Laurie's Blogs.

Knowledge Quickies! Hips, Knees, Shoulders, Elbows, & Goniometry

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

Just a few random papers with wee bits of information you might like to know! 1. IN CATS, total hip replacement improved peak vertical force and vertical impulse as compared to a femoral head and neck ostectomy. This resulted in improved symmetry and better loadi...

08
Mar 2025

Does TENS impact Gait Parameters in Dogs with Osteoarthritis?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

Here’s a relevant research paper for all of us to dissect and digest! This researchers looked at whether treatment with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation will affect gait parameters in dogs with osteoarthritis. Fifteen dogs with osteoarthritis of ...

01
Mar 2025

Localized Vibration Therapy for Canine Hip Dysplasia: Insights from a Pilot Study

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

P.S. Grok (AI) helped me to summarize this article. Nice job I think! Have a read!Cheers, LaurieA recent study published on August 21, 2024, in Frontiers in Veterinary Science (DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1424373) investigates the potential of localized vibration (L...

22
Feb 2025

Does TPLO surgery for CCL Tears Restore Natural Kinematics in Dogs?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

Okay… I think I know the answer to this one already. But, I do love when research confirms what I have been finding. Here, this research group followed 8 adult dogs (4 French Bull Dogs and 4 Pit Bull Terriers) . One Frenchie had a TPLO and three others wer...

15
Feb 2025

A New Dog Taping Book

A new dog taping book has hit the market (in English)! Traute Schmidt and Yvonne Müller of Switzerland have crafted a lovely book with great pictures and descriptions to empower canine rehabilitation practitioners and dog owners alike to use kinesiology tape to a...

08
Feb 2025

Medial Meniscal Tears and the Posteromedial Joint Line Sulcus

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

It was years, no decades, ago that I learned about the posteromedial joint line sulcus. I had attended a lecture by a local veterinary surgeon. She discussed this area of the stifle joint as being a good landmark to detect subtle joint swelling at the stifle – w...

01
Feb 2025

Cruciate Repairs and the Effects on ROM and Lameness

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

A new research paper came out that looked at ROM in dogs following surgery for cruciate ligament rupture. They wanted to compare the differences in stifle joint range of motion (ROM), both flexion angle (FA) and extension angle (FA), for dogs that underwent tibial tub...

25
Jan 2025

Initial Assessment Neuro Dog & Talking to the Owner

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

Last week I had a big hole in my schedule one day, and I was asked if I might consider seeing a neuro dog, whose owners were really hoping to get in, sooner than their appointment the upcoming week. I said yes. The case was complicated. The dog was a ...

18
Jan 2025

New Canine Myofascial Trigger Point Research

Wondering about the location of myofascial trigger points (MTPs) in dogs with osteoarthritis?So, did a Brazilian group of veterinary researchers. Formenton M, Fantoni D, Gauthier L, et al. Prevalence and Location of Myofascial Trigger Points in Dogs with Osteoart...

11
Jan 2025

Mental Stimulation During Recovery and Rehab

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

This week I received an email question that, after answering, I thought, “This would actually make a fantastic blog!” The question, in a nutshell, was “What would you suggest to help a young active dog recovering from elbow arthroscopy who is la...