Laurie's Blogs.

Here’s a blog that comes from a project that we have been wanting to get started up here in Canada for our Animal Rehab Division.  For a multitude of reasons, the project has not taken off (problems with the ARD youtube channel, etc!)  Anyhow, I figured it was som...

So, here’s a blog that comes from a story told to me by a Swedish friend.  Thank you, Inger Jacobson, for inspiring this blog!   As if the Swedes couldn’t get any healthier, this story proves that they outdo us all in making physical activity a pri...

Here’s an interesting study that I listened to a review about. https://www.themanualtherapist.com/2020/04/investigating-pressure-massage-vs.html The Paper:Stefansson SH, Brandsson S, Langberg H, Arnason A. Using Pressure Massage for Achilles Tendinopathy: A Single...

Human healthcare has been talking about hyperalgesia and allodynia for over decade now.  A multitude of studies exist that look testing for increased pain sensitivity and subsequently treatment of pain hypersensitivity.  So, it’s exciting when veterinary medicine ...

This is a repurposed blog.  I wrote this for  https://caninearthritis.co.uk/, but I like it, and I've wanted to use if here for a while now.  So here it is! By Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt (Animal Physio.), CAFCI, CCRTwww.FourLeg.com www.Canine...

I’ve got a bit of information for you to wrap your brain around!  Here goes! I came across an abstract that discussed the uses of a non-thrust manipulation (i.e. a mobilization) for the purpose of treating mechanical neck pain.   Yung E, Oh C, Wong ...

 For this blog post, I wanted to do a book review.  The book is entitled Sit. Stand. Go! by Kate Titus.  I came across this book because I was asked if I would read it and provide a ‘comment’ for the back cover.  My comment sums it up.  &...

I found a fascinating article that I think could be of relevance to our sporting dogs.  I’m just going to put the abstract up here to start. The immediate effect of neurodynamic techniques on jumping performance: A randomised double-blind studyAksoy, Cihan C. | Ku...

I came across a blog from back in the Fall of 2019 -  The Next-Best-Hardest-Thing. Essentially it gives an account of the author achieving her Pain Science Fellowship.  In light of the world right now, I thought this was a good topic for discussion… but maybe tak...

A recent study in AJVR (March 2020) revealed that dogs wearing service vests displayed changes in truncal motion.  Researchers Foutz and Budsberg developed a 3-D kinematic model to measure truncal motion in dogs and assess the changes in truncal motion when wearing each of 2...