Iliopsoas Strain

Thanks everyone. I will check out the DVD's. Maybe my club has them too. I cant' really afford to buy them now or even go to PT, so I'm hoping what I'm doing is okay.

Yesterday I had practice. We got there about 30 mins early. I walked him around, ran, played, etc. Then stretched out his rear legs (and mine too). Then I had to set-up, so in his crate he went (now I'm really liking that I got a huge crate so he doesn't get too tight just lying there). I warmed him up again when practice started and when before we ran. And stretched him and me again.

Considering after all that, my calves are tight as are my quads, I wonder how much it helped or didn't help him. We got home, I stretched us both out and since he was seriously, out cold by then, I wrapped an ice pack around his leg. I hope I was icing the iliopsoas. lol. And iced myself too. I should tell hubby to walk him a bit today and stretch him afterwards.

I just hope it's not going to become detrimental to his physical health. I'd hate to have to retire him early.
 
Justicemom said:
Pike had an iliopsoas stain from just being a dog and running around the yard. It was major and chronic. He does not do agility but the issue was noted when he was jumping in utility. He was ticking the jumps.

8 PT appts, laser/ultrasound therapy, underwater treadmill and then land treadmill plus stretching and core strengthening exercises to get it under control. I think a total of 6 months.

Glad you caught it early as those can be a bugger to find.
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tell me about it! Che had soft tissue injury from slippery turn in the mud. Could have been IP but we never figured it out...We have been off agility for 4 months and finally are returning back/ we still can not do weaves/ or higher jumps. Multiple massage, laser, underwater treadmill, chiro ... I can tell ya it is very pricey!
On the good note he is 95% back and did run last week in agility just about perfect, 4 months of no practicing and my boy did perfect 2o2o, run like a wind and listened to every word I said... we have final clearance from chiro in about 4 weeks so we will see...
 
I should probably read up on this more. But, how can you tell if it's something minor or something major? The chiro said it wasn't anything to be concerned about, since we caught it early, but we do need to be sure we take care of it. I'm assuming this will be a lifetime thing? Does this mean eventually his agility career will be cut short? Or if I stretch/ice him properly, he can have a long agility career?

I iced him down on Sunday after practice. I don't even know if I'm icing down the right area. LOL. Good thing he was so tired I could move the ice pack around. And boy, how much cold are they getting with all that fur, hahaha.

Can I borrow someone's stretch DVD's? I can't afford to buy them, but I can afford S/H if you're willing to let me borrow them. I just need them long enough to see what types of exercises and stretches I need, then I can send it back with enough money to cover S/H.
 
IP strain is one of the worst out there because of the impossible location to diagnose without doing CT or MRI, plain xray can not pick it up and you might get lucky with talented ultrasonographer. It is VERY LOOOOONG time to recovery if ever...
stretching acute injury is a no no. Later on acupuncture, massage, underwater treadmill, chiro, laser are helpful.
I kinda did not like your vet throwing diagnosis like that out in the air... It is very serious injury IMHO... you can't really say by palpating "oh yeah, it is beginning of IP muscle strain here" it is BS
....then there is tightness from being an athlete and tightness from having injury, 2 different things and your PT better know the difference:uhoh:
this is website to look at more info, go under non responsive hind leg lameness in Agility Dogs article
http://www.vetsportsmedicine.com/resourceCenter/workingDogOwner.html
 
SheltieChe said:
IP strain is one of the worst out there because of the impossible location to diagnose without doing CT or MRI, plain xray can not pick it up and you might get lucky with talented ultrasonographer. It is VERY LOOOOONG time to recovery if ever...
stretching acute injury is a no no. Later on acupuncture, massage, underwater treadmill, chiro, laser are helpful.
I kinda did not like your vet throwing diagnosis like that out in the air... It is very serious injury IMHO... you can't really say by palpating "oh yeah, it is beginning of IP muscle strain here" it is BS
....then there is tightness from being an athlete and tightness from having injury, 2 different things and your PT better know the difference:uhoh:
this is website to look at more info, go under non responsive hind leg lameness in Agility Dogs article
http://www.vetsportsmedicine.com/resourceCenter/workingDogOwner.html
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Thanks for the information. Just to clear some things up. It wasn't my vet who diagnosed it, it was the chiropractor. I honestly can't tell you specifically what he said as I forget already.

I really don't know what to say in response to your post. I'm not trying to make excuses but I can't afford to get him diagnosed "properly". And right now, the most I can do are the things that any doctor would suggest as to not re-injure: warm-up, stretch, exercise, stretch, cool-down and ice.

So, all I'm doing is hoping that it wasn't serious and that this type of stretching is helping to keep him loose and not causing more issues.
 
I am not big proponent of MRI/CT as it is very $$$ but treatment is still the same just you described, icing injured area, cutting down on activities, warm up before runs, stretch after, balancing exercises etc. Unfortunately this type of injuries often can get chronic:cry:
I heard lecture of local vet who is doing stem cells therapy, pretty cutting edge with development he does. Now they have good results even with ACL injuries, treating them without surgeries. So hopefully as time goes we will get less $$ and better treatments for our pups injuries.
 
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