Laurie's Blogs.

 The premise of this blog hinges on when and whether to make an exception to the rule for the purpose of maintaining customer relations or whether to stick to policy and ‘teach a lesson’. So, here’s an interesting story.  It comes from a client of mine...

A colleague asked me the following question: Hey Laurie, Do you have any experience lasering dogs with discitis?  I have been looking for an article about discitis and laser and sadly there is nothing out there.  I know it is ok to laser if there is an infecti...

As I was going through my collection of blog posts (other people’s) to gain inspiration for a blog post for you guys this week, I came across this topic of training to fatigue for return to sport.https://mikereinold.com/acl-and-fatigue-online-rehab-and-fitness-apps-and-trea...

You’ve got the balls, and balance equipment.  You’ve got some blocks.  You’ve got plans.  And, you’ve heard that you should be training the dog’s core!  Now when we think of core, most of our brains automatically go to the abdomin...

 Pinched nerves can cause lameness and offloading of a limb.  In people we call pain that runs down a limb, ‘a radiculopathy’.  Dogs would surely have the same… if they could talk!  However, offloading a limb and lameness might be doggy sign...

  Remember the blog post that went up on March 9th, 2019 entitled Afraid to Progress?  It recapped the story of an agility dog that came to me after 5 months of being in hobbles for a left shoulder instability issue.  https://www.fourleg.com/Blog/398/Afra...

  If you’ve been following the Four Leg Facebook page, you’ll see where there have been posted about Blood Flow Restriction training.  A topic I’ve blogged about in the past.https://www.fourleg.com/Blog/350/Blood-Flow-Restriction-Training...-Ever-...

This blog stems from a question sent to me about use of gait analysis platforms.  (Members can find the Q & A in the Forum).  Essentially, the question was what I thought about using a gait analysis platform in clinical practice.  I’ll cut to the end &nda...

I don’t blog much about the tarsus.  Maybe it’s time to talk tarsal joints!  Why the sudden interest?  Well, in going through some journal articles, I found one that was a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis regarding physical impairments in (human) Adu...

So, this week I was referred an interesting case.  It was a nice little Australian Cattle Dog that competes in agility.  Back in October he suffered a presumed slip or something (came back lame on retrieving a ball on uneven ground) and has been in hobbles ever since (5...