Laurie's Blogs.
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Guest Blog – What Owners of Paralyzed Dogs Want and Need From Rehab Professionals
Guest Blog - By Sharon SeltzerA couple of weeks ago, Sharon contacted me for an interview for her blog - http://lessonsfromaparalyzeddog.com - she wanted to know what advice I could give to her readers, people wanting to help their paralyzed dogs. She asked if I could ...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Lure Coursing - successes & failures
So today (as I write this, Sunday) my hubby and I tried something new. I was pretty nervous about it. We had never done this before, and I was most worried that it would go terribly wrong… and the spectators would snicker. We took my 3 year old Borzoi to a...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Hyperextending Hocks – what’s gastrocs got to do, got to do with it?
That headline only makes sense to people who lived through the 80s & 90s and can sing along with most Tina Turner songs of that era!Laurie – I have a patient with bilateral hyperextending tarsal joints. I thought I could order
Therapaw tarsal supports to limit his hy...
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Aug 2014
Aug 2014
Strengthening the Neuro Dog
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...
03
Aug 2014
Aug 2014
UWT ups and downs
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...
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Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Fibrotic Myopathy...
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...
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Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Iliopsoas, ACL, or neurologic? Helping from afar!
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...
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Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Success is Relative
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...
06
Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Function… Function… Function & a Comprehensive Physical Exam!
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...
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Jun 2014
Jun 2014
E-Stim and patient compliance
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...