Laurie's Blogs.
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Aug 2021
Aug 2021
LEAN IN – MY CURRENT COPING STRATEGY FOR THIS STAGE OF THE PANDEMIC AND LIFE
When trying to come up with blog topics, I usually have a process. I look at my curated list of biweekly blogs or my monthly list of journal articles. If something catches my eye there, then you get something inspired from one of them. I also think about m...
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Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Knowledge Nugget – Motor Control Exercises versus Strengthening
I was scrolling through last month’s research articles of interest and came upon a review paper on exactly this subject. Unfortunately, I was unable to access the full paper, but the abstract gives us enough information to have a conversation about this topic and see ...
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Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Manage.Monitor.Predict.Respond - Advice for the Dog with a Chronic Condition
I received a question in regard to a sporting dog with lumbo-sacral disc disease. The question was a bit more specific to the individual dog and their signs/symptoms, but it gave me a spark of inspiration for this blog. What do we advise to the owner of a dog with a c...
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Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Keeping Old Dogs Active - Mentally & Physically
This blog comes three-fold: One part based on a client interaction; One part based on a Facebook live video I watched, and; One part based on a blog I recently read. Well, messages in 3’s should always be listened to! That’s why today’s b...
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Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Canine Cruciate Knowledge Nuggets – Aug 2021
This month when reviewing what has come out in the literature, I found a cluster of recent information on cruciates in dogs. The research articles touched on surgical techniques, complications, arthritis, and more. So, I figured that for this week’s blog, I woul...
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Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Advising Owners on How to Help Their Older Dog with Vision Problems
As canine rehab professionals, many of us likely have a large clientele base of senior dogs. While our main focus with these dogs is likely to be improving pain and physical function, there are other aspects of aging that we are well poised to deal with. One such area...
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Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Rehabilitation & Oncology
What is the role of physiotherapy and rehabilitation in oncology? It’s actually more important that you might think!
In the veterinary world, oncologic care tends to reside within the realm of the veterinary specialist centers, where chemotherapy, radiatio...
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Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Handheld Percussive Massage Therapy
GUEST BLOG It seems there are new massage tools popping up on the market almost daily. It can feel hard to keep up on what is available; however, I can guarantee some of our clients know the latest and greatest and will be asking about them. One of the newer and, ...
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Jul 2021
Jul 2021
How Much? Part 2 of Joint Supplementation for Osteoarthritis
Last week’s blog, Prescribing Prevention for Osteoarthritis, https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=519 looked at the potential for nutraceuticals to prevent osteoarthritis. In this blog, we’re going to dive into dosing. Because, we all know that if we ...
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Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Prescribing Prevention for Osteoarthritis
This week’s blog comes about after reading a journal abstract on the subject of knee osteoarthritis (OA) after different types of knee injuries in young adults.1 No surprise, the study found that knee OA increased almost 6x in young adults who had a knee injury (compa...