The ligament and
capsule around the joint become slack and the hindquarter muscles waste.
Not exact matches
This may include the muscle sheath, myelin sheath
around our nerves or
joint capsules, all of which would result in pain if enough tissue damage took place.
Things that may be performed in surgery include deepening of the groove in the femur, moving and pinning a ridge in the tibia to straighten the patellar tendon, tightening of the fiber
capsule around the knee
joint, and even loosening or tightening of muscles that may be trying to pull the patella in the wrong direction.
Bone spurs will develop
around the
joint capsule as the body attempts to stabilize the abnormal
joint.
The OFA, as well as most hip registries
around the world, still rely on the old leg - extended ventro - dorsal view, which unnaturally positions the dog and artificially tightens the hip
joint capsule.