Laurie's Blogs.

The drug tramadol is getting knocked down a peg or two!  A recent (Feb 2018) veterinary study showed that tramadol provides no clinical benefit for dogs with osteoarthritis of the elbow or stifle joint.  The researchers (Budsberg et al)1 from the University of Georgia s...

This blog was an easy one for me to do… essentially, I want to show you an interesting case that came up because of last week’s training video – The Case of the Flopping Carpus.  Essentially the ‘mystery’ was that the dog in MY videos likely ha...

 How do you find balance?  How do you justify what you do?  How do you forge ahead and make discoveries?  You might think this is a ‘lifestyle’ blog.  Not so!  This blog is about finding balance between ‘clinical practice’ and...

Last week’s blog post was about the different ways to help you to get started and to self-analyze what and where you may need to top up your skills or confidence.  This week’s blog is the answers to the short little survey I sent out, asking you: What did yo...

You’ve taken the courses, you’ve completed the exams, you’ve spent some time shadowing / interning.  So, are you ready to get started? Here are some things you need to ask yourself: 1. Do you feel confident in your rehab skills & knowledge?&nb...

For this week’s blog, I searched other blog posts, and journal articles for inspiration.  No such luck!  The truth is, I have so much on my plate right now, that I’m not doing a very good job of ‘getting out of my head’.  My brain is spinnin...

Based on last week’s blog about “Preventing the 7 Deadly Sins of Tendon Management”, I am happy to bring you (my first draft of) Baseline Protective Tendon Training for Canine Athletes. So, it is perhaps a fallacy that athletes need a total ‘rest peri...

I’ve had a document sitting on my desk top for a few years now… (oh you should see my computer’s desk top!)  Anyways, it was a synopsis of the 2016 Sports Medicine Australia Conference, written by Mick Hughes (no relation), and for the life of me, I cannot...

 Many practitioners wind up finding themselves caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to growth.  Don’t we all want our practices to grow?  Well, therein lies the double-edged sword.  What are the things you need to consider when it comes t...

 So, here I sit, on Canada Day (July 1st). Canada is 151 years old.  (We’re such babies!  That’s why we have great skin!)  And I’m trying to think of what to write about!  I should have drafted a blog on Monday or Wednesday or Friday&hel...