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A few days ago, I saw a 3 year old intact female border collie with a 2 week history of rear end weakness after heavy work. On exam, I could not elicit pain anywhere, but did find a subtle weakness on the right rear. I did some acupuncture and laser. The following day reg vet did...

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT This blog is by special request… this is for you, Dr. Carole Nicholson, DVM, CCRT, CVSMT.  An analysis of the paper: https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-017-0985-8 The magnitud...

By Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt (Animal Physio.), CAFCI, CCRT Subsequent to my blogs about ‘Don’t Sit Pretty’, I’ve been asked to provide alternatives to working the core in dogs.  I broke down some of my suggestions into three different ca...

By Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt (Animal Physiotherapy), CAFCI, CCRTwww.FourLeg.comwww.CanineFitness.com  See the picture… this is what we’re talking about.  Teaching your dog to do this is all the rage in canine sporting groups, training groups, ...

I came upon another great blog this week:  http://www.billhartman.net/blog/from-my-notebook-complexity-and-constraints/ The premise of the blog was that humans are complex adaptive systems, and that the system is modified by behaviours.  At any time that we want to...

So, the last two blogs have been about proprioception:  How the brain changes after an injury to a joint… and therefore how we may need to increase training of joint / limb awareness; Ideas for proprioceptive retraining in dogs sans-visual feedback.  Today, I jus...

This is part two of ‘Knee injuries and changes in the brain’.  See last week’s blog on the subject.  In last week’s blog I discussed that the same findings and suggestions for humans (i.e. at end stage rehab following a knee injury, we need to re...

This blog was inspired by an article that I shared on my Facebook page:  http://www.neuroscientistnews.com/clinical-updates/when-you-injure-your-knee-it-changes-your-brain#.WJSWwfBUGtQ.facebookIt created a wee bit of discussion and I wanted to expand upon some thoughts. ...

Does anybody recognize that line from the movie Babe?  Keep reading, it will make sense. So, the inspiration for this blog was a “Participaction” post that discussed how physical activity can improve mental health.  We see it with people all the time. &...

By Margaret Kraeling, DPT, CCRTAt agility trials, I often hear handlers complaining of low back and knee pain after running their dogs all weekend. Certainly, the terrain is not ideal being either soft sand, uneven dirt (some sections softer than others) or grass which may be une...