Yorkie severely pigeon-toed

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try prolo therapy to the hips. this will tighten the ligaments and joint capsule and pull the hips back in. this will secondarily "pull" the knees out

you can also do prolo to the joint capsule and collateral ligaments of the knees on the opposite sides of the luxation

mark newkirk

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Quincy is a 7 year old, MC Yorkie that had bilateral Grade 3 MPLs repaired 4

years ago and is still skipping. The patellas do not luxate medially, but he

right can be luxated laterally (grade I). We did an MRI to rule out spinal

issues/IVDD and also included his stifles. He has had some wear of the lateral

block/trochlear ridge, but other than that only very mild DJD. No drawer or

thrust has ever been present. We also ultrasounded the Iliopsoas and it was

abnormal in the tendinous insertion.

I have been working with him for the last 3 years and have done swimming, UWTM,

acupuncture, laser, chiropractics, multiple different TherEx (hemiwalking,

extensor postural thrust, hip stretches, cavalettis, ball work, etc), LTM on an

incline, trigger point massage, Shockwave and Traumeel. Nothing has helped this

poor pup and he is getting more pigeon-toed with time. As he becomes more tired,

he adducts the thigh more and more and internally rotates the paw/externally

rotates the hocks. Any ideas would be welcomed. I've uploaded a photo FYI in the

photos folder.

Marti Drum DVM, PhD, CCRP, CERP

Clinical Assistant Professor

Small Animal Physical Rehabilitation

University of Tennessee

C247 Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Knoxville, TN 37996

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