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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...

Hi Laurie,I saw a soft-coated wheaten terrier yesterday that had an incident of non weight bearing lameness in a front limb. He is an agility dog and really well conditioned. Treatment has gone well. Yesterday he seemed at first fully weight bearing. After inspecting more closely...