Safe Pain Relief For Dogs

Safe Pain Relief For Dogs:Ice and Heat

The WhatEver PocKits Therapeutic Garment For Dogs , can provide safe pain relief for you dogs joint pain.   The garment is a kit which includes a back panel with pockets, two shoulder straps with a pockets and two waist straps with a pocket.  Each section of the kit can be used separately or together to make wraps for joint  pain relief.

Joint pain can be caused by injury affecting any of the ligaments, bursae, or tendons surrounding the joint. Injury can also affect the cartilage, and bones within the joint. Pain is also a feature of joint inflammation (arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis).  Pain within the joint is a common cause of shoulder pain, ankle pain, and knee pain. Joint pain is also referred to as arthralgia.  

The following is a list of some of the body parts that receive safe pain relief for aching joints, by using the WhatEver Pockit Therapeutic Kit For Dogs:  hip, shoulder, stomach, back, neck, and paws.  The image above is one  of the configurations for joint pain relief, there are others, you are only limited by your imagination.

Ice or Heat for Joint Pain Relief

If your dogs pain is accompanied by swelling, use ice. Ice reduces swelling by slowing the rush of blood to the aggravated joint.  If your pet is a new sufferer of arthritis (within a year) and has acute swelling in a joint, he may benefit from the application of an occasional cold pack to the affected joint. Be careful with applying a cold pack since a little bit of cold goes a long way. In fact, five minutes of application should be plenty. Anything beyond five minutes might produce negative effects by decreasing the blood circulation to the joint and even perhaps damaging tissues.

Heat, on the other hand, causes expansion, which means that it’s probably counterproductive for swelling. But heat can loosen tissues and relax stiff joints.   Heat is effective and comforting treatment for pets who suffer from arthritis for a long period of time. If your pets joints are painful and swollen most of the time (not just from flare-ups), heat therapy will allow you to relieve pain, increase blood circulation to the joint and surrounding muscles, and relax muscle spasms.

In the morning or before exercise, heat can warm up the muscles around your joints.  At the end of the day, if the area around your joints swells, try an ice pack.

If your pet protests either the hot or cold treatments, don’t force the issue.

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