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I just got back from the STAAR conference in the United States.  It's one I've gone to (as an instructor) for the last 5 years.  It's a great conference with lots of hands on training for participants, networking for everyone, camaraderie all around, and good food too!&...

What did I learn this week at the STAAR Conference?Hi everyone!  This blog is being written at midnight… like so many of my blogs are!  And I stewed about all afternoon (when I actually had more time) trying to figure out what I might write about in the blog.&nbs...

I was listening to a video of an online course I’ve been taking, High Performance Academy by Brendon Burchard, and he was describing a list of things that make people excited and enthusiastic about life.  One thing on his list was having things / events to look forward...

Do you remember back in January when I did the blog entitled "No-one's going to hurt you"?  Well this blog, I wanted to tag onto that one and provide a reader comment that pertained to the original blog.  I hope you enjoy this thread of thought!Hi LaurieI can not agree ...

Here's a case I saw this past Fall at The Canine Fitness Centre.  This is an interesting and unique presentation of a rib dysfunction. Case 1Ten-year-old neutered male Labrador Retriever presented to a physical therapist at a canine rehabilitation facility with a veteri...

Hi Laurie,I saw a soft-coated wheaten terrier yesterday that had an incident of non weight bearing lameness in a front limb. He is an agility dog and really well conditioned. Treatment has gone well. Yesterday he seemed at first fully weight bearing. After inspecting more closely...

Hello most esteemed colleague,     I look forward to watching your videos on Monday morning before my day.  Thank you so much!     Lately I've been pondering how to best strengthen the canine shoulder to prevent these [Teres Major Stra...

In today's blog, I wanted to share one of the research reviews from the latest edition of FourLeg News:Apparently, cadaveric studies have shown arthroscopy to be more sensitive than arthrotomy in detecting meniscal tears.  This study compared detection rates in clinical case...

Laurie, I have a quick question. I had a client with very overweight Lab that blew out his ACL on his LEFT leg.  I told her I would not do surgery until the dog lost weight. He was in rehab with me for two months and lost a bit of weight.  Anyhow, he did become sound an...

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...