Exercises to Help Avoid Surgery for Luxating Patellas in Dogs

We see lots of dogs at the centre with luxating patellas. The severe cases require surgery to correct. But there are many things that can be done from a physiotherapy point of view to help dogs that have mild symptoms of this condition.

Specific exercises will help increase your dogs muscle strength. In these cases, we place a huge emphasis on the quadricep muscle group which can help maintain correct alignment of the patella thereby reducing clinical symptoms.

In this video you’ll see a few different exercise options that could help if you have a dog with a mild patella luxation.

I hope you find it helpful!

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