offside wrist
Mar 30, 2012 22:37:37 GMT 10
Post by stevep on Mar 30, 2012 22:37:37 GMT 10
Tom,
Just wanna pick your brains for 10 minutes. We have a bitch with her fair share of ability. Has always been quick early but lost time between first section and 2nd section. I put it down to an offside wrist that has lost flexion.
Treated the wrist with everything and really not much improvement, the bitch was still winning races but always leads clearly, runs wide lets the field catch her a bit and then maintains lead down the back. and then runs wide out of last corner.
I always thought it was just how she raced but since she has stepped up in class and is having to compete with better dogs it is becoming more apparent that there is an injury.
Anyway after her last start where she did it again but this time costing herself the race i had a really close look at her. I have noticed this problem that you have described to someone else:
"Hairline fracture to the base of the Ulna: straddle the dog, lift the right leg just off the ground with your right hand, and then place pressure on the base of the left Ulna by placing your left index finger in the hollow of the left wrist under the Ulna and your thumb on the top of the Ulna and rock your thumb backwards and forward.
There should not be any pain, nor should the dog be trying to put its right foot back on the ground to try and relieve the pain in the left wrist. Repeat the procedure to the right wrist."
it is defiantly thickened in the right wrist and wont bear weight if you just softly touch it, where i can do anything to the left one. Could this have been a LONG TERM injury that i had put down to reduced wrist flexion and if so what treatment would i be looking at?
Just wanna pick your brains for 10 minutes. We have a bitch with her fair share of ability. Has always been quick early but lost time between first section and 2nd section. I put it down to an offside wrist that has lost flexion.
Treated the wrist with everything and really not much improvement, the bitch was still winning races but always leads clearly, runs wide lets the field catch her a bit and then maintains lead down the back. and then runs wide out of last corner.
I always thought it was just how she raced but since she has stepped up in class and is having to compete with better dogs it is becoming more apparent that there is an injury.
Anyway after her last start where she did it again but this time costing herself the race i had a really close look at her. I have noticed this problem that you have described to someone else:
"Hairline fracture to the base of the Ulna: straddle the dog, lift the right leg just off the ground with your right hand, and then place pressure on the base of the left Ulna by placing your left index finger in the hollow of the left wrist under the Ulna and your thumb on the top of the Ulna and rock your thumb backwards and forward.
There should not be any pain, nor should the dog be trying to put its right foot back on the ground to try and relieve the pain in the left wrist. Repeat the procedure to the right wrist."
it is defiantly thickened in the right wrist and wont bear weight if you just softly touch it, where i can do anything to the left one. Could this have been a LONG TERM injury that i had put down to reduced wrist flexion and if so what treatment would i be looking at?
