left knee 18 months ago and she had the TPLO surgery and has recovered
pretty well from that, but she did end up with arthritis in the knee.
Five weeks ago, she tore the right one. This time I feel empowered by
doterra oils and have done a lot more research. I am not doing the
surgery this time. I'm going the route of conservative management and
I'm using oils on her. With conservative management, their activity is
severely restricted for the first eight weeks and then you gradually
and activity back in.
I use a few different oils on her knee twice a day. You have to
remember that dogs are more sensitive to the oils than we are and you
always dilute the oils. I use 1 drop of lemongrass and 2 drops white
fir and 1 drop frankincense in about a tbls of FCO and gently massage
that all around the knee for the regenerative effects and then rotate
the oils I use for pain. The oils I rotate are rosemary, deep blue,
wintergreen, peppermint, cypress, geranium, and lavender. I just
choose a couple and add a drop if each to the FCO. She doesn't always
like every oil, but right now she can't get enough of the lemongrass
and white fir and licks every speck off my hands.
Here's where I got my info if you want to do your own research. There
is a book available at aromatools.com by Kristin Leigh Bell on
aromatherapy for animals. In that book a vet recommends lemongrass for
all ligament problems. I also see a vet in Las Vegas that uses
essential oils and got some recommendations from her about what to
use.
There is a website called triggerpoz.com that is a godsend of
information about dogs and torn knee ligaments. Most vets go right to
surgery and there are alternatives. I wish I knew this 18 months ago
before I did the TPLO. There is a yahoo group for conservative
management that has great info also. My girl is about 5 weeks in now
and is doing really well. I think the oils are an advantage and have
helped her progress well. She is in an ex pen when I am at work and on
leash in the house when I am at home but I have high hopes that
between cm and oils, there will be no surgery! Good luck, karen.
On Aug 11, 9:52 pm, Valerie Hampton <vale...@donhamptonrealtor.com>
wrote:
> About 2 years ago our 5 yr old Alaskan husky had surgery on one of his
> ACLs. The dr said that no doubt eventually his other would need it
> also. A few days ago he started limping on the other leg. I've seen
> some improvement when I rub frank & wintergreen (at first my husband
> rolled his eyes as I rubbed it over his fur!) on it but am wondering
> if anyone would suggest anything else PLUS is there anything for
> healing or is there only hope for pain relief?
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