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Dear Laurie, I am wondering about the best treatment options for a pup with a hip luxation secondary to trauma: Parker is a 6-year-old MN mix breed who has a hip luxation of the right CF joint most likely due to trauma; per the surgeon, Parker was diagnosed "with malunion of the right femoral neck f...

Dear Laurie, I have an update on Winston ....in the fall, I contacted Jenny Moe with Doggon Wheels to ask if she thought Winston might benefit from a cart. She recommended a quad cart but after watching the videos of Winston, she said that she suspected that Winston might have Cushing's myopathy. It...

Laurie, thank you so much! I will see Winston again next week! yes, the back limbs are less rigid, but this little guy seems tense all over. Last week his mom told me that he is still knuckling on the front, and with the chronicity of the disc and spinal cord lesions, I suppose this is not unexpecte...

Dear Laurie, I have been working with a patient diagnosed with cervical IVDD in July, and though he has improved, some symptoms are persistent; I am wondering if there might be something else going on. Winston is a 13-year-old MN Chihuahua who was seen in July by veterinary neurologist Dr Young at B...

Laurie, I wanted to share this with you for not only is this fascinating but this may provide some support for the use of clicker training to benefit the neurologic patient. Here is a video about the use of the Feldenkrais method in helping an infant who was born with only 1/3 of her cerebellum. The...

Thank you so much, Laurie!! You are the BEST!!
Juli

Laurie, Thank you so much! I truly love physiotherapy! I feel there is so much I still don't know and I try not to let this discourage me....I am just so grateful for you and Four Leg Rehab!! I have also wondered about the benefit of clicker training, marking for muscle contractions, or any movement...

Dear Laurie, I just reread your articles about arthrogenic muscle inhibition and I am wondering, what do you think about clicker training as a way to help treat AMI? Using the clicker to mark muscle contractions ,then the initiation of movement. I am wondering if this may help connect both the affer...

That is wonderful, Laurie!! Thank you so much!
Juli

Laurie, thank you so much for letting me know! Movement is therapeutic....I will remember this! So the best way to try to avoid further disc lesions is to avoid slipping and jumping/impact, to maintain a good body weight, to continue regular rehab check ups, to strengthen and to keep moving; does th...