Laurie's Blogs.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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!&...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...