We must understand and be aware that in every living creature, the contraction of the muscle is what causes movement. In a dog, it's the same. The primary function of the muscular system is the move different parts of the body. It stabilizes the joints to keep them functioning. There are 2 types of muscles in the body : Voluntary and Involuntary muscles. Involuntary muscles are based around the cardiovascular region, the cardiac muscles and surrounding the arteries, bladder and intestines are smooth muscles.
The second voluntary muscle are the ones that aids in the movement of our canines. It is the skeletal muscles that is attach to the skeletal system. The muscles that is attached to the skeletal system are the ones that helps the canines to walk, run, wag tail, chew, stretch and stretch. It is these muscles that consist of many cells which is held together by connective tissue that causes muscle contraction and therefore movement.
So if the muscle gets injured, pulled, stressed, sprained, the dog will experience lameness in his / her gait / movement. It may cause inflammation to the muscle. For degenerative disease like hip dysplasia, the muscle surrounding the joint plays an important role. As the humeral head in the femur bone isn't sitting properly in the socket, the muscles play a role to hold the humeral head together to socket or close to the socket. This is important because as your dog ages, if no treatment is done for the hip dysplasia, it will get progressively worse and your dog will eventually become lame, refuses to go for long walks because he / she is in pain.
For the dogs that are healthy, maintaining your dog's optimum muscle health is important. Muscle therapy for your canines even once a month will lower your canines from injury and save you high vet bills. You will see less sprains, strains on your canines. For dogs with degenerative disease, this therapy is important to ease your canine's pains, increases the oxygen flow, prevents the hip from degenerating further or slows it down at the very least. He / she will be a much happier dog.
I always believe that prevention is better than cure. If your dog has got a degenerative disease, than maintenance is important. It is not a cure for those dogs that have got hip dysplasia, but it will give your dog a better life free of pain.
This is my boxer, she is 10 years old and already finding it a little difficult to get up due to age. She gets her muscle therapy once a week. In this photo, she is resting from a vigorous play with our 11 month old Rottweiler. Look at how happy she is in this photo.
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