Hi Laurie
A question.
I have a tripod(rear) dog that’s been diagnosed with spondylosis of L-S laterally with L7 nerve root entrapment by neurologist after mri. He was ok until last week after jumping up. He landed and cried out. He was dragging and not using the leg for 24. Now walking but sinking down.
Treated with epidural
I feel there’s soft tissue issues. All the hip flexors are tight and reactive. He has no abduction. Hip extension ok.
What would you do here?
SPD
Tripod Pinched Nerve
Re: Tripod Pinched Nerve
Hello S,
Apologies for not getting to this sooner!
I would think that this is a case where the MRI findings are marginally helpful.
1) The spondylosis isn’t of much concern.
2) The nerve root entrapment could fit what’s going on.
3) painful hip flextors could correlate with back pain & the pinched nerve.
4) Crying out and not using leg could correlated with pinching of a nerve.
But it will be up to you to figure out more and what can be done to fix the issue.
So, you’ll want to check the SIJ’s (some SIJ dysfunctions can increase the pinch at L-S jct). Assess & treat.
You’ll want to address the nerve impingement - traction, tail pulls, and flexion mobilizations.
You’ll then also want to treat the pain / inflammation with modalities at your disposal.
Once you treat those things, then you could do a little bit of abdominal strengthening and slow working into some extension (pain free) - i.e. cookies on the stairs.
Best of luck! In my thinking, it sounds very treatable!
Cheers,
Laurie
Apologies for not getting to this sooner!
I would think that this is a case where the MRI findings are marginally helpful.
1) The spondylosis isn’t of much concern.
2) The nerve root entrapment could fit what’s going on.
3) painful hip flextors could correlate with back pain & the pinched nerve.
4) Crying out and not using leg could correlated with pinching of a nerve.
But it will be up to you to figure out more and what can be done to fix the issue.
So, you’ll want to check the SIJ’s (some SIJ dysfunctions can increase the pinch at L-S jct). Assess & treat.
You’ll want to address the nerve impingement - traction, tail pulls, and flexion mobilizations.
You’ll then also want to treat the pain / inflammation with modalities at your disposal.
Once you treat those things, then you could do a little bit of abdominal strengthening and slow working into some extension (pain free) - i.e. cookies on the stairs.
Best of luck! In my thinking, it sounds very treatable!
Cheers,
Laurie
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