Laurie's Blogs.

Last week’s blog post was about the different ways to help you to get started and to self-analyze what and where you may need to top up your skills or confidence.  This week’s blog is the answers to the short little survey I sent out, asking you: What did yo...

You’ve taken the courses, you’ve completed the exams, you’ve spent some time shadowing / interning.  So, are you ready to get started? Here are some things you need to ask yourself: 1. Do you feel confident in your rehab skills & knowledge?&nb...

For this week’s blog, I searched other blog posts, and journal articles for inspiration.  No such luck!  The truth is, I have so much on my plate right now, that I’m not doing a very good job of ‘getting out of my head’.  My brain is spinnin...

Based on last week’s blog about “Preventing the 7 Deadly Sins of Tendon Management”, I am happy to bring you (my first draft of) Baseline Protective Tendon Training for Canine Athletes. So, it is perhaps a fallacy that athletes need a total ‘rest peri...

I’ve had a document sitting on my desk top for a few years now… (oh you should see my computer’s desk top!)  Anyways, it was a synopsis of the 2016 Sports Medicine Australia Conference, written by Mick Hughes (no relation), and for the life of me, I cannot...

 Many practitioners wind up finding themselves caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to growth.  Don’t we all want our practices to grow?  Well, therein lies the double-edged sword.  What are the things you need to consider when it comes t...

 So, here I sit, on Canada Day (July 1st). Canada is 151 years old.  (We’re such babies!  That’s why we have great skin!)  And I’m trying to think of what to write about!  I should have drafted a blog on Monday or Wednesday or Friday&hel...

By Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt (Animal Physio), CAFCI, CCRT How many times have you examined a patient and thought, ‘Man, if only this dog had gotten to me sooner, he wouldn’t be in such a mess’?  And how many times have you thought, ‘If o...

I have collated the survey responses!!! Thank you to those who took the time to answer.  I think the answers were thought provoking indeed.  Please have a read and see what you think (and reflect on your own practice!) 2.  What are some things that you ca...

 Photo Credit:  http://www.paradisecaninerehab.com/about/hospital-tour/Right off the bat, I will tell you that I had always thought that using e-stim on a spinal cord injured patient was garbage - A complete waste of time, and the client’s money!  However, re...