Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 I have an American Eskimo that I am working with. He is 12 years old and had a hemilam done about 4-5 months ago, he really has not been walking since. He has great deep pain, fecal and urine control but cannot stand. We are currently doing Prom, stretching and massage along with toe pinching. He does have a quad cart and we do include that in PT time. I place him in the cart and stimulate his front feet which causes his move himself 2-3 steps, not really walking more pulling with the front limbs and push sliding with the rear. We also use the exercise ball. Does anyone have any other exercise ideas that we could be doing? I also forgot to mention. When he is laying down his front legs splay out to each side. He has lost a great deal of motion on the left front leg he can extend it very well with no discomfort but is vert limited in his ability to flex. I am sorry for the length of the email but I feel we are nearing a wall and I refuse to give up and am just looking for more things to try. We have tried placing him supported in the UWT but he refuses to do anything without intense stimulation Jerri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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