This continues my irritating posts about Feline Hip Dysplasia. Again,
nobody asked me, but someday someone will be googling FHD and might
find this info useful.

There's a school of thought as relates to human musculo-skeletal
disorders which posits that manipulation of soft tissue, especially
muscular fascia, can alleviate conditions caused by injury. Since
Louis is an unlikely candidate for congenital FHD (small, and a cat),
I've been asking the question "does his broken leg at six months have
something to do with the pelvic disorder at 4 years?".

I wrote to an friend who practices "Rolfing" or "Structural
Integration" on humans. I laid out Louis' history and asked whether
the broken leg may be responsible, and whether Rolfers work on
non-human mammals. This is the response I got:

"We have a 1 1/2 year old toy aussie who is quite athletic herself and
had several fx bones in her hands fractured at about 10 weeks of age.
she was casted for 6 weeks.  same type of
stuff.   We work on her a lot, and she very seldom limps these days.

So, yes, the work transfers.  Yes, I think Rolfing would help him.  
Kali also presented suddenly with a limp, and we worked with it.

Years ago, I worked with an Akita who was diagnosed with hip
displasia.
 3 sessions and the vet said he couldn't tell.

I think that a conservative approach is appropriate.  My guess is that
the displasia is from the accident, and Rolfing is great at scar
tissue and putting things back in place.  Surgery is a scary thing to
think of for me."

Cites available by private email.

ymmv.

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