Poor Keepers, and poor you! Wish you both better.
Heres something that maybe of help if it's muscular:
Today, you can put an ice pack on his shoulder to bring any swelling down – 5minutes max [ideally you should do this immediately after injury] – I don’t know when this happened so this may not help him much now.
From tomorrow, you can do alternate hot and cold treatments – you probably know what I mean by this but I’ll write it up for others who may not know.
The idea behind hot/cold treatment is that it stimulates the blood supply to the damaged area. It is most often used for muscular injuries – strains, and is very effective because by alternating the temperatures you force the blood capillaries to close [cold] so the blood supply carries away any broken damaged tissues. Then introducing heat to the area causes the capillaries to open and fresh blood comes into the area bringing new components to build new tissues. It can also be used for sprains [ligament/tendon damage] but is not as effective as these areas have a much lower blood supply.
I must stress that hot/cold should NOT be done on day of injury as any damaged blood vessels need to have healed.
From tomorrow, you could do 3 lots, e.g., hot/cold/hot or 5 lots - hot/cold/hot/cold/hot – whichever, but always finish with hot. 3-5 minutes each temperature, e.g., ice for 3-5 mins, then heat for 3-5 mins. The heat should only be as hot as you can tolerate for that length of time. An ice pack should be wrapped in a towel. You can do this, 2 or 3 times a day.
Now, how you get Keepers to lie still for this I don’t know! Lots of treats maybe??? Especially as he’s hurt, poor lad!
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