Laurie's Blogs.

Here goes my attempt at explaining and simplifying the concept of MOTOR CONTROL.  As eluded to in earlier blogs, it’s not all about ‘core stability’, and the notion was put forth that perhaps dogs don’t need that in the same capacity as would a human....

Why not break down each of the different components that are being lumped into what is being generically called ‘Core Stability’?  Core stability primarily suggests the abdominals and ‘friends’ (epaxials, pelvic floor, lats), but it excludes the proxi...

 Definitions & Descriptions https://www.physio-pedia.com/Core_stability "There is controversy and some confusion on the definition of the term “core stability”.  Traditionally this term has referred to the active component to the stabilizing sy...

Hi Laurie.I have attended many of your courses when you have been in the UK and wondered if you could answer a simple question.  Does 'core stability exist in the dog' and if so is it relevant?I am a spinal physio by background and have read masses of research on core stabil...

 This blog comes about, just after I wrote a letter advocating for physiotherapists to be allowed to summarize their findings and actually call our summation a PHYSICAL diagnosis to one of the veterinary boards up here in Canada.  There seems to be a huge bit of concern...

Are you familiar with the following paper? Krekoukias et al., Spinal mobilization vs conventional physiotherapy in the management of chronic low back pain due to spinal disk degeneration: a randomized controlled trial.  J Man Manip Ther 25 (2017) 66-73.https://www.ncbi....

 I found a blog on tips for encouraging healthy pet diets (http://www.lifelearn.com/2017/10/18/4-tips-for-encouraging-healthy-pet-diets/) and it reminded me of a couple of stories. A longtime client at my clinic was bringing his dog in for his underwater treadmill (UWT)...

Veterinary Medicine has progressed and expanded exponentially over the last several decades.  The options available to our pets are astounding, from top of the line surgeries, to cancer treatments, from fancy diagnostics, to a whole host of pharmaceuticals.  But, has th...

My last blog ruffled some feathers. (Fair enough.)  But, it allowed for an intelligent conversation back and forth, which I'd like to share below.Laurie:I have been subscribed to your emails since I attended your roundtable discussion on cruciate disease at the last STAAR co...

Seriously!  Since when did manual therapy become NEW in Canine Rehab??  A recent advertisement for a course deemed manual therapy to be ‘the hottest up and coming topic’ in canine rehabilitation.  That just had me fuming!!!  Furthermore, the progra...