Laser therapy...post surgical
Today Duncan had his knee surgery. Before we left, the vet handed us info regarding laser therapy. He didn't say we should do it, he just said to think about it. I contacted our usual vet and the...
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We picked up Duncan today and he's a trooper! He's already toe touching but we are keeping him off it unless he's going potty. He has a fentanyl patch on for the next 5 days to help control the pain. Also in 5 days he starts rehab exercises. I hope I'm up to it.
The vet is still educating the clinic on the laser therapy. He routinely does it as an included part of the ACL pkg but has not used it on luxation surgeries. He said that in Duncan's case it's too late to do the post surgical portion but he would start treatments when he gets his stitches out in 10 days. He was surprised that Duncan has no arthritis or tibial rotation considering the length of time it's been out of place. His ACL patients seem to recover quicker with less pain with laser treatment. He is now considering adding a pkg into his luxation care as well.
Thank you so much for your well wishes and good thoughts.
The vet is still educating the clinic on the laser therapy. He routinely does it as an included part of the ACL pkg but has not used it on luxation surgeries. He said that in Duncan's case it's too late to do the post surgical portion but he would start treatments when he gets his stitches out in 10 days. He was surprised that Duncan has no arthritis or tibial rotation considering the length of time it's been out of place. His ACL patients seem to recover quicker with less pain with laser treatment. He is now considering adding a pkg into his luxation care as well.
Thank you so much for your well wishes and good thoughts.
