Laurie's Blogs.
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Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Proper Dosing of Your Therapies
I came across an interesting blog – Great Outcomes Require Proper Dosing, by John Woolf MS, PT, ATC of WebPT. https://www.webpt.com/blog/great-outcomes-require-proper-dosing/I’ll give you the synopsis of the article… The concept of dosing is com...
06
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Medical Diagnosis Cases – The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Last week, I did a blog based on a podcast I listened to about whether or not you need a Medical Diagnosis (before treating a patient). Check it out here: https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=577 So, while I was listening to the podcast and writi...
30
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Do You Need A Medical Diagnosis?
https://www.physio-network.com/free-resources/physio-explained-by-physio-network/?_kx=SH7aUkwtae0TP4OWhc_NFLL9g6KhdIoHzgQOsih2oqk%3D.TVa3AR I subscribe to this podcast, and when this one came up, I thought… “GOLD!” This will make my...
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Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Tibial Tuberosity Avulsion
In reading a ‘human’ blog on apophyses in adolescent athletes, I was reminded of a case I saw years ago. It was a young Borzoi that was lame in a hind limb. Details of how the dog had gotten to me are sketchy as, this was perhaps 15 years ago now&hel...
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Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Case Success – Sacroiliac Joint & Motor Control and Timing issue
Sometimes, you have a case that makes you so happy and proud of what you do. Such was the case with a dog I did a check-up on a dog this past Saturday. The dog is a field retriever prospect. He’s only 7 months old right now, but the feedback has been that t...
09
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Another Rambling Blog about Manual Therapy
I attended a pancake breakfast today (Sunday). It’s a Calgary Stampede tradition, and our 100-year-old community hall hosts one every year. It’s nice to see neighbours and relatives from around our rural community, some that you only see once a...
02
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Mechanotherapy for muscle injuries
We all know that massage can feel very good and can have a stress-relieving benefit as well. One research study has gone further to evaluate the effects of a mechanical massage device on injured tissue. Their results were fascinating. Researchers at Harvard...
25
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Don’t say Doodle, but…
So I came across an interesting Science News article that summarized a research paper on the effect of inbreeding, body size, and morphology on health in dog breeds. To cut to the chase, the message was what one would expect. To get certain shapes / looks o...
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Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Exercise for Cognitive Impairment
I came across an review article on the topic of physical exercise for the modulation of mild cognitive impairment.The introduction in the paper cited that mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor of dementia, including Alzheimer Disease. Did you know that 42% of 85-ye...
11
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
This week’s humbling reminder
If any of you are my friend on Facebook, you might know that I got a new puppy this past week. A 10 week old Borzoi that we’ve named Xana. She’s the sweetest little thing, and we absolutely love her to bits!!! However, with puppies come challen...