ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Re: Pulled Hip Muscle--UPDATE

Re: [endurance] Re: Pulled Hip Muscle--UPDATE

C.M.Newell (reshan@ultranet.com)
Sun, 17 Dec 1995 18:13:53 -0500 (EST)

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>
>Well, I just came in from checking on her, and it's not great. The
>muscle in her right hip is visibly swollen, and very firm to the touch.
>It's also =definitely= ouchy! I massaged it for a while, and it loosened
>up a bit, and she relaxed quite alot. I didn't put anything on it, as I
>wasn't sure what to use.

DMSO is probably a good idea, but please make *sure* you wash off
all the linimant first!! Otherwise, you could blister her.
I would also consider giving bute to reduce the inflammation.
--CMNewell, DVM
(standard disclaimers about not having actually seen the animal in question....)
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--Sayied iben-el Rabil, quoting the Prophet

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