You are receiving this e-blast because you signed up for these e-blasts on FourLeg.com. If for some reason, this makes you unhappy... then unsubscribe at the bottom. But for everyone else... HEY! Let's get on with the show! Exercise & the Brain, plus Iliopsoas Ponderings My week in review:
So, I lost one of my 'Free Stuff / Friends of FourLeg' subscribers this week. Why? Because she felt I told too many stories about my own life in my e-blasts. Darghhh! So what is a
person to do? Am I best to become a robot and keep everything clinical and impersonal? Should I condense everything into the most basic of communications - here, learn this, done? Should I not tell you anything about my clinic or my family or myself?
Hmmm? Hmmm! Hmmm....
Well, No. Actually No. By far, the majority of e-mails and comments I get tell me how much people enjoy hearing about my life and that
they feel like they know me personally. Is that a bad thing? No! Actually No! Marketers will tell you that you need to be personal without giving being too personal (I'm still keeping family secrets, I'm not being 'gross', I'm not being overly political, and I'm not giving you a play by play of what I eat every day or how my bowels are functioning!) In part, I do what I do so that you might emulate it with your correspondence with your clients when you market to them.
Should I NOT be practicing what I preach? No. Actually No!
So I'm okay with losing one person for that reason, and besides, I think it's interesting to learn about other people's lives and how they fit their profession in, around, and amongst it! So there!
Anyhoo... enough about me! Onto you and your learning for this week!
But first, check out my backyard!
Member's FOURLEG NEWS - Jan-Feb 2017 edition Exercise & the Brain - What's up with dog research? |
This newsletter excites me! It was inspired by a talk I listened to last year at the Canadian Physiotherapy Association's Orthopaedic Division Symposium.
How does exercise help with cognition? with
motor learning? with memory? How does exercise help with the brain? with aging?
Check out the newsletter to learn more and to be inspired or stimulated to query how you might put the information to use in your practice! (And I'd love to hear your ideas...)
Members, Login, Click Newsletter Archives, Click 2017 and read it there! |
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Blog: Iliopsoas strain? Or is it? |
This was my favourite recent question e-mailed to me. I added to the Forum last week, but I think that it would be 'stimulating' and 'thought provoking' for everyone to read!
So, I hope those of you that are Friends of FourLeg check it out, and those of you Members of FourLeg that aren't yet on the forum check it out as well.
Here's the gist: If the dog has a painful iliopsoas secondary to favouring a rear leg, is it really a strain? How would treatment based on knowledge of the pathology and underlying cause of the muscle pain?
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Click here to READ the BLOG!
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And that's a wrap! So have a great week everyone!
Until next time... Cheers!
Laurie
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And just see what you think! There's so much more than you can even imagine in the learning area!! You really should check it out! Click on the link to go to the Sneak Peek page and
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Okay, so I had some questions about about the Forum, and I thought that I should pass on the info to everyone. - The Forum is located on the Members' side of FourLeg, so you'll need to login to find it. Then look over to the right hand column where you normally look up the content, and at the bottom, you'll find Forum. Click it!
- Now, to get on, you need
to sign up with a NEW username and password. (Password can be the same as what you you to get into the Member's area). Next time you want 'in', it should remember you.
- Pick a user name that you want displayed.
- Answer questions. Post questions.
- Sign your posts please... It's nice to reply to a person by name!
- If you want to post a document or a picture, you can drag it into the message box or scroll down, click attachments, and then 'add files'.
- Videos... Upload to Youtube and then post the link.
- It's really cool when you sign your name, that way people can respond to you by name. :)
And get on there and engage with the
community!
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