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16
Mar 2024

Vestibular Dogs and Return to Sport – PART 2

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

 First off, please be sure to read Part 1 of this blog series ( https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=661 ), so that you can be up to date on the various conditions associated with canine peripheral vestibulitis.  A couple of very interesting publications have looked...
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09
Mar 2024

Vestibular Dogs and Return to Sport – PART 1

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

 An interesting question came up as it pertains to dogs that have recovered from vestibulitis and participation in sports.  Should we be concerned?  Is there anything that can or should be done to help these dogs in regards to warm up or injury prevention? GRE...
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02
Mar 2024

What is Mesotherapy?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

 Mesotherapy in veterinary medicine involves the injection of medications, vitamins, minerals, and other substances into specific points on an animal's body. This technique is primarily used for therapeutic purposes, such as pain management, anti-inflammatory treatment, woun...
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23
Feb 2024

Let’s Talk Flyball!

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

Picture from: https://www.cleanrun.com/product/how_flyball_can_help_your_agility_skills_vice_versa/index.cfm A handful of studies have come forth over the last few years that look at the sport of flyball for dogs.  Flyball is a high-energy, adrenaline-surging, nois...
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17
Feb 2024

Too Much, Too Fast, Too Soon…

Do you have clients with canine athletes?  Or perhaps clients who are athletes themselves?  Have you come across the client that pushes their dog a little bit too much, too fast, too soon?Chances are, you’ve met one or two of these. Here’s the scenario....
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11
Feb 2024

An Interesting Study About Fibrotic Myopathy

A recent study was published on Fibrotic Myopathy.  This of course is a condition where by a caudal thigh muscle develops fibrosis.  It tends to occur in semitendinosis muscle or the gracilis muscle.  Etiology is not fully understood. Here’s the study:Wi...
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04
Feb 2024

Hypermobility and the correlation with behavioural traits such as anxiety!

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

 Here’s a study that blew my mind!   Bowen J, Fatjó J, Serpell JA, Bulbena-Cabré A, Leighton E, Bulbena A. First evidence for an association between joint hypermobility and excitability in a non-human species, the domestic dog. Sci Rep. 201...
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27
Jan 2024

Fascinating Tales of Neck Mobilization Research Successes

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

 Let’s talk about neck mobilizations for a wee while.  There are so few canine studies in this area… okay, I looked, there are precisely zero!!!  So, why not look at two legged guinea pig studies (i.e. those conducted on human patients) to guide us and...
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20
Jan 2024

Hung up on evidence-based physiotherapy practice

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

I was perusing a physio forum where a physiotherapy student was asking about evidence based physiotherapy practice.  He was disappointed that on some of the student internships he had been on, that is preceptors were not practicing evidence based medicine.  They were us...
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13
Jan 2024

Neck Pain, Eye Pain, and Manual Therapy to the Rescue

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT, Cert. Sm. Anim. Acup / Dry Needling

Terrible picture of Laurie, no makeup, bad hair, comfy clothes....looks like a bag lady... doing C1 assess and treat.It has been really stupidly cold here this past weekend.  Overnight lows down below -40 C/F.  Oh man, it is draining – even being inside!  [Th...
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