Inara has been having issues with her back flinching, and has been having trouble at flyball tournaments (bobbling on the box, slowing down, etc). She's not limping, or acting like anything bothers her otherwise. Last week, she was rolling around on her back in the yard...and yelped and jumped up like she'd been bitten.
I assumed it was her back, and we were hesitant, but tried her in flyball this weekend for one race. She was slow and obviously uncomfortable. So I gave her a rimadyl and sat her out for the rest of the weekend.
Today, I took her to the massage therapist that was at the site...which was a test of her acceptance of strangers...
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She didn't want to be anywhere near the stranger...but with the help of my dad, we got Inara on the bed for her massage. The therapist went down her back, and found no issues anywhere around her back.
But...she found that Inara didn't want to stretch her right rear leg out, and didn't want her to massage around there. She flinched a few times, and whipped her head around a few times...(and I had no worries that she was going to bite! yea!)
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. anyway...the therapist diagnosed a hip flexor strain...she said it's very common in canine athletes. She said to rest her, give her pain meds and get her into PT.
I'm gonna get a vet appt this week...but wondered if anyone had experience with this issue? I can't seem to find much via google search.
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