Laurie's Blogs.

Does anybody recognize that line from the movie Babe?  Keep reading, it will make sense. So, the inspiration for this blog was a “Participaction” post that discussed how physical activity can improve mental health.  We see it with people all the time. &...

By Margaret Kraeling, DPT, CCRTAt agility trials, I often hear handlers complaining of low back and knee pain after running their dogs all weekend. Certainly, the terrain is not ideal being either soft sand, uneven dirt (some sections softer than others) or grass which may be une...

Here’s some interesting ‘food for thought’!  My blog inspiration this week comes from https://mikereinold.com/do-tight-hip-flexors-correlate-to-glute-weakness/. The article discussed a research paper (Van Gelder et al 2015) that found a correlation bet...

Good Morning Laurie,I down loaded your rehabilitation protocol for treating acute Iliopsoas strains which we will start incorporating into our program, however we deal with a lot of chronic Iliopsoas which are normally secondary to a hip or stifle dysfunction. We will put ou...

Hey Gang, This week, I felt like I should write some kind of a year in review blog, or be inspirational, or something.  But I just wasn’t finding my inspiration, until I came upon the following blog:http://www.themanualtherapist.com/2016/12/3-business-competencies...

This is often a tough time of the year for many folks.  1) Christmas can be stressful and sometimes lonely, and 2) for those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s also closely related to the winter solstice, aka the shortest day of the year!I decided to write on this ...

This week’s blog is inspired by:  http://www.mikereinold.com/sitting-isnt-bad-for-you/In the Mike Reinold blog, he talks about the bad rap that sitting gets… how prolonged sitting is being blamed for back pain, saggy abdominals, and all physical evils.  The...

Are you a follower of Four Leg Rehab on Facebook?  If not, then you may not have seen a blog post I shared this past week.  It was about conditioning tighter turns in agility dogs. (See http://martialarfs.com/blog/conditioning-tighter-turns-for-agility-dogs/ )...

So I've blogged about the 'myth' of core stability, provided things to think about in regards to functionality of your exercise selections... and now, FINALLY, a video that shows some ideas.  What you might notice is that they aren't fancy!  Dog's are moving at Mach 10 ...

Think about it firstSo, let’s say you saw a video of a dog running across a row of inflated peanut balls, and you thought, “Cool!  Hey, I want to try that with Rex!”  Firstly, ask yourself, “Why?”  Will it address any of the key compon...