Broken or Fractured bones
Broken and fractured bones are one and the same thing. When the bone is partially or completely broken due to a traumatic event it is said to be fractured or broken. There are different classifications of break; complete, incomplete,simple and compound (or closed and open).
A traumatic event or impact is the primary cause for a broken bone. There may be pre-cursers to the dog fracturing the bone such as high levels of activity or aged bones but the actual break would be as a result of injury.
Symptoms
Once the dog has been treated by their veterinary surgeon they will benefit greatly from massage and there are a number of ways that massage will assist their recovery.