Laurie's Blogs.
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Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Lastly… some abstracts regarding Swimmer's Tail
Thank you to Dr Julie Buzby for submitting these abstracts related to Swimmer's Tail / Cold Tail / Limber Tail.Rounding out your education and thought-processing on Swimmers' tail (cold tail, limber tail, etc), here are a couple of abstracts. What Is Limber Tail Syndrome?Can...
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May 2014
May 2014
More about Swimmers Tail…
I received one e-mail with feedback about the Swimmers Tail. So I wanted to provide that commentary and figured to find some additional background for everyone… Here we go: According to Wikipedia:Limber tail syndrome, or acute caudal myopathy, is a disorder of t...
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May 2014
May 2014
Dock Diving Swimmers Tail
Hi LaurieI hope this is a quick question. A group of labs from Edmonton went to Calgary for Pet Expo last weekend for the Dock Dog competition. They had to jump in extremely cold water off a dock. Almost all of them developed tail injuries by t...
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May 2014
May 2014
Taping for Medial Patellar Luxations?
Dear Laurie, Quick 2 questions:1. Do you use or know of a way to tape the patella for MPL in small breed dogs? Is it effective at aIl? I have a client coming On Thursday with a King Charles kav. Owners don't want surgery.2. Do you believe that you can avoid surgery in ...
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May 2014
May 2014
MANUAL THERAPY… The heart of comprehensive rehab!
I just got back from the STAAR conference in the United States. It's one I've gone to (as an instructor) for the last 5 years. It's a great conference with lots of hands on training for participants, networking for everyone, camaraderie all around, and good food too!&...
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Apr 2014
Apr 2014
The STAAR Conference update
What did I learn this week at the STAAR Conference?Hi everyone! This blog is being written at midnight… like so many of my blogs are! And I stewed about all afternoon (when I actually had more time) trying to figure out what I might write about in the blog.&nbs...
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Apr 2014
Apr 2014
BE something to look forward to!
I was listening to a video of an online course I’ve been taking, High Performance Academy by Brendon Burchard, and he was describing a list of things that make people excited and enthusiastic about life. One thing on his list was having things / events to look forward...
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Apr 2014
Apr 2014
Talking to Dogs
Do you remember back in January when I did the blog entitled "No-one's going to hurt you"? Well this blog, I wanted to tag onto that one and provide a reader comment that pertained to the original blog. I hope you enjoy this thread of thought!Hi LaurieI can not agree ...
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Apr 2014
Apr 2014
A case of Rib Dysfunction
Here's a case I saw this past Fall at The Canine Fitness Centre. This is an interesting and unique presentation of a rib dysfunction. Case 1Ten-year-old neutered male Labrador Retriever presented to a physical therapist at a canine rehabilitation facility with a veteri...
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Mar 2014
Mar 2014
Rib or Disc
Hi Laurie,I saw a soft-coated wheaten terrier yesterday that had an incident of non weight bearing lameness in a front limb. He is an agility dog and really well conditioned. Treatment has gone well. Yesterday he seemed at first fully weight bearing. After inspecting more closely...