Cruciate rupture
10-30-2015, 02:16 PM
#11
Dominant Buck
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Location: On an Island in Vermont
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10-30-2015, 07:45 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Colville WA USA
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Our 6 year old intact male yella Lab tore his right CCL in January (diagnosed with exam by my Vet as well as MRI).
I decided to try Cold Laser -- just to see if it might work.
If it didn't show improvement within 6 weeks, we would have had it repaired surgically.
Luckily, I have a Cold Laser that I use on human patients in my office.
I would take the laser home every evening after work and laser his knee.
Lasering him every day might have been "overkill", but "too much" wasn't going to hurt him but there was no timing protocol, as I couldn't find anyone else (Vet or human doctor) who had done this, so I lasered him daily.
He was "3-legged" for three weeks and then began putting weight on the tips of his toes. In a couple more weeks he was "flat foot' walking. Still had a bad limp during that time, he was limited to walking for potty breaks only.
After 2.5 months post-injury, we took him out for swimming every day.
After another month, we let him run short distances.
Long story short : At 3 months post-injury, his knee was 100% stable.
The only problem is the significant muscle atrophy that accompanies these injuries. at 5 months post-injury) I lasered him 3 times a week for muscle regeneration. He is running 6 to 8 miles a day, training, running hunt tests etc. The muscles have regained well over 98% of their original size.
If you can find a Vet who uses the ERCHONIA laser, have them get ahold of me and I can give them the "Pulse rate" sequences that I used.
It would have to be an Erchonia, because I don't have experience with other brands.
Go to www.erchonia.com/ and look at the "doctor locator" page to find someone near you who has the Erchonia Cold Laser.
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I decided to try Cold Laser -- just to see if it might work.
If it didn't show improvement within 6 weeks, we would have had it repaired surgically.
Luckily, I have a Cold Laser that I use on human patients in my office.
I would take the laser home every evening after work and laser his knee.
Lasering him every day might have been "overkill", but "too much" wasn't going to hurt him but there was no timing protocol, as I couldn't find anyone else (Vet or human doctor) who had done this, so I lasered him daily.
He was "3-legged" for three weeks and then began putting weight on the tips of his toes. In a couple more weeks he was "flat foot' walking. Still had a bad limp during that time, he was limited to walking for potty breaks only.
After 2.5 months post-injury, we took him out for swimming every day.
After another month, we let him run short distances.
Long story short : At 3 months post-injury, his knee was 100% stable.
The only problem is the significant muscle atrophy that accompanies these injuries. at 5 months post-injury) I lasered him 3 times a week for muscle regeneration. He is running 6 to 8 miles a day, training, running hunt tests etc. The muscles have regained well over 98% of their original size.
If you can find a Vet who uses the ERCHONIA laser, have them get ahold of me and I can give them the "Pulse rate" sequences that I used.
It would have to be an Erchonia, because I don't have experience with other brands.
Go to www.erchonia.com/ and look at the "doctor locator" page to find someone near you who has the Erchonia Cold Laser.
.
11-06-2015, 07:47 AM
#13
Dominant Buck
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,590
Just brought her home from getting the staples and stitches out. The surgeon says she is doing fine and we have to keep her on a leash to make her walk rather than hop on 3 legs. Good range of motion and starting to put weight on the leg. It has been 2 weeks since her surgery. She is happy and back on her food willingly.
11-07-2015, 02:15 PM
#19
Dominant Buck
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
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Thanks TG..she is right here on the couch with me. Kind of pissed though. We had the staples taken out yesterday and we found 2 that they missed this morning. Looks like another 80 mile round trip on Monday back to the surgeon. I should charge them mileage.
