Leg Weights Help Rehabilitate Hind Limb Gait Issues
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
November 4, 2011
Bracelets and leg weights strengthen and activate certain muscles to help improve hind end gait abnormalities.
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Bracelets and leg weights strengthen and activate certain muscles to help improve hind end gait abnormalities.
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