Spondylosis And Pain Relief

[kayla1]

My dog has severe spondylosis of the spine and has had it for a few years now. He is on pred ever second day and Tramal as required which is rarely.

He was on NSAID which made no difference and he was screaming in pain when either not doing anything or walking slowly in a straight line. Once on the Pred he vastly improved and has now been on Pred for around 4 years. He only needs Tramal if he over does it.

OSoSwift is your boy's excruciating pain caused by pressure on the nerves in his spine?

[kayla1]

My boy has severe spondo & he gets bowen every 3 weeks this has been the best form of treatment by far,

He has issues with certain pain killers where 3 days use is all he can do before they send him silly so we are limit in options.

I run arnica cream on the worse areas often & this does help especially his hock joint which now has arthritis & gives him more greif.

I do hot packs through winter ,keeping him active is a must ,when in a deep sleep i let him slepep but if hes awake then i ensure he gets up & moves more often than not .

Mentally he is spot on but bodily he is struggling & we are at the stage each week is a bonus & i now the time is getting closer where he ont be able to get up.

He has had it for 3 years now & only in the last 2 months has he gone down hill quickly BUT i am lucky he has the will to do things.

He still loves his small walks ,he still loves his bath & all these things play a big part in his week to week routine,all the things that bring him joy i ensure he gets daily

I love what you are doing for your boy. Im in the same position myself and running out of options if things deteriorate from where my boy is currently at. He too has that will to do things and will never give in which in some ways makes life harder as he constantly gets his ambitions mixed up with his capabilities which leads to him aggravating things further which is not good if he is having a tough day. I had been able to keep things fairly stable for a while, but the deterioration over the past 2 months has been frightening and Im dreading winter and what that might do

It is frightening when they go downhill so quickly. Coco was only diagnosed a month ago, and some days are better than others, but he's been much worse this week.

Showdog does he try to lick off the arnica cream, and how often do you apply it?

[Dogsfevr]

Nope you can apply as often as you like,you can give tablets to .

Arnica with Comfry in it is even better & you can get it from good horse shops .

[shepherds]

My boy has severe spondo & he gets bowen every 3 weeks this has been the best form of treatment by far,

He has issues with certain pain killers where 3 days use is all he can do before they send him silly so we are limit in options.

I run arnica cream on the worse areas often & this does help especially his hock joint which now has arthritis & gives him more greif.

I do hot packs through winter ,keeping him active is a must ,when in a deep sleep i let him slepep but if hes awake then i ensure he gets up & moves more often than not .

Mentally he is spot on but bodily he is struggling & we are at the stage each week is a bonus & i now the time is getting closer where he ont be able to get up.

He has had it for 3 years now & only in the last 2 months has he gone down hill quickly BUT i am lucky he has the will to do things.

He still loves his small walks ,he still loves his bath & all these things play a big part in his week to week routine,all the things that bring him joy i ensure he gets daily

I love what you are doing for your boy. Im in the same position myself and running out of options if things deteriorate from where my boy is currently at. He too has that will to do things and will never give in which in some ways makes life harder as he constantly gets his ambitions mixed up with his capabilities which leads to him aggravating things further which is not good if he is having a tough day. I had been able to keep things fairly stable for a while, but the deterioration over the past 2 months has been frightening and Im dreading winter and what that might do

It is frightening when they go downhill so quickly. Coco was only diagnosed a month ago, and some days are better than others, but he's been much worse this week.

Showdog does he try to lick off the arnica cream, and how often do you apply it?

Its awful.... I have tried metacalm, carprofen and as a last ditch attempt have now included the Gabapentin. In addition to that he's also getting herbal mixture, Krill Oil and Vitamin E. All of that plus the Bowen seems to be keeping things manageable. My vet suggested if the current vet meds dont do the job we can look at switching (and suggested Onsior as the next weapon of choice)....but there would need to be another washout period and thats not pleasant at all. I might speak to them about the Tramal though.

Good luck with your appt...will be interested to hear what is recommended.

[OSoSwift]

My dog has severe spondylosis of the spine and has had it for a few years now. He is on pred ever second day and Tramal as required which is rarely.

He was on NSAID which made no difference and he was screaming in pain when either not doing anything or walking slowly in a straight line. Once on the Pred he vastly improved and has now been on Pred for around 4 years. He only needs Tramal if he over does it.

OSoSwift is your boy's excruciating pain caused by pressure on the nerves in his spine?

That is what the vets believed, the nerves were getting compressed, then swelling, therefore compressing them more and round and round we go. We started the pred to keep any inflammation to a minimum and then use the tramal when he has over done it. So far it seems to have worked very well.

We were considering euthanasia as his pain was so bad, we then tried the pred and well he is still tonking around

[kayla1]

Coco has started on pred now too. The vet yesterday said it's a combination of major disc collapse, along with discospondylitis. Poor boy. So he had a cortisone injection, and is now on pred, antibiotics, and tramal. We will get some relief, it's just going to take time.

[boppa]

My dog has severe spondylosis of the spine and has had it for a few years now. He is on pred ever second day and Tramal as required which is rarely.

He was on NSAID which made no difference and he was screaming in pain when either not doing anything or walking slowly in a straight line. Once on the Pred he vastly improved and has now been on Pred for around 4 years. He only needs Tramal if he over does it.

OSoSwift is your boy's excruciating pain caused by pressure on the nerves in his spine?

kayla1. I had my boy treated for arthritis last year with stem cell. The same vet done stem cell on a dog with spondylosis, and the vet is over the moon with the results. He does the therapy in conjunction with a company called Medivet. I spoke to them quite a few times before I took the step and they were very helpful with my questions. They also have a office in Vic.

[kayla1]

My dog has severe spondylosis of the spine and has had it for a few years now. He is on pred ever second day and Tramal as required which is rarely.

He was on NSAID which made no difference and he was screaming in pain when either not doing anything or walking slowly in a straight line. Once on the Pred he vastly improved and has now been on Pred for around 4 years. He only needs Tramal if he over does it.

OSoSwift is your boy's excruciating pain caused by pressure on the nerves in his spine?

kayla1. I had my boy treated for arthritis last year with stem cell. The same vet done stem cell on a dog with spondylosis, and the vet is over the moon with the results. He does the therapy in conjunction with a company called Medivet. I spoke to them quite a few times before I took the step and they were very helpful with my questions. They also have a office in Vic.

Thanks boppa, did you see Ray with your boy? That's who I took Coco to yesterday, though we didn't talk about stem cell therapy.

[boppa]

OSoSwift is your boy's excruciating pain caused by pressure on the nerves in his spine?

kayla1. I had my boy treated for arthritis last year with stem cell. The same vet done stem cell on a dog with spondylosis, and the vet is over the moon with the results. He does the therapy in conjunction with a company called Medivet. I spoke to them quite a few times before I took the step and they were very helpful with my questions. They also have a office in Vic.

Thanks boppa, did you see Ray with your boy? That's who I took Coco to yesterday, though we didn't talk about stem cell therapy.

No kayla1. Went to my Vet on peninsula.