Laurie's Blogs.

Whoa!  Now that sounds like a mouthful, doesn’t it?  This blog is inspired from the book I’m currently listening to, The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge.  It’s filled with great stories and discusses neuroplasticity and the ability for ...

Some of you may have seen this question and answer on the VetRehab Chat group…. I wanted to expand on my answer a bit further here.  For those of you who didn’t see it or are not on the VetRehab chat group, I’ll give you the gist of the question. A ve...

This blog come from a podcast:  https://themovementfix.com/ep-31-dont-static-stretching/ Static stretches are often given to (or done for) patients as a treatment for poor flexibility, or done simply because we think we ‘should’. The primary thing ...

A blog recently came across my desk.  It started out like this: “I am a physical therapist.  I am a physical therapist who uses manual therapy.  One who uses exercise in many forms.  I use pain neuroscience and specific treatments to address persist...

P.S. The picture is just a joke... but the rest of the blog is real!This blog comes about as a result of an ever-present argument I see brought forth (mostly by vets and technicians) in regards to “PT’s needing to be supervised by a vet, because they might not recogni...

 I had a patient in last week.  A 6-month-old Portuguese Water Dog puppy.  He had SIJ pain and dysfunction, and pelvic asymmetry.  Now, this is a puppy I’ve been following since he came to this owner at approximately 2ish months of age.  So, I ...

 I was asked an interesting question.  Do I know of anyone who has used cryostimulation (aka. cryosauna technology / whole body cryotherapy / partial body cryotherapy) on a dog?  The short answer is ‘no’.  But I wanted to look up the research a bit...

Treating animals with disc lesions using physical therapy manual techniques (mobilizations or traction) is often met with concern by non-rehab veterinarians.  However, it is common-place in human practice.  Mechanical and neurophysiological effects have been the rationa...

 I recently treated a human.  What?  A human?  Yes!  A real human that was actually happy to have me work on her! Here’s the story.  The human in question is a therapist that works with me at my clinic.  She was walking her dog, and h...