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  2. Luxating patella in dogs: Symptoms, causes and how to help - AOL

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    A luxating patella isn’t fatal on its own, and dogs can live a full life with a mild luxating patella. Arthritis is a natural consequence of a luxating patella, and can cause dogs to be very ...

  3. Luxating patella - Wikipedia

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    Luxating patella cannot be present without the knee being loose, but a loose knee is not necessarily slipping out of the joint. Even with luxating patella, symptoms such as intermittent limping in the rear leg might be mild or absent. Physical examination and manual manipulation are the preferred methods for diagnosis. More extreme cases can ...

  4. Canine physical therapy - Wikipedia

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    The benefits of physical therapy for animals have been widely accepted in the veterinary community for many years. [10] [11] [12] However, clinical practice of physical therapy for animals is a relatively new field in the U.S. In Europe, equine and canine physical therapy have been widely recommended and used for at least the last fifteen years ...

  5. Patellar subluxation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Patellar subluxation syndrome is an injury involving the kneecap. Patellar subluxation is more common than patellar dislocation and is just as disabling. [1] In this condition, the patella repetitively subluxates and places strain on the medial restraints and excessive stress/tension on the patellofemoral joint. Patellar subluxation can be ...

  6. A Physical Therapist Shares 5 Key Exercises for Patellar ...

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    Patellar tendonitis is inflammation of the patellar tendon. A physical therapist shares the 5 best exercises to help relieve patellar tendonitis pain.

  7. Canine massage - Wikipedia

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    Canine massage is a branch of massage therapy that promotes health in dogs. Specifically, canine massage therapy is a form of alternative therapy, the benefits of which may include relaxation, increased oxygenation, relief from pain, improved joint flexibility, and miscellaneous benefits to the immune system. It uses touch to maintain or ...

  8. Williams Flexion Exercises - Wikipedia

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    The McKenzie protocol also now includes flexion protocols and stresses the importance of differentiating whether flexion or extension improves patient's symptoms. As a result, McKenzie principles are used by many physical therapists in the treatment of low back pain, whereas Williams Exercises are no longer taught as a physical therapy protocol.

  9. Joint dislocation - Wikipedia

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    The incidence rate of initial patellar dislocations is roughly 32.8 per 100,000 person years. [41] Nearly 41% of knee dislocations have an associated fracture, with the majority of these fractures in one of the legs. [48] Nerve injury occurs in about 15.3% of knee dislocations, while major artery injury occurs in 7.8% of knee dislocations. [48]