Laurie's Blogs.

 

23
Apr 2022

4 Sporting Dog Research Papers in less than 5-minutes!

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

1.  Why do Gun Dogs Cease Working? Houlton, JEF.  Survey investigating the reasons why UK-based gundogs ceased working between 2010 and 2019. Vet Rec. 2021;e1080. The median age at which Springer spaniels stopped work was 11 years and for Cocker spaniels, it w...
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16
Apr 2022

What about Myasthenia Gravis?

I received an email about a case question. The author was asking about Myasthenia Gravis.  She noted that there wasn’t anything on Myasthenia Gravis on Four Leg.  So, here is my response and a bit of background on the disease. Firstly, What is it? Myasth...
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09
Apr 2022

Non-Adherence to Follow-Up

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 A recent journal article revealed that adherence to follow-up recommendations was 65.8% for dogs and cats undergoing orthopedic surgery.  What was meant by adherence?  “Cases were considered nonadherent if owners did not return for recommended follow-up visi...
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02
Apr 2022

Massage, Touch, Pain, & Quality of Life

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 Today I was pontificating about whether there were any studies that looked at simple touch as a healing tool in companion animals.  Placebo can account for up to 30% of any positive benefits seen in an interventional study.  We believe this to be due to the influe...
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26
Mar 2022

Novel MPL Repositioning Technique

ABSTRACTBackground and Purpose: medial patellar luxation (MPL) is a common condition managed with surgery, medication, and observation.  There is a lack of literature regarding specific conservative MPL intervention.  Conservative treatment is important for milder non-s...
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19
Mar 2022

Scratching the surface

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

I was conversing with a physical therapist about a case.  This person obviously knew who I was, sought me out for my opinion and advice.  All good.  What transpired next sort of shocked me.  She commented, I learn so much from your blogs.  Great.  I ...
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12
Mar 2022

MANUAL THERAPY PROTOCOLS

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

I’ve been asked for protocols for my manual therapy for decades!  I’ve seen questions posted on chat groups asking for ‘how long, how much, where, what techniques’ for mobilization or manual therapies for various musculoskeletal ailments.  I&rsqu...
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05
Mar 2022

Physical Rehabilitation and the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

This blog is a review of a recent research article.   Let’s start with the conclusion!  If you read research papers, you likely read the title, the conclusion, and THEN everything in between.  So, here’s the conclusion: “The reducti...
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26
Feb 2022

Progressing Exercise Sessions – Part 3 - Measuring Outcomes

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

If you are just tuning in now, this is part 3 about Progressing Exercise Sessions.  If you want to get caught up on Part 1 and Part 2, here are the links to those blogs:https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=553  https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=554   Okay&hel...
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19
Feb 2022

Progressing Exercise Sessions – Part 2

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 Last week, we discussed the things you need to THINK about for progressing your patients with exercise therapies, and the questions you need to ask yourself about the patient (and owner).  This week, I want to talk about HOW to progress a patient.  More specifical...
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