Laurie's Blogs.

 

10
Sep 2022

Magical Magnetic Field Detectors – Dogs!

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

I came across and article that was simply amazing.  It reminded me of a previous article that I had found a while ago as well.  Simply put, dogs know direction.  They know North, South, East, West, and seem to have preferences!   Say what?!! So,...
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03
Sep 2022

A Not-Quite-Right Dose of Manual Therapy

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

  The last of this series (because I don’t want to get into dosing of modalities… which is likely a whole paper or video topic in and of itself), is about the Dosing of Manual Therapies. PS  If you’ve not check out the previous blogs in this...
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27
Aug 2022

An Overdose of Exercise

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 One of the reasons I still see patients, is that they provide me great learning opportunities and opportunities to tell stories! So, here we go. The blog about Proper Dosing of Therapies, was about more than just exercise.  (Manual therapies, education, modalities...
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21
Aug 2022

An Under-dosing of Education

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 Subsequent to my blog post – Proper Dosing of Your Therapies:  https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=579 My brain has been on fire thinking of case examples! The next case example is one where the surgeon under-dosed the education component for a client.&...
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13
Aug 2022

Proper Dosing of Your Therapies

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

I came across an interesting blog – Great Outcomes Require Proper Dosing, by John Woolf MS, PT, ATC of WebPT.  https://www.webpt.com/blog/great-outcomes-require-proper-dosing/I’ll give you the synopsis of the article… The concept of dosing is com...
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06
Aug 2022

Medical Diagnosis Cases – The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

  Last week, I did a blog based on a podcast I listened to about whether or not you need a Medical Diagnosis (before treating a patient).  Check it out here: https://www.fourleg.com/Blog?b=577   So, while I was listening to the podcast and writi...
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30
Jul 2022

Do You Need A Medical Diagnosis?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

  https://www.physio-network.com/free-resources/physio-explained-by-physio-network/?_kx=SH7aUkwtae0TP4OWhc_NFLL9g6KhdIoHzgQOsih2oqk%3D.TVa3AR  I subscribe to this podcast, and when this one came up, I thought… “GOLD!”  This will make my...
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23
Jul 2022

Tibial Tuberosity Avulsion

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 In reading a ‘human’ blog on apophyses in adolescent athletes, I was reminded of a case I saw years ago.  It was a young Borzoi that was lame in a hind limb.  Details of how the dog had gotten to me are sketchy as, this was perhaps 15 years ago now&hel...
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16
Jul 2022

Case Success – Sacroiliac Joint & Motor Control and Timing issue

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

Sometimes, you have a case that makes you so happy and proud of what you do.  Such was the case with a dog I did a check-up on a dog this past Saturday. The dog is a field retriever prospect.  He’s only 7 months old right now, but the feedback has been that t...
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09
Jul 2022

Another Rambling Blog about Manual Therapy

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

  I attended a pancake breakfast today (Sunday).  It’s a Calgary Stampede tradition, and our 100-year-old community hall hosts one every year.  It’s nice to see neighbours and relatives from around our rural community, some that you only see once a...
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