Extension of treatments
Blu has another chiropractic appointment today. Blu has been lukewarm to the traction stretches, so it will be interesting to see how the appointment goes today. I am hoping that maybe the right hip will get adjusted and that it being out of alignment has been a cause of some discomfort. Meaning I am optimistic of some hip relief.
The acupuncture appointment is elongated for a variety of reasons. The first being that time in between treatment gets longer as Blu is able to get relief longer and longer. Initially the treatment was every week, then we went to every week and a half, then to two weeks, etc. So the time period between her next treatment is close to three weeks.
The problem with me as an owner is I know when she is hitting new time periods that she normally would have gotten a new treatment. So maybe the first day she does well, but occasionally on the second day she might be stiff getting up. But then I watch her and realize that her stiffness is dramatically shorter than when she received no treatment at all. Sometimes I notice no difference at all, such as when Blu’s treatment went from one and half weeks to two. Of course, I want all the periods to be like this, but I know they can’t be.
Unfortunately with the holiday schedule and my work schedule, Blu has to endure an extra week between acupuncture treatments, and she is showing signs of the extension. She is a bit stiff when she gets up from her naps. Again it has been hard to disguish if the discomfort is from the knee or the hip since she seems to work out the stiffness is a very short time period.
So all I can hope is that she gets some chiropractic relief on her hip and she can hold out for a bit longer for her acupuncture appointment. In the meantime, she is being a trooper, not increasing her sleep time or her down time, being active as ever, and being an expert on calming down the ever worrying owner.
