Laurie's Blogs.

 

02
Mar 2014

Patient experience & customer service

This week's blog, I just wanted to direct you to some videos that I think you might find interesting.  They tie in with this week's educational Business & Marketing audio.  Enjoy!1. Patient satisfaction versus patient experience  2. Richard Branson's visio...
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16
Feb 2014

Learning by Failure

Aloha my friends! Two different items have come to my attention of late, and both with the same topic - Failure.  Now the word failure tends to have negative connotations to it, but both of these sources of information took a different slant to that. The first fail...
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09
Feb 2014

Incline Treadmill Walking

This blog presents an article from one of the Fall FourLeg Newsletters.Laurer SK, Hillman RB, Hosgood GL.  Effects of treadmill inclination on electromyographic activity and hind limb kinematics in healthy hounds at a walk.  Am J Vet Res 2009, 70 (5): 658 – 64.Wan...
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02
Feb 2014

GuestBlog- Alzheimers & Nutrition Commentary

Hey Laurie,I just finished watching your 2 part canine dementia videos. It just so happens I am currently reading a really interesting book Called “Grain Brain” by Dr David Perlmutter. A neurologist who specializes in brain and movement disorders. His focus is on...
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26
Jan 2014

Advice from members

Hi Laurie,I'm enjoying watching your videos and reading your articles; I'm glad I signed up for the members access. I just watched the video on equipment recommendations. And thought I would share that if anyone is looking for an ultrasound I have found the ITO US-101L very ...
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19
Jan 2014

No-one's going to hurt you...

Hi Laurie, I've retired now and only occasionally get called in to do relief where I used to work.  I like to think they can't live with out me, Ha Ha.  No truth to that rumor. Anyway, so often I use a tip which I learned from you when I attended the CRI Thera...
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12
Jan 2014

Snippets from Successful Practitioners in Canine Rehabilitation & Physiotherapy

I am so excited to tell you that my latest book Successful Practitioners in Canine Rehabilitation & Physiotherapy is officially available!  It can be purchased on Amazon.com (and .co.uk, but not .ca for some reason)!  I do have a limited time special offer for the f...
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05
Jan 2014

SDFT injury or not?

Hey Laurie, I've got a case I can't figure out. This dog came to me with the diagnosis of a SDF strain of digit 4 on the left front foot, 3 months duration. I didn't diagnose it and I don't think I actually could. All i found was some tenderness in the toe. Rads are supposedly cl...
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29
Dec 2013

New research regarding canine hip dysplasia

When research comes out that has high clinical relevance, YOU should be the first one to alert your clients to this.  One such bit of research comes from the PhD work by Randi I Kronveit from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.   Dr. Krontveit studied hip d...
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22
Dec 2013

What to do post-operatively with a new surgical technique

Dear Laurie, I wondered if I could pick your brain?? Next week my colleague and I will have a dog referred to us immediately following a total knee replacement. These operations are not carried out in the UK very often, and I was wondering if you had experience of ...
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