Laurie's Blogs.
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Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Don’t Discount Your Service!
This is a topic that I have voiced an opinion about before. Recently, I listened to a podcast “Why You Shouldn’t Offer Discounts for Physical Therapy”. The blog was in relation to a question from a physical therapists who noted that some of her long t...
29
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
The Clues That Porphyrin Staining Can Share
I had an interesting case come through this past week. It was a sporting dog with no specific issues. He was just in for routine care. The dog in question is white and liver in colouring, and the thing I noticed first was that he had a faintly pinkish area ...
22
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
What to include in a home program?
Home programs are an essential part of rehabilitation. Simply put, what happens ‘in clinic’ during a session is just a part of the benefit that rehab provides. What happens all of the rest of the days of the week hold equal importance. So, what shoul...
15
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Laser and Hip Arthritis
I came across another study. This one looked at using photobiomodulation for the treatment of arthritis in comparison to the NSAID meloxicam.Alves JC, Santos A, Jorge P, Carreira LM. A randomized double-blinded controlled trial on the effects of photobiomodulation therapy i...
08
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
Tendinopathy Lesions – Combining Dry Needling and Exercise
Going through a list of recent journal articles, the following caught my eye. Giorgi E, Smith S, Drescher MJ, Rivera MJ. The Effectiveness of Dry Needling Combined With Therapeutic Exercises in Treating Tendinopathy Conditions: A Systematic Review. J Sport Rehabil. 2022 May ...
01
Oct 2022
Oct 2022
What the Heck is Bayesian Clinical Reasoning?
TRUST ME, YOU SHOULD READ THIS... despite the title!!I was scrolling around looking to see what was new with the Cambridge IVDD Research Group, and I came across a study published by one of the investigators. Khan S, Freeman P. Bayesian clinical reasoning in the first opinio...
24
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Interventions for the Treatment of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition
In last week’s blog, we looked at defining and understanding the mechanisms behind arthrogenic muscle inhibition (AMI). Find it at: https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=584 This week, we go back to the literature to give us some ideas on how to best a...
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Sep 2022
Sep 2022
What is Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition?
It is a well-known phenomenon that muscle inhibition can occur due to changes in, or injury to, joint tissues. Recently, I found two review articles that discuss this fact. Furthermore, they delve deeper into the “why” as well as “how to treat”...
10
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Magical Magnetic Field Detectors – Dogs!
I came across and article that was simply amazing. It reminded me of a previous article that I had found a while ago as well. Simply put, dogs know direction. They know North, South, East, West, and seem to have preferences! Say what?!! So,...
03
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
A Not-Quite-Right Dose of Manual Therapy
The last of this series (because I don’t want to get into dosing of modalities… which is likely a whole paper or video topic in and of itself), is about the Dosing of Manual Therapies. PS If you’ve not check out the previous blogs in this...