Laurie's Blogs.

 

02
Oct 2016

Confessions of a Junkie!

 I just can’t help myself.  At first I say, “No, you don’t need that.”  But then I get more and more interested.  Then I want it.  Then I justify getting it.  “It’ll help me.”  “I’ll use it l...
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25
Sep 2016

LIT REVIEW - Radiation for Elbow Osteoarthritis

 Kapatkin  AS, Nordquist B, Garcia TC et al.  Effect of single dose radiation therapy on weight-bearing lameness in dogs with elbow osteoarthritis.  VCOT 2016; 29: 338-3343Link to full paper:http://www.orthovetsupersite.org/sites/default/files/vcot-full-paper/...
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18
Sep 2016

Shiny object syndrome!

My husband once convinced me to crawl up into a tree (actually a willow bush – but ‘tree’ sounds better) to look inside a magpie nest.  He had told me that looking into the nests of crows and magpies was always interesting because these birds liked to colle...
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11
Sep 2016

Let's be objective!

Reviews courtesy of APTEI / Bahram Jam PT (www.aptei.com)This guy does some great reviews!  And this one I thought I would like to share with you folks.  I think we have a tendency to learn something new and add it to everything we do, without thinking or learning about...
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04
Sep 2016

The unfortunate link between chronic pain and sleep disturbances

Last Monday, I woke up with neck pain.  I woke to find myself sleeping on my stomach with my head turned to the side (and a pillow overtop in order to minimize the sound of my husband snoring).  Well what started out as stiffness soon turned into angry nerve pain, and I...
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28
Aug 2016

Canine Rehab: AGE BUSTERS!

When searching for inspiration for today’s blog, I found an interesting physiotherapy blog, http://physiowinnipeg.com/4-ways-physiotherapy-helps-you-age-gracefully/.  Physiotherapy helps you to age gracefully!  Now there’s a good spin!So here were the main p...
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21
Aug 2016

Olympic Realizations

         Have you been glued to the television?  It’s been hard to pull away from all of the Olympic action!  Of course, I love watching the Canadians, but it’s been awesome watching some of the other countries do well...
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14
Aug 2016

Manual Therapy Myths Dispelled

I couldn’t even begin to write a blog as impressive as what I’m going to share with you today.  Today’s blog (or rather reading redirection) comes from a Canadian Physiotherapist, Bahram Jam, PT.  He has written a brilliant and well researched paper di...
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07
Aug 2016

Reality Check

What do you do when the dog owner either can't see or is dissatisfied with the improvements their dog is making?  This is a bit of a tough dilemma.  On one hand you question yourself, your diagnosis, your treatment plan, and your assessment of the dog (this is where obj...
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31
Jul 2016

The Negative Review

When trying to come up with a blog topic, I tend to review the past week at the clinic, go through a selection of weekly blogs, check my inbox for good Q & A’s, and just sit with the question of what to write and see what jumps out.  This week, the clinic had one d...
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