NONSURGICAL COMBINED THERAPY AND RECOVERY PROCESS IN 12 YEARS OLD DOG WITH LUMBOSACRAL SPONDYLOSIS DEFORMATIONS AFTER 8 MONTHS OF PARAPLEGIA, MUSCLE ATROPHY AND SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION SYNDROME: A CASE STUDY

Spinal cord compression syndrome with paraplegia consecutive lumbosacral spondylosis is a common problem in dogs after 8 years of age. A non-surgical treatment especially in very old dogs with multiple pathologies is the best choice for recovering their health and mobility back to have a normal life again as much as possible to avoid other consecutive complications. The combined therapy follows 5 different aspects: 1. Anti-inflammatory therapy and pain therapy with paravertebral injections; 2. Recovering of the mobility; 3. Neurological recovery and therapy; 4. Recovery of the muscular mass; 5. Physiotherapy especially for long-time paraplegic syndromes with swimming, massage, and electro muscular stimulation. All of these are meant to be a solution in the many situations when the surgery procedures are impossible to make. After all combined therapies and efforts, we succeeded to recover the patient neurologically and make it to walk and run again. The motility and sensitivity of the nerves function again after 8 months of paraplegia with no neurological reaction. The recovery was long but with the help of the combined therapy, the complete motion on the back part of the body was done.