Laurie's Blogs.

 

01
Jan 2017

Marketing Review - My Clinic, Now What About Yours?

Hey Gang, This week, I felt like I should write some kind of a year in review blog, or be inspirational, or something.  But I just wasn’t finding my inspiration, until I came upon the following blog:http://www.themanualtherapist.com/2016/12/3-business-competencies...
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25
Dec 2016

Tough time of year

This is often a tough time of the year for many folks.  1) Christmas can be stressful and sometimes lonely, and 2) for those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s also closely related to the winter solstice, aka the shortest day of the year!I decided to write on this ...
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18
Dec 2016

Sitting and lying all day... really that bad?

This week’s blog is inspired by:  http://www.mikereinold.com/sitting-isnt-bad-for-you/In the Mike Reinold blog, he talks about the bad rap that sitting gets… how prolonged sitting is being blamed for back pain, saggy abdominals, and all physical evils.  The...
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11
Dec 2016

Conditioning with a purpose (tighter turns)

Are you a follower of Four Leg Rehab on Facebook?  If not, then you may not have seen a blog post I shared this past week.  It was about conditioning tighter turns in agility dogs. (See http://martialarfs.com/blog/conditioning-tighter-turns-for-agility-dogs/ )...
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04
Dec 2016

Functional Exercise Examples

So I've blogged about the 'myth' of core stability, provided things to think about in regards to functionality of your exercise selections... and now, FINALLY, a video that shows some ideas.  What you might notice is that they aren't fancy!  Dog's are moving at Mach 10 ...
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27
Nov 2016

Functional Exercises, Testing, & Things to Think About

Think about it firstSo, let’s say you saw a video of a dog running across a row of inflated peanut balls, and you thought, “Cool!  Hey, I want to try that with Rex!”  Firstly, ask yourself, “Why?”  Will it address any of the key compon...
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20
Nov 2016

Core Stability: Myth or Must?

So, this blog is inspired from a pod-cast I listened to:http://www.themanualtherapist.com/2016/11/untold-physio-stories-s3e6-core-of.htmlThe podcasts is called Untold Physio Stories, and the guest for this one was Dr. Scotty Butcher, a Canadian physiotherapist.  The gist of ...
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13
Nov 2016

Business Lessons I Learned this Week

This week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a business workshop – Business Freedom Blueprint by Paul Wright.  Paul’s a physiotherapist-entrepreneur.  He owned several clinics, figured out the formula to success.  Sold them all and then went into...
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06
Nov 2016

Guest Blog - Sickness Syndrome & Pain Management

By Tania Costa, VT, CCRP, CMTCanine Wellness Centre - Toronto, Canadahttp://caninewellness.comThis case study will help to illustrate how the ill effects of unrelieved stress can lead to pain and medical issues.Muffin, a F/S 6 year old dachshund, was owned by an elderly couple. T...
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30
Oct 2016

Newsletter Highlights - Cannabis Edition

 Well, the 2016 Nov-Dec Four Leg Newsletter was a fun and interesting one for me to write.  It’s all about cannabis.  I’ve had owners ask me about it, tell me their using it, and even provided me some to try on my Sheltie that has seizures.  (It&rs...
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