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Jan 16, 2022 5:17:38 GMT 10
Post by Tom Meulman on Jan 16, 2022 5:17:38 GMT 10
Hi Bill,
The problem with healing bone fractures, is that if the bone hasn’t healed sufficiently and it is placed under stress, it causes inflammation, which in turn triggers a new healing response.
As you know bones heal by the bone cells creating a layer of calcification over the top of the damaged area to strengthen it sufficiently so that the bone can continue to function without further damage occurring, and of course bone healing is not complete until this calcification is reabsorbed into the surface of the bone.
In your case, with the pup having had very limited exercise for three months due to the fracture, and feeling no pain in the wrist, it would have gone out there for a free gallop, and would have overdone it.
The trick now is to trigger a healing response without triggering a further increase in any calcification.
I have found a bone liniment such as Zheng Gu Shui to be ideal for that purpose.
To limit any additional calcification as a result of overdoing the free gallop place the foot in a bucket of cold water for 10 minutes morning and night for three days, then rest a further three days to allow everything to settle down.
Then start treatment with a bone stimulating liniment such as Zheng Gu Shui by rubbing it on gently with a soft toothbrush over the fracture area morning and night for three days.
Rest for three days, and then allow the pup a further free gallop, and start the whole treatment over again. That is cold water for three days, rest three, liniment three days, rest three, and free gallop.
I have no doubt that after two sessions like that you will be able to dispense with the cold water treatment and just apply the liniment for three days, rest three days, and gallop for another two sessions before stopping any treatment all together and just allowing the pup to run as it wants to with fracture healing pretty well complete.
Cheers,
Tom
The problem with healing bone fractures, is that if the bone hasn’t healed sufficiently and it is placed under stress, it causes inflammation, which in turn triggers a new healing response.
As you know bones heal by the bone cells creating a layer of calcification over the top of the damaged area to strengthen it sufficiently so that the bone can continue to function without further damage occurring, and of course bone healing is not complete until this calcification is reabsorbed into the surface of the bone.
In your case, with the pup having had very limited exercise for three months due to the fracture, and feeling no pain in the wrist, it would have gone out there for a free gallop, and would have overdone it.
The trick now is to trigger a healing response without triggering a further increase in any calcification.
I have found a bone liniment such as Zheng Gu Shui to be ideal for that purpose.
To limit any additional calcification as a result of overdoing the free gallop place the foot in a bucket of cold water for 10 minutes morning and night for three days, then rest a further three days to allow everything to settle down.
Then start treatment with a bone stimulating liniment such as Zheng Gu Shui by rubbing it on gently with a soft toothbrush over the fracture area morning and night for three days.
Rest for three days, and then allow the pup a further free gallop, and start the whole treatment over again. That is cold water for three days, rest three, liniment three days, rest three, and free gallop.
I have no doubt that after two sessions like that you will be able to dispense with the cold water treatment and just apply the liniment for three days, rest three days, and gallop for another two sessions before stopping any treatment all together and just allowing the pup to run as it wants to with fracture healing pretty well complete.
Cheers,
Tom