[Dailydrool] sprains

[Karen]

Are you sure that he sprained his paw?  He is still in the age range for Pano.  
I know that when 

Sadee Maye had pano she was worse with crate rest or after taking a long nap.  
After she got
up and moved around for a bit she would then be running like the wind 
most days.  When it really
bothered her she would limp.  Luckily, because of the DD family I had learned 
the signs of pano
and asked for x-rays.  She had pano lesions in both front legs.   I gave her a 
baby aspirin on really
bad days and we used Joint Strong, then the cheaper SOD Boswellia along with 
Glucosamine 

Chondroitin.  The other thing I did on the bad days was use heat followed by ice 
which is very healing 

and  did seem to help a lot.  

I am always reluctant with split wrapping unless I know the reason.  Sometimes 
you can make a problem
worse by wrapping/splinting.  After going through the nightmare caused by the 
surgeon wrapping Bazzle's
leg to tight and the failure of the vet/techs not doing a proper check I 
am overly cautious with any wrap now.

Just our thoughts,
Karen and The Dog House Gang
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