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20
Jan 2023

Tibial Tuberosity Avulsion Fractures

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

Bless my clients!  Sometimes, I get emails asking me, “Laurie, XYZ happened to my friends dog, and the vet recommended surgery, but I thought I should ask you to see if that really was the best option.”  Sometimes it isn’t and sometimes it is!  On...
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14
Jan 2023

SIJ Dysfunctions – Mobilize, Exercise, or Both? What does the Literature Say?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

I subscribe to a few different email lists in order to gain more information about topics I care about.  One such list alerted me to a paper about mobilization for sacroiliac joint dysfunction.  Since that is a topic near and dear to me, I went down the rabbit hole to s...
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07
Jan 2023

Dermatologic Causes of Lameness

Dr. David Lane, DVM, DACVSMR, CCRT

One of the best parts about practicing sports or rehab medicine is not having to deal with skin disease… mostly. Feet are the exception, where suddenly skin disease is now a source of lameness - where the Venn diagrams for sports medicine and dermatology intersect. He...
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31
Dec 2022

2022 Year In Review

You know, I am a bit ‘hot and cold’ about people / businesses writing out their years in review.  However, here I am!  To be honest, it’s a bit cathartic for the writer.  It also reminds me of the adage, “you can accomplish less than you thi...
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23
Dec 2022

Why it’s Important to Understand Healing Times

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

Just some light reading here on the day after Christmas (Boxing Day for those of you who are part of the British Commonwealth).  This is a topic that almost all of us know or take for granted, but this little blog is more along the lines of why you should revisit the concept...
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17
Dec 2022

Fat Epaxials… not just a dog problem! Can it be reversed?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

Did you happen to watch my video on Fatty Epaxials?  If not, you can see it here: https://youtu.be/FcsOMZNq7sA   My new friend from the IAVRPT Symposium this summer, Jenny Coates, passed along some human information on fatty epaxials from a reputable source&he...
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10
Dec 2022

More Good Things Derived From Eccentric Exercise

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 As I write this… I’m still on that plane (that I wrote about last week).  So, I’m going through research papers that I’ve saved on my desktop to read ‘sometime later’.  Today’s ‘sometime later paper’ is &ldquo...
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03
Dec 2022

Acoustic Myography in Dogs

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

 Perhaps you’ve seen this paper come across your feed on Facebook.  Perhaps, like me, you thought, “What the heck is this?”  Perhaps you even downloaded the paper and have been waiting for an opportunity to read it.    Well, a long plane...
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26
Nov 2022

Thankful for the Families we Create

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

Last week / weekend it was Thanksgiving in the USA.  In Canada, we have ours in October… and I don’t think it’s celebrated anywhere else in the world. However, being that the United States is our closest neighbour, we see all of the advertisements for Blac...
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19
Nov 2022

Your responses – What’s in YOUR home program?

Laurie Edge-Hughes, BScPT, MAnimSt, CAFCI, CCRT

The Results of the Survey are IN!!!I was please to get 28 responses to this survey!  That’s not bad for a quick turnaround!  Here are the questions and answers!  Enjoy!  100% of the respondents prescribe home programs.  When asked what was incl...
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