Laurie's Blogs.

Hi Laurie,I have a difficult case!!For 1 month I've been treating an 8 yr old german shepherd after a surgery for multiple disc protrusions: T13-L1 , L2-L3, L4-L5. Before surgery, he had reduced propioception on his left rear leg. After surgery he was paraplegic with deep pa...

So this blog is just story-telling about what's going on in my clinic these days. It's been busy at the clinic… the physios are hopping for the most part.  We have a new PT on staff and her case load is slowly and surely increasing!  However she's off f...

Laurie, A staff member at work has a dog that has gracilis myopathy.  I have been looking through my notes from class, and my books, and have not been able to find anything definitive for treatment other than to say that rehab works the best.  I have seen recommend...

Hi Laurie, I am not a vet, just a mere sports dog owner, trying to figure out the cause of my dog's problem (for almost a year!) I've had 3 different diagnoses given to me - one IVDD, another ACL tear and finally FCE, but today learnt that a iliopsoas tear could have been po...

I have an animal-rehab friend who asked me recently, "Do you have 1000 subscribers on your FourLeg site yet?"  And I gasped, "No! Not even close!"  "But it's amazing!  How come everyone who does this isn't a member?" she asked.  Really, I don't know the answer...

Fair warning… This blog is a wee bit of a rant.  This week at the clinic we experienced a couple of incidents where our assessment and recommendations were at odds with these clients' veterinarians.  And the reason for this boils down to a difference in assessmen...

Hello Laurie,  I was reading through your slides on modalities, specifically the NMES portion and I wanted to ask your opinions on the parameters you use. I noticed you prefer 5 HZ for disuse atrophy. Is this what you use on most of your patients with success? What...

Hi Laurie, I have an 11 month old Mastiff that is coming for rehab post-op from bilateral OCD surgery. I was wondering what kind of protocol you would recommend? The surgeon is quite conservative and recommending strict restriction with only leash outside for elimination and...

Hi Laurie,  I would be interested in knowing your favourite ( spelled correctly ) exercises for old dogs with weak adductor muscles.  I do a lot of exercises, ball work, weight shifting, UWTM etc with these guys but would like your take on it--particularly these ol...

In this blog, I just want to give you an update on my clinic… and by thoughts as it pertains to where we're at currently.  So with the arrival of spring (yes, it's finally green here, and temperatures are a bit nicer), our underwater treadmill appointments have slowed...