A Dog Owners Nightmare! ~ Your dog blowing its ACL?! | Ep. 269

We heard about the patients journey through TPLO surgery to repair a CCL injury last week. This week we talk with Veterinarian, Jay Brekke, as he goes through all of the advice and tips from the actual surgeon's perspective.
~Just how common is the CCL injury today?
~The odds of dealing with the injury and the underlying causes
~The knee certifications should be similar to the hip certifications
~The lifestyle and preventative measures while joins form as a puppy
~An egg a day....and other supplements
~From the injury in the field to the vet's office
~An X-ray or an MRI?
~TPLO or ECLS procedures. Theres also a TTA option
~The recovery process and advice
~Hardware considerations and the cost
~Sedative options
~The healing process and rehab options
~"Back to normal" activities
~The failure rate and the option to do both knees at one time
~Librela injections for arthritis
~Cytopoint for allergies
~Rehab
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[@Nicks95sho]

Why are more vets not using laser therapy to fix CCL tears? My local vet offered this for my dog and he is doing great with it. He tore both back legs within 6 months of each other and both had laser therapy done on them. 3 years later he is still doing fine and is very active.

[@gundogityourself]

Thanks for the question. I shot a few vets the question and the responses I received were all in the same line as the laser hasn't been proven to be effective on full tears yet. They say Class 4 laser therapy works great and is recommended for partial tears or sprains/strains but if it was effective on full tears then the surgical options wouldn't continue to be discussed. One vet said he has actually tried utilizing the laser more often but its apparently a tough sell for the average owner to come in multiple times a week for treatment being charged every visit. So the laser is most often used during post op or alternative physical therapy.