Stopper Bone Chip injury

Thx Tom

Understand what your saying, just weighing up my options of operation vs no op and natural healing etc

Have been t see 2 vets

Rgds

Hi Anthony,

There is a lot of misinformation amongst greyhound trainers in regard to treating injuries sustained by the racing greyhound, and there have been a number of people that have put injectable magic mixtures out there that are supposed to fix all sorts of injuries, and in the process have made good money from the sale of these.

The product that used to be called “bone hormone” is one of those.

Unfortunately the true fact is that if it does not work for humans it will not be good for greyhounds.

With all the football injuries I hear about, or those injuries sustained by other types of athletes all over the world, if someone truly came up with a product that quickly repaired bone fractures, or that dramatically speeded up the healing of muscle injuries, or had some other magical cure to fix muscle problems such as practised on greyhounds, like rolling shoulders and untwisting tendons, every international athlete would have one of these guys following them around the world.

The bone chip needs to be removed, or it needs to be fixed in place. Unfortunately by now it is highly unlikely that it would even be possible for the chip to heal back to the bone it broke away from, as like wounds, the surfaces seal and then can no longer grow together again.

The use of sclerosing injections in the area, or the applications of a blistering agent will over time cause thickening and some strengthening of the bone and attached ligaments/tendons. This may be enough to allow the greyhound to do a bit of galloping again, but it is highly unlikely to repair the damage to the extent that she would have the same use of the limb as before the injury occurred.

Cheers,
Tom