Laurie's Blogs.

Because I’ve had a bit of communication and dialogue with other therapists around the world subsequent to the last few blogs, I thought it would be timely to share some of the correspondence and thoughts in THIS blog! 1. The blog of Dec 1st, 2018:  https://ww...

 Hey Laurie, I have an athletic dog (agility competitor) that has had very slowly increasing amounts of internal rotation of the tibia on PROM of L stifle over the last year..... I had them doing exercises to externally rotate tibia actively to see if it was just a musc...

Sometimes the inspiration for a blog is gifted to you by the week’s events.  Such is the case with this blog.  Just for fun, and out of left field, I bring you a discussion about Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT)!  I’m not even kidding!  This ...

 I came across an interesting abstract on the internet and I wanted to share it with you.  It’s about underwater treadmill use and muscle activation.  It was specific to the gluteals and the longissimus dorsi… but interesting never the less, and I spen...

Here’s a topic I’ve gone on about before.  It’s about building relationships! Relationships are going to be foundational to growing your business or to keeping you afloat!I came across the following blog that discussed this concept a bit further:http:/...

  In my search for blog topics, I was pointed in the direction of gluteal weakness and patellar issues.  In particular, there seems to be an association between knee pathology and hip weakness, and a movement towards and bodies of research that support strengthenin...

 Wee!  I love when I come across a paper that presents something amazing from out of left field.  Here’s one that does exactly that! McCoss CA, Johnston R, Edwards DJ, Millward C. Preliminary evidence of Regional Interdependent Inhibition, using a 'Diaph...

In combing through some recent journal articles, I found one that sparked some inspiration for this week’s blog.   Does muscle guarding play a role in range of motion loss in patients with frozen shoulder?Hollmann, L. et al.Musculoskeletal Science & Pract...

 This week I decided to do a business & marketing blog since the Member’s Training is on business & marketing as well.  Keeping your brain working in a single category for the week!   My question to you is how do your patients book in with y...

This blog was inspired by a conversation with my newest staff therapist.  She had a case come in from a local shelter.  It was a 3-year-old dog who had had a Femoral Head and Neck Excision 10 weeks ago.  The chart notes indicated that the dog was receiving ‘p...