcome to Skye. Such a sweet hungarian Visla. She is super nervous too. Luckily we could put her at ease enough for our treatment programe. This one was pretty intence. She managed to rupture her cruciate ligament. Very sad at 10 years old. But she is so fit and healthy so she had…

  • Welcome to Baloo

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    Hello and welcome to Baloo. Such a sweet labrador. He is a biggun! Sadly he ruptured his cruciate ligament. His mum decided to opt for conservative management. This is very difficult in any dog over 15kg, but as he was not totally lame and had improved by himself over a week, we thought it was…

  • Welcone to Jack

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    Hello and welcome to Jack. Such a sweet man. He is also great proof of how well a patient can relax in our chilled, homely environment. He is a rescue and has clearly had a difficult past, so the vets sent a care warning with his referral. Well, we have never seen anything other than…

  • Welcome to Charlie

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    Hello and welcome to Charlie. A dear little thing. He has been through the works as he ruptured both his cruciate ligaments in the past. But both have healed seemingly well and he was back to full normal life. But more rescently he has shown lameness. This is potentially quite a complicated case. On exam…